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All the rest / Re: NASA made the first TTL Logic board...
« on: November 09, 2014, 12:28:04 AM »
Super geeky cool  ;D

Amazed given how rare that pcb is that she hacked one of the IC's apart..


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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: I hate Bondo/polyester putty.
« on: October 13, 2014, 10:28:09 AM »
Will your primer coat not fill in these little holes?

If not use a product like "stopper" its like think paint, for filling in little imperfections

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Atari Centipede
« on: April 29, 2014, 06:39:08 PM »

I've got quite a lot of experience with car filler.. too many years messing about with VW's so happy to work with that, I just wanted to replace it with "original" material, wood out = wood back in

Of course I would not do this if the damage was lighter i.e. a few mm, but in this case its about 1/2 inch that is broken off i.e. though to the t moulding slot. I will need to make sure i use a very strong glue that is thick enough to go into all the texture of the chipboard to form a really string bond, i intend to clamp it on while it sets

If it does not work out i will use a router to remove it again and switch to car filler


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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Atari Centipede
« on: April 28, 2014, 07:29:33 PM »
I was going to use wood as that's what it was before the damage, you can see the texture through the vynil so it will be as close to original as possible

What is the PONAL DUO, a filler but what makes it special over say a car body filler?


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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Atari Centipede
« on: April 28, 2014, 12:05:33 AM »
Been really enjoying playing the Millipede pcb in it, hopefully I will get the time to look at the Centipede PCB so i can "downgrade"!

The best thing of all was my 8 year old boy who kept saying "can i play on that new game?", so the xbox etc got ignored and he played 1980's style. He was really good and picked it up very quickly, yay, another one addicted

Been doing more small jobs like replacing the ballast, got the monitor repair arranged (will be a few weeks)

So soon I will try the woodwork repair. Planning on cutting some chipboard to the correct thickness, routing a straight edge on the original cab (1/2 way though the thickness) then glue it on
Then i will route round to match the new wood to the profile of the existing wood (using a router bit with a bearing on the end). Then i will cover the new bit with a small piece of vinyl, hopefully the join will be almost invisible

Fingers crossed..

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Atari Centipede
« on: April 26, 2014, 02:02:22 PM »
Hi,

Yes I will change to 230, need to dig around to see if i have the correct plug, if not then i will have to rewire the yellow one

Funny you should mention the trakball..




A guy called Chris spoke to a guy called Bob and he sent me some goodies..




Fitted




Super smooth, really nice












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Arcade Lifestyle / Atari Centipede
« on: April 26, 2014, 11:26:32 AM »
Time to give it a try..

No pictures i'm afraid but I plugged it in (making sure 110V !!) and checked the voltages on the game board, all look ok
Screen is all white, so tried a Millipede pcb i bought many years ago, still the same

So I have a G07 waiting for me to restore my Missile Command so I give that a try
Amazing.. the game board that was in it works.. WOW!!!!




So i think.. hey, lets just get this working for some gaming fun before I restore it, so monitor swap..




G07 in




Connect up the G07 and test






Original PCB does have a slight issue with the player, it does not seem to move up and down completely and a bit of the graphic appears near the top of the screen, maybe RAM issue, will investigate later
For now i plug in and "Test" the Millipede pcb until 3am..


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Arcade Lifestyle / Atari Centipede
« on: April 26, 2014, 11:01:17 AM »
Hi,

Just thought I would post some pictures of progress so far on the Centipede upright that landed in the UK last week


Chris did a great job of packing, nice and safe




After USA -> Germany -> Belgium -> UK
Finally in my back garden for a quick clean up, this is it upon arrival




Damage to the wood:(  (done along time ago, it came in from the USA like this)
But I am happy, i'm better at woodwork than electronics..




USA serial stickers all intact, great for Atari fan like me ;D
I've been searching for an upright US version for a while now, plenty of Irish ones around but this was what I wanted
Front/rear/PSU/ARII/monitor serials all match, only the game board has been changed




Ready for some resto work, screen printed CPO on its way from the USA now (and one for Chris's Centipede also)




All present and correct.. really clean metalwork, this cab has never been near water, not seen one this good before, very original





"Coin-Op Division" routing tag




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All the rest / Re: Hi from the UK
« on: April 26, 2014, 10:18:12 AM »
Hi all, thanks for the welcome, I was up until 3am playing Atari.. thanks to Chris  ;D ;D

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All the rest / Hi from the UK
« on: April 26, 2014, 01:50:16 AM »
Hi,

Just wanted to say hi, I've been a member for a few years but never posted, just watched all the amazing road trips, always makes me laugh just how many kilometers and how many burger kings can be done in one day  :)

I've been collecting for about 10 years and have a few cabs, mostly Atari.. i love Atari, great childhood memories (cabs and atari 400/800/vcs)

I've just been lucky enough to get a game from chris (chrischris), he is a great guy!

Will post some pictures as soon as i can work out how to include pictures from flickr in a post

cheers
Kevin

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