random Q from a non-list member...

[Chuck Guzis]

On 24 Sep 2008 at 22:36, Jonathan Katz wrote:

> Can anyone point me in the right directions for schematics for this  
> beastie? Does anyone even have one and can just tell me what resistor  
> or cap or other fun toy is missing from C15 in this admittedly huge  
> graphic?

I'm going to agree with the other posters in saying that it almost 
certainly was a disc ceramic capacitor, but I'm going to stop there.  

When and why was the cap removed?  Was it a factory "tweak"?  What 
does the other side of the PCB look like that shows the foil side and 
how the cap was connected?  If this was a simple decoupling cap, the 
game would most likely work just fine without it, so if that's your 
suspicion, I'd leave it alone until the last.

Cheers,
Chuck