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Atari 1980 guide to electronic game operation and servicing

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2015 2:07 pm
by kevman3d
Ran across this the other day - Its Atari's 1980s guide book to maintaining arcade game machines. However it literally covers most of the basics of electronics - from equipment, soldering techniques, as well as going into understanding IC's and more. It says its not designed to help people become electronic engineers (obviously) but it is a lot more accessible to lesser experienced people (ie. me) with some very basic understanding of things.

Its oddly enough called "The Book". Mark fixes stuff placed a PDF scan of the 186 pages on his blog if you're interested.

http://markfixesstuff.co.uk/retro-repair/retro-pdf-the-book-a-guide-to-electronic-game-operation-and-servicing-by-atari-1980/

Re: Atari 1980 guide to electronic game operation and servic

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2015 9:11 pm
by tezza
Kevin, that book is gold! Some great fundamentals there. Thanks for posting the link.