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Phoenix (a side project) – board repair
A bit of a side project, but I’m also repairing the 3 Phoenix boards I have at the same time – so this page is more of a reference of where to find everything you (*and I!) need if you’re trying to fix your own boards.
Phoenix repair logs
Detailed repair logs from others of the problem found, and what was replaced etc. to fix it
http://www.ukvac.com/tech/techs/Phoenix.htm
Phoenix discrete sound emulation
This is great as it shows which chips on the schematics are used for which sound effect, so if any sounds is wrong or not working, you know where to start looking
http://derrick.mameworld.info/docs/Tutorial/Phoenix/Phoenix_From_Start_to_End.html
Phoenix (Centuri) schematics
http://ia600809.us.archive.org/21/items/phoenix-manual/Phoenix-manual_text.pdf
Phoenix (Zaccaria) schematics
http://arcarc.xmission.com/archive/PDF_Arcade_Manuals_and_Schematics/Phoenix_Schematics_(Zaccaria_ITALY).pdf
MM6221A sound chip MAME driver (the music chip in Phoenix)
http://mamedev.org/source/src/emu/sound/tms36xx.h.html
Here’s my own files for reference:
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about 4 years ago
Thank you so much! Been trying to get the sound emulation for my Phoenix emulator right for months, then I stumbled upon this. Thank you.
about 4 years ago
No problems and glad this was of help – will drop you an email to say and find out more about your emulator as it sounds interesting! Alex