Vector

1 Introduction

Project Date: March 24, 1981

Date Of Manufacture: February, 1982

Production: 3,500 units (confirmed)

Theme: Fantasy - Sports

Notable Features: Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (1), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (5), 3-bank drop targets (3), 2-ball and 3-ball multiball. Playfield digital display. Split-level playfield with four ramps. Has speech.

2 Technical Info

Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)

A1 Display Module: 4x AS-2518-58 (7-digits), 2x AS-2518-21 (6-digits Credits display & Playfield display)

A2 Power Module: AS-2518-54

A3 Solenoid Driver Module: AS-2518-22

A4 Bally MPU Module: AS-2518-35

A5 Lamp Driver Module: AS-2518-23

A9 Auxiliary Lamp Driver Module: AS-2518-52

A14 Squawk & Talk Sound Module: AS-2518-61B

A15 Solenoid Expander: AS-2518-66

A17 Aux. Driver - GI Flasher: AS-2518-68

A19 Aux. Driver - Triac Lamp Flasher AS-2518-82

3 Charts

3.1 Lamp Chart

SCR	conn.	lamp description	code	wire color	tr type
Q01	*A9J2-7	1st Top Lane Arrow & 2 Top Lane	10	Red	MCR-106
Q08	*A9J2-14	2nd Top Lane Arrow & 3 Top Lane	12	Red-Blu	MCR-106
Q15	*A9J3-8	3rd Top Lane Arrow & 4 Top Lane	13	Red-Yel	MCR-106
Q22	*A9J3-15	4th Top Lane Arrow & 5 Top Lane	14	Red-Grn	MCR-106
Q02	*A9J2-4	5th Top Lane Arrow	15	Red-Wht	MCR-106
Q09	*A9J2-11	6th Top Lane Arrow	18	Red-Blk	MCR-106
Q16	*A9J3-3	7th Top Lane Arrow & Storage Mem. Lane	20	Blu	MCR-106
Q23	*A9J3-12	8th Top Lane Red Arrow & Storage Mem.	21	Blu-Red	MCR-106
Q16	A5J2-22	Ball-in-Play (Back Box)	62	Brn-Blu	MCR-106
Q12	A5J1-19	Bonus 1K	60	Brn	2N5060
Q27	A5J1-9	Bonus 2K	43	Grn-Yel	2N5060
Q38	A5J3-25	Bonus 3K	36	Yel-Brn	2N5060
Q50	A5J3-12	Bonus 4K	21	Blu-Red	2N5060
Q13	A5J1-17	Bonus 5K	57	Wht-Orn	2N5060
Q28	A5J1-8	Bonus 6K	51	Wht-Red	2N5060
Q44	A5J3-19	Bonus 7K	67	Brn-Orn	2N5060
Q51	A5J3-15	Bonus 8K	53	Wht-Yel	2N5060
Q08	A5J1-23	Bonus 9K	12	Red-Blu	MCR-106
Q35	A5J1-3	Bonus 10K	45	Grn-Wht	MCR-106
Q49	A5J3-17	Bonus 20K	13	Red-Yel	MCR-106
Q18	A5J2-20	Bonus Multiplier 2X	98	Gry-Blk	2N5060
Q30	A5J2-6	Bonus Multiplier 3X	85	Blk-Wht	2N5060
Q43	A5J2-7	Bonus Multiplier 5X	91	Gry-Red	2N5060
Q54	A5J3-11	Bonus Special	20	Blu	MCR-106
Q52	A5J3-13	Credit Indicator	35	Yel-Wht	2N5060
Q06	*A9J2-6	Door Frame Bottom & Left #1	45	Grn-Wht	MCR-106
Q13	*A9J2-13	Door Frame Bottom & Left #2	40	Grn	MCR-106
Q20	*A9J3-7	Door Frame Bottom & Left #3	82	Blk-Blu	MCR-106
Q27	*A9J3-14	Door Frame Bottom & Left #4	27	Blu-Orn	MCR-106
Q05	*A9J2-9	Door Frame Bottom & Right #5	54	Wht-Grn	MCR-106
Q12	*A9J2-17	Door Frame Bottom & Right #6	43	Grn-Yel	MCR-106
Q19	*A9J3-10	Door Frame Bottom & Right #7	25	Blu-Wht	MCR-106
Q26	*A9J3-17	Door Frame Bottom & Right #8	38	Yel-Blk	MCR-106
Q07	*A9J2-5	Door Frame Top & Left #5	60	Brn	MCR-106
Q14	*A9J2-12	Door Frame Top & Left #6	62	Brn-Blu	MCR-106
Q21	*A9J3-4	Door Frame Top & Left #7	95	Gry-Wht	MCR-106
Q28	*A9J3-13	Door Frame Top & Left #8	96	Gry-Brn	MCR-106
Q04	*A9J2-10	Door Frame Top & Right #1	80	Blk	MCR-106
Q11	*A9J2-18	Door Frame Top & Right #2	57	Wht-Orn	MCR-106
Q18	*A9J3-11	Door Frame Top & Right #3	70	Orn	MCR-106
Q25	*A9J3-18	Door Frame Top & Right #4	72	Orn-Blu	MCR-106
Q55	A5J3-9	Drop Target "X" Arrow	15	Red-Wht	MCR-106
Q48	A5J3-16	Drop Target "Y" Arrow	25	Blu-Wht	MCR-106
Q34	A5J1-2	Drop Target "Z" Arrow	52	Wht-Blu	MCR-106
Q26	A5J1-7	Energy in Storage #1	34	Yel-Grn	2N5060
Q32	A5J3-27	Energy in Storage #2	40	Grn	2N5060
Q59	A5J3-4	Energy in Storage #3	14	Red-Grn	2N5060
Q33	A5J2-11	Game Over (Back Box)	95	Gry-Wht	MCR-106
Q15	A5J2-23	High Score to Date (Back Box)	97	Gry-Orn	MCR-106
Q05	A5J2-16	H-Y-P-E Release 1 Ball Arrow	34	Yel-Grn	2N5060
Q20	A5J1-13	Left Outlane Special	30	Yel	2N5060
Q58	A5J3-2	Left Return Lane	95	Gry-Wht	2N5060
Q53	A5J3-14	Lower Drop Target Left Arrow	84	Blk-Grn	2N5060
Q39	A5J3-24	Lower Drop Target Middle Arrow	72	Orn-Blu	2N5060
Q21	A5J1-12	Lower Drop Target Right Arrow	61	Brn-Red	2N5060
Q23	A5J2-8	Match (Back Box)	82	Blk-Blu	MCR-106
Q11	A5J1-16	Release All Balls Arrow	15	Red-Wht	2N5060
Q04	A5J1-28	Right Outlane Special	78	Orn-Blk	2N5060
Q25	A5J1-6	Right Return Lane	25	Blu-Wht	2N5060
Q01	A5J1-24	Right Side 5K	50	Wht	MCR-106
Q24	A5J1-5	Right Side 10K	48	Grn-Blk	MCR-106
Q42	A5J3-21	Right Side 15K	64	Brn-Grn	MCR-106
Q56	A5J3-10	Right Side 20K	91	Gry-Red	MCR-106
Q02	A5J1-25	Right Side 25K	75	Orn-Wht	MCR-106
Q03	A5J2-21	Same Player Shoot Again (Back Box)	47	Grn-Orn	MCR-106
Q40	A5J3-22	Same Player Shoot Again (Playfield)	23	Blu-Yel	MCR-106
Q10	*A9J2-15	Shooter Plunger	52	Wht-Blu	MCR-106
Q60	A5J3-3	Target "H"	81	Blk-Red	2N5060
Q37	A5J3-23	Target "Y"	98	Gry-Blk	2N5060
Q22	A5J1-10	Target "P"	23	Blu-Yel	MCR-106
Q10	A5J1-15	Target "E"	13	Red-Yel	MCR-106
Q07	A5J1-27	Thumper Bumper	53	Wht-Yel	2N5060
Q47	A5J2-10	Tilt (Back Box)	35	Yel-Wht	MCR-106
Q14	A5J1-18	to aux. driver J1-3 (insert center ring)	58	Wht-Blk	2N5060
Q36	A5J3-26	to G.I. Flasher Driver (insert)	43	Grn-Yel	2N5060
Q57	A5J3-1	to G.I. Flasher Driver (playfield)	10	Red	2N5060
Q45	A5J2-1	to Solenoid Expander	60	Brn	2N5060
Q24	*A9J3-16	Vectorscan 2X	56	Wht-Brn	MCR-106
Q17	*A9J3-9	Vectorscan 3X	53	Wht-Grn	MCR-106
Q46	A5J3-18	Vectorscan Bonus Score, Bonus Score	56	Wht-Brn	2N5060
Q03	*A9J2-8	Vectorscan Qualified Gate & 1 Top Lane	51	Wht-Red	MCR-106
Q17	A5J1-11	Vectorscan Speed Your Flip	65	Brn-Wht	MCR-106
Q41	A5J3-20	Vectorscan To Date Fastest Flip	78	Orn-Blk	MCR-106
Q06	A5J2-14	X-Y-Z Drop Targets 25K	12	Red-Blu	2N5060
Q19	A5J2-15	X-Y-Z Drop Targets Special	23	Blu-Yel	2N5060
Q31	A5J2-2	X-Y-Z Drop Targets Spots Multiplier	67	Brn-Orn	2N5060
Q29	A5J1-1		41	Grn-Red	2N5060
Q09	A5J1-14		54	Wht-Grn	MCR-106

* indicates located on Aux. Lamp Driver Module A9

3.2 Solenoids

Sol. No	Solenoid description	Solenoid Type	Wire Code	Wire Color	Connector	Driver Transistor	Sol. Exp. Wire Color	Solenoid Coil Type
1	X-Y-Z Drop Target Reset	Momentary	74	Orn-Grn	A3J1-3, J2-4	Q2		NO-26-1900
2	Left Bottom Saucer	Momentary	71	Orn-Red	A3J2-10	Q5		AO-27-1300
3	Right Bottom Saucer	Momentary	81	Blk-Red	A3J2-12	Q7		AO-27-1300
4	Knocker	Momentary	85	Blk-Wht	A3J2-5, J3-4	Q3		AR-26-1200
5	Outhole	Momentary	95	Gry-Wht	A3J1-5	Q4	(91) Gry-Red	AT-27-1300
6	3 Top Drop Target Reset	Momentary	91	Gry-Red	A3J2-11	Q6		NO-26-1900
7	3 Lower Drop Target Reset	Momentary	78	Orn-Blk	A3J1-2, J2-9	Q1		NO-26-1900
8	Captive Ball #1 Kick Up	Momentary	80	Blk	A3J5-12	Q13	(91) Gry-Red	AT-29-2100
9	Captive Ball #1 Kick Down	Momentary	78	Orn-Blk	A3J5-11	Q14	(91) Gry-Red	AT-29-2100
10	Captive Ball #2	Momentary	71	Orn-Red	A3J5-9	Q9	(91) Gry-Red	AT-29-2100
11	Captive Ball #3	Momentary	74	Orn-Grn	A3J5-15	Q10	(91) Gry-Red	AT-29-2100
12	Thumper Bumper	Momentary	67	Brn-Orn	A3J5-13	Q12		AO-26-1200
13	Left Slingshot	Momentary	83	Blk-Yel	A3J5-14	Q11		AO-26-1200
14	Right Slingshot	Momentary	18	Red-Blk	A3J2-6, J3-7, J5-8	Q16		AO-26-1200
15	3 Top Drop Target (Left)	Momentary	95	Gry-Wht	A3J1-5	Q4	(90) Gry	CV-31-2000
16	3 Top Drop Target (Middle)	Momentary	85	Blk-Wht	A3J5-10	Q8	(90) Gry	CV-31-2000
17	3 Top Drop Target (Right)	Momentary	80	Blk	A3J5-12	Q13	(90) Gry	CV-31-2000
18	3 Lower Drop Target (Left)	Momentary	78	Orn-Blk	A3J5-11	Q14	(90) Gry	CV-31-2000
19	3 Lower Drop Target (Middle)	Momentary	71	Orn-Red	A3J5-9	Q9	(90) Gry	CV-31-2000
20	3 Lower Drop Target (Right)	Momentary	74	Orn-Grn	A3J5-15	Q10	(90) Gry	CV-31-2000
21	Coin Lockout	Continuous	36	Yel-Brn	A3J2-8	Q19		FO-36-7000
22	Flipper enabling relay	Continuous	--	--	--	Q15		48V Relay
23		Continuous			A3J5-7	Q17
24		Continuous			A3J2-15, J3-9, J5-3	Q18

Flipper Circuits	Power Wire	Flipper Coil Wire	Flipper Connector	Flipper Button Wire	Button Connector	Coil
Left Flipper	60 (Brn)	40 (Grn)	A3J1-8	20 (Blu)	A3J2-2	AQ-25-500/34-4500
Right Flipper	60 (Brn)	70 (Orn)	A3J1-9	10 (Red)	A3J2-1	AQ-25-500/34-4500
Top Left Flipper	60 (Brn)	85 (Blk-Wht)		(to lower left flipper)		AQ-25-500/34-4500
Top Right Flipper	60 (Brn)	83 (Blk-Yel)		(to lower right flipper)		AQ-25-500/34-4500

3.3 Switch Matrix

			Strobe 0	Strobe 1	Strobe 2	Strobe 3	Strobe 4	Strobe 5
	to Playfield	--	A4J2-1 Wht-Red (51)	A4J2-2 Orn (70)	A4J2-3 Gry-Yel (93)	A4J2-4 Wht-Yel (53)	A4J2-5 Yel-Red (31)	A4J4-5 Orn-Blu (72)
	--	to Cabinet	A4J3-2 Red-Yel (13)	A4J3-3 Red-Grn (14)
Return I-0	A4J2-8 Wht-Grn (54)	A4J3-9 Red-Wht (15)	1 #2 Left of Outhole & #1 Right of Outhole	9 Coin Chute III (Right)	17 Captive Saucer (Bottom)	25 Not Used	33 Right Outlane	41 Not Used
Return I-1	A4J2-9 Brn-Yel (63)	A4J3-10 Brn-Wht (65)	2 #1 Left of Outhole	10 Coin Chute I (Left)	18 Captive Saucer (Middle)	26 3 Lower Drop Target (Right)	34 Right Return Lane	42 Not Used
Return I-2	A4J2-10 Wht-Orn (57)	A4J3-11 Blu (20)	3 Outhole	11 Coin Chute II (Middle)	19 Captive Saucer (Top)	27 3 Lower Drop Target (Middle)	35 Left Outlane	43 Not Used
Return I-3	A4J2-11 Orn-Blk (78)	A4J3-12 Blu-Red (21)	4 Right Bottom Saucer	12 Shooter Lane	20 Not Used	28 3 Lower Drop Target (Left)	36 Left Return Lane	44 Not Used
Return I-4	A4J2-12 Brn (60)	A4J3-13 Blu-Yel (23)	5 Left Bottom Saucer	13 Top Right Lane	21 "E" Target	29 3 Top Drop Target (Right)	37 Advance Bonus Rollover Button	45 Not Used
Return I-5	A4J2-13 Wht-Brn (56)	A4J3-14 Blu-Wht (25)	6 Credit Button	14 Vectorscan Left Gate	22 "P" Target	30 3 Top Drop Target (Middle)	38 Right Slingshot	46 "Z" Drop Target
Return I-6	A4J2-14 Brn-Wht (65)	A4J3-15 Blu-Orn (27)	7 Not Used	15 Tilt (3)	23 "Y" Target	31 3 Top Drop Target (Left)	39 Left Slingshot	47 "Y" Drop Target
Return I-7	A4J2-15 Wht-Blu (52)	A4J3-16 Yel (30)	8 Push Button (under playfield, in front)	16 Slam (2)	24 "H" Target	32 Not Used	40 Thumper Bumper	48 "X" Drop Target

3.4 Vector Speech Commands

Information provided by PinSider "Quench".

The following is the list of the sound commands (in binary and hexadecimal) sent to the S&T board that produce speech. Communications between the MPU board and the S&T board are 4 bits wide. Commands are sent as two binary nibbles; lower nibble first then upper nibble.

0001 0100 .. 14 -- "Vector"
0001 0101 .. 15 -- "Defender"
0001 0110 .. 16 -- "Weak Shot"
0001 0111 .. 17 -- "Shot"
0001 1000 .. 18 -- "Great Shot"
0001 1001 .. 19 -- "Super Shot"
0001 1010 .. 1A -- "Incredible Shot"
0001 1011 .. 1B -- "Shoot for X"
0001 1100 .. 1C -- "Shoot for Z"
0001 1101 .. 1D -- "Macro Power"
0001 1110 .. 1E -- "Shoot for Hype Targets"
0001 1111 .. 1F -- "Shoot for Vector Scan"

0010 0000 .. 20 -- "Strategy Changed"
0010 0001 .. 21 -- "Resume Play"
0010 0010 .. 22 -- "Shoot for H"
0010 0011 .. 23 -- "Shoot for Y"
0010 0100 .. 24 -- "Shoot for P"
0010 0101 .. 25 -- "Shoot for E"
0010 0110 .. 26 -- "Shoot for"
0010 0111 .. 27 -- "Great Save"
0010 1000 .. 28 -- "Hit the Showers"
0010 1001 .. 29 -- "I am a PAC, Play Analysis Computer, For your Vector Game Plan"
0010 1010 .. 2A -- "Play Analysis Computer, For your Vector Game Plan"
0010 1011 .. 2B -- "For your Vector Game Plan"
0010 1100 .. 2C -- "One Captured"
0010 1101 .. 2D -- "Two Captured"
0010 1110 .. 2E -- "Three Captured"
0010 1111 .. 2F -- "Defenders Down"

0011 0000 .. 30 -- "Standby for Vector Scan"
0011 0001 .. 31 -- "Welcome to Vector Dome"
0011 0010 .. 32 -- "Defense in Position"
0011 0011 .. 33 -- "Vector Scan"
0011 0100 .. 34 -- "Captured"
0011 0101 .. 35 -- "X"
0011 0110 .. 36 -- "Y"
0011 0111 .. 37 -- "Z"
0011 1000 .. 38 -- "Period Completed"
0011 1001 .. 39 -- "Vector Scan Value"
0011 1010 .. 3A -- "Double Vector Scan Value"
0011 1011 .. 3B -- "Triple Vector Scan Value"
0011 1100 .. 3C -- "Vector"
0011 1101 .. 3D -- "Energy Stored"
0011 1110 .. 3E -- "Offense Released"
0011 1111 .. 3F -- "New Vector Record"

0100 0000 .. 40 -- "H"
0100 0001 .. 41 -- "Y"
0100 0010 .. 42 -- "P"
0100 0011 .. 43 -- "E"
0100 0100 .. 44 -- "Help Me"
0100 0101 .. 45 -- "Take Aim repeat???"

1100 0110 .. C6 -- "Vector"
1100 1000 .. C8 -- "Vector"
1100 1010 .. CA -- "I am a PAC"

1101 0110 .. D6 -- "Vector"
1101 1000 .. D8 -- "Vector"
1101 1010 .. DA -- "I am a PAC"