Bally 6803

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1 Introduction

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Bally 6803 Board Set

2 Games

Game Title	Game Number	Sound	Displays	Keypad Used	Notes
Eight Ball Champ	0B38	Squawk & Talk	4 7-Digit / 1 6-Digit	Yes
Beat the Clock	0C70	Squawk & Talk	4 7-Digit / 1 6-Digit	Assumed Yes
Lady Luck	0E34	Cheap Squeak	4 7-Digit / 1 6-Digit	Assumed Yes
Motordome	0E14	T. C. S.	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Yes
Black Belt	0E52	T. C. S.	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Assumed Yes
Special Force	0E47	Sounds Deluxe	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Yes
Strange Science	0E35	T. C. S.	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Yes
City Slicker	0E79	T. C. S.	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Yes
Hardbody	0E94	T. C. S.	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Yes
Party Animal	0H01	Sounds Deluxe	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Assumed Yes
Heavy Metal Meltdown	0H03	Sounds Deluxe	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Yes
Dungeons & Dragons	0H06	Sounds Deluxe	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Yes
Escape from the Lost World	0H05	Sounds Deluxe	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	No
Blackwater 100	0H07	Sounds Deluxe	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	Assumed No
Truck Stop	2001	D-11581-2001	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	No	Uses a sound interface board to process signals for sound board
Atlantis	2006	D-11581-2006	2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric	No	Uses a sound interface board to process signals for sound board

Game model numbers provided by the Internet Pinball Database - http://www.ipdb.org

3 Technical Info

3.1 CPU Board

Bally 6803 CPU Board

3.1.1 CPU Board ROM Info and Jumper Settings

Game	U2	U3	Jumpers
Eight Ball Champ	Not Used	0B38-00803-0005	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Beat the Clock*	Not Used	0C70-00803-0005	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Lady Luck	Not Used	0E34-00803-0005	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Motor Dome	E14A-42AAE-BX40	E14A-42AAE-CX4D	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Black Belt	0E52-00803-0001	0E52-00803-0002	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Special Force	0E47-00803-0004	0E47-00803-0005	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Strange Science	0E35-00803-0001	0E35-00803-0002	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
City Slicker	0E79-00803-0002	0E79-00803-0003	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Hard Body	E94A-12601-0000	E94A-12602-0000	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Party Animal	H01A-12601-0000	H01A-12602-0000	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Heavy Metal Meltdown	H03A-12601-0000	H03A-12602-0000	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Dungeons & Dragons	H06A-12601-0000	H06A-12602-0000	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Escape from the Lost World	H05A-12601-0000	H05A-12602-0000	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Blackwater 100	H07A-12601-0000	H07A-12602-0000	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Truck Stop	H08A-12601-0000	H08A-12602-0000	2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Atlantis	2006-12601-0000	2006-12602-0000	2, 4, 6, 9, 10

*Beat the Clock manual may state W8 in, W9 out. However, there was a service bulletin after the game was released stating the opposite.

3.2 Sound Boards

3.2.1 Squawk & Talk

Bally Squawk & Talk Sound Board

3.2.2 Cheap Squeak

Bally Cheap Squeak Sound Board

3.2.3 Turbo Cheap Squeak (T.C.S.)

The Bally Turbo Cheap Squeak (T.C.S.) Sound Board. Note that the headers, which are normally individual pins soldered directly to the board, have been replaced on this board. The test switch is also broken on this board.

The Turbo Cheap Squeak sound board was used on games like Strange Science and Motordome. The sounds it can produce are pretty basic.

The board features a 68B09EP processor, a 6821 PIA, 16K of static ram, and 256K of ROM. It interfaces to the MPU similarly to the Bally Squawk and Talk board. Volume is controlled by the pot at VR1.

Note that the board is marked "T.C.S. FOR PINBALL". Some Bally / Midway video games also use a Turbo Cheap Squeak sound board. The T.C.S. sound boards used for video games and pinball are not 1-to-1 compatible between one another.

3.2.4 Sounds Deluxe

Bally Sounds Deluxe Sound Board

3.3 Accessing Bookkeeping, Settings, and Diagnostics

6803 coin door test button

3.3.1 6803 Keypad

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The beloved 6803 keypad

As easy as "A, B, C".

4 Problems and Fixes

4.1 Power Driver Issues

This may not apply to some, as MPU might have been part of it.

4.4 Sound Issues

4.4.1 Sounds Deluxe Board

Bally Sounds Deluxe Sound Board

This sound board has a common problem with DAC failure. AD7533 chip is easy and inexpensive to replace. You can prevent failure by removing C12 (47 uf) capacitor. It seems to have no adverse affect but prevents a voltage condition on power down that can destroy the DAC.

The LED with flash a check sequence on power up. 6 Flashes ROMS and RAM are OK.

4.5 Display Driver Board

Possibly doesn't apply to some, can't think of an example.

4.6 Coins Register But Don't Credit Up

This is commonly seen on VPinMAME emulation, but applies to real life as well.

Coins drop OK, switch is good, game makes noise, but it remains on "Credits 0" and doesn't credit up.

Symptom is corrupted/blank NVRAM.

To fix, open coin door (make sure coin door switch is working, otherwise the keypad won't work), then do these steps:

Hit "Test", to enter operator mode.

Hit "A" until "Feature Options" is displayed.

Hit Enter.

It will say "Reset Factory Is".

Hit 6, then 5, then Enter.

Hit "Game" to return to attract mode. You'll know it worked because it will take longer than usual to reach attract mode, and the display will flicker slightly as the computer clears the memory (this is normal).

Intuitive and easy to remember, right? And Bally had the nerve to advertise "manual-free testing"....

5 Game Specific Problems and Fixes

Example would be servo controller on Independence Day pinball

6 Repair Logs

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