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Jim-

The answer partly depends on whether or not you have a superboard or a non-superboard installed in your machine.  You'll need to power off the machine and take out the removable MPU board to determine what board is currently installed.

If you have a non-superboard, you're limited to some single-game poker games and I believe most of the slot games will work in it.  If you have a superboard, you open up the possibility of additional video poker games, as well as the multi-game video poker games that have five different poker games that the player can select from using the hold/discard buttons when a game isn't in progress.  I should note, if you do not have a superboard you can purchase one and it will install right into your machine with no modification necessary.

Stolistic's site has pictures of the normal (non-superboard) and the superboard so you can see the difference between them:

http://www.stolistic.com/wiki/Players_Edge_Plus (http://www.stolistic.com/wiki/Players_Edge_Plus)

The superboard has an extra data socket which may or may not be in use.  If you're not sure which board you have, snap a picture of it and post it here -- we'll be able to tell you.

Also, the bible has a whole section that contains *most* of the PE+ poker games -- you can see that list here (http://newlifegames.net/igtbible/IGT%20Poker/Game%20Library%20-%20PE-Plus.htm).  The "Multi Poker" are the games that have 5 different poker games in one.

Yes, you will need a SET chip to re-enable the bill validator when you change games.  You can post a WTB request in the classifieds section and/or contact one of the vendors at the top of the screen to purchase one.

Jim-

Yes, the colors are off because the wrong CAP chip is in there.  What CAP chip is currently in there?  I see a capx2174 working with a different multi-game -- you're saying you need a 1274, or that's what you have now?  Based on the games on your screen, it looks like you got the XM00007P set.  I don't have a list that shows what CAP prom goes with that -- does anyone know for sure?

As far as the set chip, I'm pretty sure you need a chip designed for the PE+.  I remember once long ago someone saying that they had a chip that could be used for both the S+ and PE+, but I don't know if they were for real and I don't know which set chip they were talking about.

I don't have a PE+ but found this:

Standard PE+ Games.........SET004
Standard PE+ w/SAS 4.0...SET033

Hope this may help.

Ron (r273)

For what it's worth, a SET 38 will also do the trick for a PE+.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/ak7u5e.jpg)

(Picture from Stolistic's blog -- I've used the SET 38 on my machine as well.)

If you poke around the site, some one created an adapter for a 27c256 to be used instead of the Caprom.
The caproms are based on a discontinued chip which is hard to obtain and then the special way that this particular chip was written too, most modern burners don't support.

The adapter basically consisted of a Socket that matches the socket on the board, a socket that matched the 27c256 and a piece of breadboard.

The contents of the 1274x could then be burnt onto the 27c256. The latter being a common chip that all eprom burners can read/write.

April from Leeman slot sales (link on home page) also had a number of PE+ kits and could likely provide the required caprom.

I double-checked with a friend -- 2174 is the one he uses with his multi-poker games to get the right colors.  That said, it is very possible that a different cap chip also would do the trick.  He only had one left, though, so he wasn't able to offer it for sale.

Here's the post (http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=1391.0) that Jay was talking about.  It involves a bit of soldering work, but its doable.  If you're not very solder-savvy, you'd likely be better off posting a WTB in the classifieds section for the CAP chip you need -- I'm sure one of our vendors has one of those chips laying around.