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Use the Aux. Coin Sw.

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Hello --

It's me again with another suggestion to keep you from getting 
burned when your game goes to Japan.

Besides the Start switches (see prior memo a couple of weeks 
ago), you should also provide for the Aux Coin or Service 
switch. This switch (Jamma pin R) should give a credit to the 
game without clicking the coin counter. I believe the standard 
software can handle this -- provided that all of the correct 
software "switches" are set.

I suggest you implement this by Field Test so that you have 
plenty of time to make sure it works before release (and any 
protos going to Japan would work properly).

That's all for now. Sayonara!

John
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Nov 12, 1990