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Anyone recognise this late 70s Taito board ?, unfortunately the rom sockets were unpopulated so no romident. Board # JNN 00001.
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It uses a Z80, can not find a crystal, it must be on the other board.
Picked up a pile of faulty boards the other day, there is a chance the other board is there.
Picked up a pile of faulty boards the other day, there is a chance the other board is there.
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OK found it, it looks like a Galaxian bootleg PCB. See pic below of the Galaxian, what has me baffled is the Taito board sticker ?. The top board has more rom sockets/ locations than the Galaxian bootleg.
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Taito did have a game in 1979 called Galaxy Wars but it's a different game than Galaxian. Back in those days, hacks and bootlegs were very commonplace and yep, having the Taito sticker on that board is perplexing at best.
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Ive looked at those (the ones I could find) this is completely different.
On the board in question notice the difference on the LHS of the Z80 - it is not the standard galax boot as in the bottom picture, that has an edge connect from the Z80 for test purposes.
The original Balley-Midway single Galaxian boards also have this.
Then again it may just be a different version boot, but why the Taito sticker which appears to be original.
On the board in question notice the difference on the LHS of the Z80 - it is not the standard galax boot as in the bottom picture, that has an edge connect from the Z80 for test purposes.
The original Balley-Midway single Galaxian boards also have this.
Then again it may just be a different version boot, but why the Taito sticker which appears to be original.
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