[Roadtrip] The "wrong-way-round" ORANGE roadtrip ! IT'S ON !! :)

[Superully]

supplement: i didn't have to prepare as much for the weekend as you had to, just a nice cosy place to sleep next to my still-not-fully-repainted defender cabinet along with an original very 70s bedside lamp

[gyruss]

Too bad But i'm sure you will get another chance soon!

[level42]

I actually went back to bed after posting the cancellation message. Funny: Andreas (Speleo) called me and woke me by doing so. I'm sure he thought I would be in Germany at that moment

Ully, that looked like a wonderful sleeping spot....what a view to wake up with

Next time !.....I'm only praying next weekend won't be as bad again.....

The stupid thing is, in my country snow has become rare the latest, let's say 30 years. I remember some good winters from my youth, but after that....no more like that. Of course we had occasional snow, but it was nothing serious.
This year, I think it's the 10th time or so now that snow hits us...it's amazing. I love it for my son though...but why couldn't it snow during the week this time and be dry in the weekend (was the other way around).

Tell you what Ully, to compensate, I will go buy a plug, bring the Breakout into my home and do the first examinations. This may save some time for the next roadtrip. I do not actually have high hopes of it working right away. The cut-off connector is usually there for a reason. But wouldn't it be brilliant if I would plug it in and it would run. Just let us dream for a short moment like that

Ully, I know you back my decision, you already pointed me to the forecast a couple of times, but I think I just hoped they would be wrong (as they are now and then).... I just read that in Bruno's area a lot of trucks got stuck in traffic because of 30 cm. of snow !!!

Germany has some area's where it can be "spookey" like that too (Hunsruck !) which I would have to cross.
I do not regret my decision, even though it's actually sunny at the moment here, there is still more snow forecasted even on sunday.

Some pics and video soon....

[DarthNuno]

Ully, I know you back my decision, you already pointed me to the forecast a couple of times, but I think I just hoped they would be wrong (as they are now and then).... I just read that in Bruno's area a lot of trucks got stuck in traffic because of 30 cm. of snow !!!

Yes, it's a real nightmare since yesterday here! 

Wise decision...this is clearly not a road trip week end 

[Superully]

The stupid thing is, in my country snow has become rare the latest, let's say 30 years. I remember some good winters from my youth, but after that....no more like that. Of course we had occasional snow, but it was nothing serious.

the same goes for germany. good memories of A LOT OF SNOW in my youth, but nothing serious over the last 25 years. well, perhaps our memories have just become clouded over the years  

Tell you what Ully, to compensate, I will go buy a plug, bring the Breakout into my home and do the first examinations. This may save some time for the next roadtrip. I do not actually have high hopes of it working right away. The cut-off connector is usually there for a reason. But wouldn't it be brilliant if I would plug it in and it would run. Just let us dream for a short moment like that

that's a fabulous idea, andré! perhaps you could make a short video of the first power-up ... it would be a blast if it worked!

since my weekend was planned for arcade stuff, this is what i'm going to do: i'll go to my favourite paint shop, fetch a huge can of yellow and start painting the pac-man. after that (or in-between), i'll TRY to reassemble the 1 zillion parts of the paperboy controller (in fact i wanted to do that with andré, because i have NO IDEA whether i'll be able to get it back together again alone, this looks COMPLICATED).

stay tuned ...

[ckong]

DAMN, what a pity for both you guys. To be honest I was a bit afraid of this to happen, I followed the german weatherforecast in detail the last few days. In fact I just wanted to check the forum to see of André went ahead with it. Well, more luck next time.

I only hope that weather is improving quickly, because this is a bad winter for us guys undertaking road trips.   And there still are some serious road trips ahead of us.  

[level42]

Like we say in Holland: this is mustard after the meal but here we go:

It's time to go says Asteroids !


Survival:


The luggage:


O-Shit !


O well, let's hope the high-way is better....


Mmm...well not really !:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDrcBH4CdB4&feature=youtube_gdata



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[ckong]

André, you must have felt terrible.  Good music though. 

[level42]

I did and it's even worse now. The sun has been shining brightly for hours now ! 

[ckong]

did you eat your survival kit in that half hour?    I know I would, it looks delicious.

[Superully]

as sad as it is that you had to cancel, your pictures and the video are fabulous - that segment where you've filmed the gritters is priceless! good choice on NOT continuing with the journey, must have been a hard decision to stop the roadtrip and return home though. hope the weather is better for your gigantic island hopping next weekend ...

[level42]

did you eat your survival kit in that half hour?   I know I would, it looks delicious.

Well only one of the buns with fried egg....the buns are factory one's though, not the one's from our local bakery who makes them himself.

I'm pretty sure there is some weather god who is LOL now because it's been very bright and sunny ever since I got up.


Even so, I read there have been many accidents this morning so I do not regret my decision. And there's more snow in the forecasts...

When was the last time you saw a Breakout out in the snow ?


(I had to put the machine on it's back to remove all the snow once it was inside. Thank god it's ply-wood.)

I'm checking out the machine before I power up and look what I found:


DAMN, the keys !!!   So I drilled out the original lock for nothing...the bad news doesn't seem to stop today.....
Sorry about that Ully....
O well it can be replaced.

So, after letting it acclimatize for a couple of hours, time to try this baby:
So.....forget about plugs, I manage to put the wires into the mains-outlet in a relatively save way...

Let's see what happens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWjcGia0rrA&feature=youtube_gdata

[level42]

So, let's adjust the sync a bit and......:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls-IozKeBuo&feature=youtube_gdata

[level42]

Some interesting fact about the lower front: The area where the black vinyl is missing is just that. The plywood still looks good under it. I'm sure it's just a matter of replacing the vinyl (although this looks more like formica). I'm sure with particle board there would have been structural damage.

OK, so what 74LSxxx do I replace to get this baby working ?

And the first one who says "re-seat the ROMs" will get a warm laughter ! 

[petieken]

Try to re-seat the roms first