Donkey Kong Restoration

[Etienne MacGyver]

they look like everlasting gobstoppers  

[liquidx]

What are those balls ?

http://www.ferrarapan.com/html/lemonhead.html

[gyruss]

Yesterday i got a visit from Etienne aka the Dutch MacGyver. His mission today was to apply a new cap-kit to the donkey kong monitor.
After playing some mario bros and ms pac man, we removed the monitor from the cab and installed his solder and desolder station.



Etienne disconnected all the boards from the monitor.



and started removing the caps..



But first it was time to eat..



everything went relatively smooth and soon the sound board was finished



After the soundboard MacGyver installed new caps on the main board.



And a couple of hours later a newly capped monitor was placed back into the cabinet.  



Not only was it nice to talk to a another arcade enthusiast but he also explained me a lot about monitors, soldering and general technical stuff.
SO THANKS A LOT ETIENNE

[Etienne MacGyver]

It was my pleasure  
I hope it works  

... he also explained me a lot about monitors, soldering and general technical stuff.

As far as i knew things myself ofcourse, there are many things i still need to learn too... 

Many thanx for the unexpected gifts !, also my wife thought it was a very nice gesture!

@andre:  again i forget to take out my rings  

[Belike]

Can we take a look at the monitor's screen with the new caps?

[gyruss]

I'm waiting for the pcb to arrive, robin told me yesterday it's working again. 

So hopefully next week i'll be able to take some pictures and of course play a few rounds! 

[Ronald Reagan]

great to see Etienne helped you out with that. 

 

[Superully]

@etienne: can i book you? how much (in pizzas) do you charge per hour?

[Etienne MacGyver]

@etienne: can i book you? how much (in pizzas) do you charge per hour?

That depends for what you want to book me

I did not even finish the complete pizza... after 3/4 i was full

[Ronald Reagan]

I hope you guys didn't make lame references to a certain Arcade game whilst eating those Pizza's.

although, probably Gyruss did 

[Superully]

I did not even finish the complete pizza... after 3/4 i was full

wow, you're cheap!

[gyruss]

The pcb and side art should arrive sometime next week but i'm still missing one more part. Its the blind plate of my joystick, which is broken.

It's listed as part TKGY- 23-14 in the manual:



Do you guys know where i can get one?

[level42]

Hmmm, not even Mikesarcade.com sells it....but he sells complete (repro) joysticks. So I guess he does have them ? Drop him a message I'd say...

[gyruss]

yes, I already looked at his site. i'll send him an email.

[gyruss]

Mike doesn't sell them, I emaild another company who also carries original buttons..