Hi all,
as recently stated with the topic "an arcade quiz", i am the proud owner of an Atari badlands cab. Now the machine is in my house, then here some photo of the "beast" and some additional
Ok, the trip was planned for saturday the 19th of dicember, but adverse meteo conditions made me quit the idea
Fortunately, i was able to reschedule the (veeeery short) trip for the 24th of december in the morning. It was a rainy day when my bottom sit in the station wagon my fried gave me...
anyhow, after 10 minutes it stopped... pfiu!
I didn't made photoes of the trip because there was a lot of fog, and in addition i was scared by the possibility that the machine could not fit into the car i was using.... but my prayes where listen to (by the god of metal!)
i had to use some trick in order to let the machine enter the car
Very slowly, but inesorably, the amusement machine arrived in my city and is now in a hospitable room
the whole "thing"
One side
The other side
Let check the identity of this machine
As you can see, the machine is really good aestetics conditions (internally and externally) but it doesnt work, and now let see how to repair it.
First of all, i inspected the powers: the monitor (a Wells Gardner 19k7901) is black, and makes no noise. Considering that 130V ac arrives, maibe it doesn't receive a video signal, then it doesnt start. The controls are ok. The PCB receive the voltages needeed (i checked the alimentation) and a coulple of red lights are turned on. There's a third light that doesn't turn on and i dont know if it could be a signal of malfunctioning...
Shouldnt the orange circled light turn on when the PCB is on?
So, i thought that the problem was the PCB. I made the additional test to see if the problem was the montor or the PCB: when everithing is on, if i give a credit i should hear some sound (even if the monitor is black): yes, the sound is there so the problem lies in the monitor
any help would be appreciated to face the problem an let this machine work like in the 90's
