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| newkillergenius:
No, the cursor does not move at any time- |
| mgb:
I wonder if the optical sensor could be bad. I don't suppose there's a way you can try it in a working Tempest? With optical score switches on ticket games, I always use my cell phone camera in order to see if the light source is lit. I'm not sure how easy it would be to see it on a spinners sensor though. |
| newkillergenius:
Unfortunately, the Tempest boards have seen their last repair, which is why I went ahead and decided to run it in MAME. I left the original boards in there for posterity though- but there's no way I can test the spinner. It's been in storage so long I can't remember if the spinner was a problem before or not. :dizzy: Well, I'm running out of possibilities, and I guess the sensor being bad could be one. If we were to assume that the optical board/sensor were bad, would I be able to theoretically replace all of the components on it and expect it to work again? I don't want to shell out over $50 for a used Tempest spinner...I've already got one! (b/c who knows what 'untested' could really mean, right?) |
| newkillergenius:
So, are we agreed that I guess I'll have to eat a spinner? :lol |
| mgb:
arcade shops has replacement optic boards http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/atari_tb_pcb_os.jpg They're $14 Are you sure the optipac is good, how about trying a trackball with it or the spinner on another input. |
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