DATE: DECEMBER 19, 1995 SUBJECT: VERSION V1.06 CPU & SOUND SOFTWARE UPDATE TO: ALL DISTRIBUTORS GAME: PINBALL MAGICÔ AFFECTS S/N’s: ALL S/N’S THIS BULLETIN SUMMARIZES CPU SOFTWARE VERSIONS V1.04, V1.04.1 & V1.05. THESE VERSIONS WERE NOT GENERALLY RELEASED. THEREFORE, CPU V1.06 REFLECTS AND INCLUDES ALL VERSIONS OF SOFTWARE.

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  REPLACE CPU EPROM’s U1L AND U1H WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN SOFTWARE. CHANGES IMPLEMENTED WITH V1.04 * CHANGES IN B1-01 STANDARD ADJUSTMENTS MENU. V1.03 V1.04 B1-10 FREE PLAY SET MACHINE ID [5 DIGITS] B1-11 PLAY MODE FREE PLAY [YES-NO] B1-12 SOL. VOLTAGE PERCENT PLAY MODE B1-13 SHOW MESSAGE OF THE DAY SOL. VOLTAGE PERCENT B1-14 FLIPPER STRENGTH SHOW MESSAGE OF THE DAY B1-15 TICKETS/CREDIT FLIPPER STRENGTH B1-16+ XXXXX DISPENSER TYPE [NONE/TICKET/TOKEN] B1-16A XXXXX DISPENSER/CREDIT 0/99 B1-16B XXXXX END OF GAME SCORE B1-17 XXXXX REPLAY INDICATOR B1-18 XXXXX SHOW CREDIT FRACTIONS [YES-NO] B1-19 XXXXX ALLOW BUY IN [YES-NO] * [B1-12] PLAYMODE, UPDATE TOURNAMENT MODE. ADD: XBALL, ON OR OFF, TOURNAMENT MODE WILL DISABLE THE HIGH SCORE TO DATE, REPLAY, AND MATCH. THE LAST GAME SCORE WILL ALWAYS BE SHOWN AFTER THE GAME. * [B4-01] FRENCH COINAGE, DELETE THE FOLLOWING CREDIT COIN [FR 1/3, 2/5, 5/10, 11/20] AND [FRANCE 1/3. 2/5, 5/10]. * [B4-01] UNITED KINGDOM COINAGE, ADD THE FOLLOWING CREDIT COIN [U.K.,3/£1] AND [U.K., 1/50p]. * REPORTS MENU ‘E3’ HAS CHANGED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: E3-01+ INSTALL DEVICE GENERIC ASCII/ O’NEIL MICROFLASH/ NSM DATAPRINT 3000, PRINT/ NSM DATAPRINT, SAVE/ CITIZEN 560/562/ CUSTOM E3-01A DEVICE TYPE GENERIC/ O’NEIL MICROFLASH/ NSM DATA PRINTER/ CITIZEN 560/562 E3-01B HOT PLUG CUSTOM REPORT YES/ NO E3-01C HOT PLUG QUERY NONE/ 3 ASCII NULLS/ ASCII DCI E3-01D HOT PLUG RESPONSE CTS ACTIVE/ DSR ACTIVE/ NONE E3-01E SAVE REPORT YES/ NO E3-01F BAUD RATE 300/ 600/ 1200/ 2400/ 4800/ 9600/ 19200 E3-01G END OF LINE CR LF/ CR/ LF E3-01H CHARACTERS PER LINE 24 - 80 E3-01I CTS HANDSHAKE YES/ NO E3-01J XON / XOFF HANDSHAKE YES/ NO E3-01K DSR HANDSHAKE YES/ NO E3-01L EOL / CTS HANDSHAKE YES/ NO E3-02+ OUTPUT FORMAT FORMATTED/ DELIMITED E3-02A DELIMITER TAB/ SEMI COLON/ COMMA/ SPACE E3-02B TEXT QUALIFIER DOUBLE QUOTE/ SINGLE QUOTE * GERMANY DEFAULTS TO NSM DATAPRINT 3000, PRINT. * FRANCE DEFAULTS TO CITIZEN 560/562 PRINTER. * ALL OTHERS DEFAULT TO O’NEIL MICROFLASH PRINTER. * HISTOGRAM REPORTS ADDED FOR PRINTER USE. * ‘ALLOW BUY IN’ ADJUSTMENT [B1-19] ADDED. * ‘DISPLAY CREDIT FRACTIONS’ ADJUSTMENT [B1-18] ADDED TO ALLOW OPERATORS TO NOT HAVE TO DISPLAY THEM. * ‘DISPLAY REPLAY INDICATOR’ ADJUSTMENT [B1-17] ADDED. THIS WILL ALLOW STARS TO APPEAR ON THE DISPLAY DURING THE ‘REPLAY AT’ SHOW IF A NEW REPLAY LEVEL IS AVAILABLE. CHANGES IMPLEMENTED WITH V1.04.1 * CHANGED CALCULATIONS FOR CUSTOM BOOKKEEPING AUDITS AA-01, AB-01, AC-01, AD-01 AND A2-01. * ADDED DUTCH TRANSLATIONS IN MENU SYSTEM ON BOTTOM LINE OF THE MENU DISPLAY. CHANGES IMPLEMENTED IN V1.05 * FRENCH TRANSLATIONS IMPLEMENTED. * INCREASED TIME DELAYS ADDED FOR NSM DATAPRINT 3000 PRINTER TO STOP THE ‘SPEICHER GELOSCHT’ MESSAGE FROM APPEARING INCORRECTLY. CHANGES IMPLEMENTED IN V1.06 * [B1-14] ‘MESSAGE OF THE DAY’ CORRECTED RANDOM LOCKUP CONDITION WHEN MORE THAN 3 CHARACTERS WHERE ENTERED. THE MESSAGE FIELD INCLUDES 3 LINES OF 17 CHARACTERS EACH. THE DOWN ARROW SYMBOL IS USED TO MOVE TO NEXT LINE. * [B1-20] ADJUSTMENT FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS , RANGE 1 TO 99. FACTORY DEFAULT IS 20. * HOLLAND COINAGE, CHANGE: 1 GUILDER = 1 CREDIT ALWAYS. * HOLLAND METER [COUNTER] WILL REGISTER 1 COUNT FOR EACH 1/4 GUILDER. BOTH IN BOOKKEEPING AND MECHANICAL METER. * WAND ALWAYS RETURNS TO THE HOME POSITION: IF YOU POWER OFF AND ON, OR SHUT THE COIN DOOR WITH THE WAND MOVING: GAME COULD LOCK UP. * IMPLEMENTED GERMAN TRANSLATIONS.

CHANGE IN SOUND SOFTWARE V1.06 * TO OBTAIN LOWER VOLUME SETTING: CHANGE U30 ON THE SOUND PCB TO: SOFTWARE V1.06. VOLUME ADJUSTMENT RANGE 1 THROUGH 40. VOLUME SET AT LEVEL 1 IS LOWER THAN PREVIOUS SOFTWARE VERSIONS. V1.06 VOLUME LEVEL 5 IS EQUAL TO VOLUME 1 SETTING ON PREVIOUS SOFTWARE.