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Pole Position - Coin-Op Videogame Pinout

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This game has been tagged as belonging to conversion class: unique

There is a specific pin-out record on file for Pole Position:

            POLE POSITION
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Video board, 30 pins, 15 per side, numbered side is back of board, letters
are on component side.  Items in parenthesis aren't listed on schematic:

  1  GND                          A  GND
  2  +5 volts                     B  +5 volts
  3  GND                          C  GND
                   (keyway)
  4  GND                          D  GND
  5  GND                          E  GND
  6  GND                          F  GND
  7  GND                          H  GND
  8  GND                          J  GND
  9  Red                          K  GND
 10  Green                        L  GND
 11  Composite sync (inverted)    M  GND
 12  Blue                         N  GND
 13  Video return                 P  GND
 14  + sense                      R  (+5 volts)  
 15  - sense                      S  GND

CPU board, 44 pins, 22 per side, numbered side is back of board, letters
are on component side.  Items in parenthesis aren't listed on schematic:

 1  GND                                    A  GND
 2  +5 vols                                B  +5 volts
 3  GND                                    C  GND
                         (keyway)
 4  GND for shifter                        D  GND (coin door 1)
 5  GND for brake                          E  GND (utility panel 4)
 6  Brake                                  F  Gas pedal wiper
 7  Start 0                                H  Steering 2 (steering pin 1)
 8  Steering 1 (steering pin 4)            J  Right coin counter 2 (utility panel 6)
 9  Left coin counter 1 (utility panel 7)  K  Test switch (utility panel 5)
10  Service switch (utility panel 9)       L  Coin 2 (coin door 2)
11  Coin 1 (coin door 3)                   M  Start 1
12  Shifter                                N  GND
13  (vol. GND)                             P  vol. GND for gas
14  (vol. VCC)                             R  vol. VCC for gas
15  Sound 2+                               S  GND
16  Sound 4+                               T  Sound 1+
17  GND                                    U  Audio GND for channels 1 & 3
18  Sound 3+                               V  Audio GND for channels 2 & 4
19  Sound 1-                               W  Sound 4-
20  Sound 3-                               X  Sound 2-
21  + sense                                Y  +5 for steering (steering pin 2)
22  - sense                                Z  GND for steering (steering pin 3)

For upright game, connect the following on the CPU board:

   18 to T and 19 to 20 to strap sound outputs 1 and 3 together
   15 to 16 and X to W to strap sound outputs 2 and 4 together
   7 to M for automatic game start (a start switch could go here)
   5 to 6 to account for lack of brake pedal

Audio outputs need to go to an amplifier (won't drive a speaker directly).
Gas pedal is a 5K pot.


        

NOTE: Conversion class and pin-out data is contributed by the community and although is believed to be correct (most of the time), has not been tested or verified.

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