Atari WARLORDS - Game Operation

Warlords
TM
G.
Game
Operation
With this
manual
you
received
two
large sheets
that contain
the
wiring
and schematic diagrams
for
the Warlords™/upright
game. Sheet
1,
Side
A, in-
cludes a
“table
of
contents” that shows the arrange-
ment of
these diagrams. They
include
explanations
of the functions
of the circuits; the diagrams
also
define inputs and
outputs.
Atari’s Warlords™
is a microprocessor-controlled
game. The
microprocessor is contained on
the
game
PCB.
The game PCB receives switch inputs
from the control panel
and
coin
door.
These inputs
are processed
by the game PCB and output to
the
monitor,
Regulator/Audio II PCB,
loudspeaker, coin
counter, and
control panel.
The
Regulator/Audio II
PCB performs two func-
tions:
1)
it
regulates
the
+
10.3 VDC from
the
power
supply
to + 5 VDC, and
2)
it amplifies the audio out-
put
from
the game PCB.
The
+
5 VDC from the
Reg-
ulator/Audio II PCB
provides
most
logic power
to
the
game
PCB.
The audio
output from the Regulator/-
Audio
II PCB directly
drives
the
game speaker and is
controlled
by the volume
control, mounted
inside
the coin door.
The
power
supply
is the source
of all voltages in
the game.
These voltages
are
protected by
four
fuses (F3 thru F5) on the power supply chassis.
The
primary
winding
of
the power
supply transformer is
protected
by
the
fuses FI
and
F2 on the power
supp-
ly chassis.
Figure
14 illustrates the distribution of power
in
this game. Figure 15 illustrates the distribution of
signals.
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