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RadioShack ARMATRON

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Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: drventure on October 31, 2010, 12:10:21 am ---Great project! I used to love that thing way back when. It'd be fun to mount that to a cab and PC control it so it'd put quarters in when you pressed the COIN button. Silly and pointless, but fun!

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The Armatron only had one motor; the entire thing was driven by a totally cool gear mechanism.

I remember reading an old electronics magazine where they slotted the side, and added 6 motors with shafts that tied in to the internals to computer control it.

Way cool.

WhereEaglesDare:
Im thinking of replacing the control panel with two Happ Comp sticks and 4 buttons to control the claw.

Vigo:
I had an Armatron growing up. In fact, I still have it and I tried it out just a week ago. The thing still works great (which is pretty surprising). Those two little hoses like to slip out of place though.

Good job with the fix! It's actually a really cool toy, its good to see one brought back from the grave!

WhereEaglesDare:
Yea those hoses never like to stay on there..  You'd think they'd be a high-loss item, but mine as a kid was second hand and had them, this new one does, and yours seems to...  I think I will pull them out and run wire in their place to power the LEDs going to the arm

Vigo:
Well, it sounds like you have some pretty sweet mods in mid. I would love to see it when you finish!

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