Alpha Software Help

[BiggerHammer]

Hey guys,
I just purchased a batch of S9E's and S9-1's but they are missing the software. I'm pretty sure that I have found the correct CF card game numbers but I'm having trouble trying to determine which O/S cards to use with each game. So I guess the question is, how can I find out which O/S needs to be used. I'm sure there's a master list of game titles that tell what CF game and O/S cards to use for each game theme but I'm coming up empty here.

[coolwavepic]

What BIOS is in the MPU? If you have a BIOS and OS matching, you can pretty much run any game. If you have a good BIOS and OS combo, you DON'T need to swap those out for a specific game. Gotta love Bally.

[BiggerHammer]

I just need to know what dictates wich o/s to run. Are you saying to look at the bios and that will tell me what o/s to run?

[SlotMechanic]

Pull out the mpu, and I believe by the 2 coin batterys theres a chip with a number on it....for an example...mine reads:
AVBPROD0R807-00 ST....This is your bios. Usually people go by the 807.

Tom

[BiggerHammer]

Let's say I have an 807 bios, how do I know what o/s to run? what if I have an 809 or 300M bios etc.. is there a chart to reference or a rule of thumb to go by that tells what o/s to run with each version of bios?

[Harp]

Rule of thumb

807 Bios will run OS31x
809 Bios will run OS32x
300M Bios will run OS33x

[BiggerHammer]

Now we're cooking... Thanks Harp

[SlotMechanic]

Hey Harp.....would you know the difference in any of these Bios and OS? Is one faster then the other? Can only certain games be played on curtain ones?

Tom

[JRSlots]

Use an 809 Bios, a 320 clear and a 326 OS and you will have no problems!

[BiggerHammer]

Even if your using a 1Ghz CPU?

[JRSlots]

I don't recall anyone mentioning a 1GB MPU....
Look at the chart for the correct Bios, OS and Clear for the 1GB!

[coolwavepic]

Here is an Alpha MPU/BIOS/OS chart.