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In this final revision of the WPC hardware, the dot matrix controller and the DCS sound boards are combined into a single A/V board, while the Power/Driver and the Fliptronics boards are combined into a single Power/Driver board, bringing the board count down to three boards. It also includes the
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There are six variations of the WPC hardware. The original version is sometimes referred to as WPC-89. The WPC MPU remained the same through all generation up to the addition of the security chip in WPC-S, and then the subsequent WPC-95 board. The variations are as follows:
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system, but due to delays of the new hardware design it was decided to release it on the old hardware (using downsampled sound effects) instead. The redemption game
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was the only game produced with the Fliptronics I board, which is compatible with Fliptronics II boards, which added a bridge rectifier for the flipper voltage.
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machines were also made using this WPC generation, although most were still made using the System 11 board.
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at 2 MHz, 8 KB of RAM, and between 128 KB and 1 MB of EPROM for the game program
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basketball game (designed 1991, produced 1994), as well as in the first shuffle alley game
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WPC systems contain several separate printed circuit boards that are characterized by:
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was the first to be designed with a dot matrix display, but was released after
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This generation WPC hardware was also used in the ticket redemption game
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name) between 1990 and early 1999. It is the successor to their earlier
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same game-specific security PIC introduced in the WPC-Security system.
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platform, before Williams left the pinball business in October 1999.
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Repairing Williams/Bally WPC Pinball Games from 1990 to 1999
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was designed to be the first pinball machine to use the new
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