Do I want a TAF home use ROM?

[Discodan]

Hi Guys

Just a bit of a newby question here. My TAF is exclusively for home use but has a L-4 ROM, is there any advantage in getting a H-4 home use ROM? At the moment I have to open the door to add more credits so a free play mode would be nice, does the H-4 have this, are there any other benefits. I've searched the web high and low, lots of info on vesion changes etc but no outline of the functionality difference

thanks in advance
dan

[swinks]

contact a member here - Beaky for a rom and he can give you a modded one so you won't have any ghosting if you put leds in.

But definitley get a regular rom if suitable then set it to permanent free play.

[Caveoftreasures]

Andys(Beakys) details and website

http://beakyspinballrepairs.moonfruit.com/

I am also wondering what the difference is between the home rom and the std operators rom.

Are there any Adams Family owners on here who could help out n list the differences for Dan ??  

[ausrhino]

I'd also love some info on the subject.  I have a TAF - and getting a rom that limits ghosting on the LEDS is something that I am interested in.

[beaky]

i will chase this info up now guys

[beaky]

looks it is worth updating.
you will be able to change your existing rom to free play just by changing the pricing settings in the "Pricing Adjustments" to free play

on most revisions they have fixed problems

the list below explains what they have done in each revision

H-4           May 24, 1994    Changes from Revision H-3:  [RECOMMENDED]
                               - More display stuff fixed.

H-3           May 6, 1993     Changes from Revision L-6:
                               - Updated operating system for new slam tilt switch handling.
                               - Re-added "Home" settings from Internal L-7.

L-6           Mar 18, 1993    Released only to a German distributor.
                              Changes from Revision L-5:
                               - Updated operating system to support a new printer type.
                               - Non-working "buy-in" option added
                               - Only two champions displayed instead of three as in L-5
                               - Change in default high score credit awards

L-5           Dec 9, 1992     Includes all changes up to Internal L-8, but had "Home"
                              settings from Internal L-7 removed.  At this point, the
                              large score font was changed to be conditionally compiled
                              only for Home ROM versions.

L-8           Nov 8, 1992     (Internal testing only, not released.)
                              Changes from Internal L-7:
                               - Updated operating system for improved coin switch handling.  
                               - Cleaned up some more display stuff.

L-7           Oct 15, 1992    (Internal testing only, not released.)
                              This version likely came into circulation during Pinball
                              Expo '92, when it was handed out to a few people as a "Home" version.
                              Changes from Internal L-6:
                               - Added adjustment "GAMEOVER KICKOUT"  
                               - Added adjustment "FREEPLAY MESSAGE"  
                               - Added adjustment "SPOT GREED/BALL"  
                               - Added "SPOT T-H-I-N-G" for a different rule that was
                                   added for spotting THING letters.  
                               - Added "INSTALL HOME" preset.

L-6           Sep-Oct, 1992   (Internal testing only, not released.)
                              Changes from Internal L-5:
                               - Added soft firing of ball release on swamp release coils.  
                               - Added large score font.  
                               - Cleaned up some more display stuff.

L-5           Aug 3, 1992     (Internal testing only, not released.)
                              Changes from Revision L-4:
                               - Cleaned up some display effects.
                               - Fixed a problem where "thing awards" could not be collected
                                   during Tour the Mansion if Quick Multiball was lit.
                               - Jackpots are now awarded during multiball if the ball makes
                                   it into the vault (Dirty Pool).

L-4           Apr 27, 1992    Changes from Revision L-3:
                               - Changed default German pricing.

[beaky]

also most home version roms have the led patch already installed

[Discodan]

Thanks for that Beaky, as you say it sounds like it makes sense to go for the upgrade. How do I go about ordering one through you? If you want to PM me your details and the cost I'll take it from there

cheers
dan

[beaky]

Thanks for that Beaky, as you say it sounds like it makes sense to go for the upgrade. How do I go about ordering one through you? If you want to PM me your details and the cost I'll take it from there

cheers
dan

Pm sent

[johnwartjr]

Most of my customers either want L-5 or gold ROMS with LX3. Those seem to be the most popular.

[Discodan]

Apologies for taking so long to close the loop on this topic but.....

I received the ROM from Beaky a few days later, all too easy and stupid cheap. Installation was predicatably easy and hasn't really made that many differences, the only noticable ones being:

- Free Play mode
- Larger font size on the scores, certainly better than the original
- eliminated ghosting on the couple of LEDs that had it
- The wierd one, the ball eject into the lauch/plunger aisle is now really quiet. You can barely hear it when it ejects it at the beginning of a new ball whereas the original ROM really smacked it out there

Overall a good move, thanks for your help on that one Beaky

cheers
d

[beaky]

Glad I could help
Among other things one of updates was a softer kick into the ball shooter "not the exact terminology"
Larger fonts and cleaning up some of the previous code