Introduction / Where to learn to work on arcade games

[spiderboy]

First off I would like to say hello to everyone (this is my first post). I have been lurking here for awhile now and I have to say that the work you guys do on your cabs is amazing. I have built my own cab based on lusids plans. It is set up to run a playstation 2. It was going to be a mame cab but I wanted to be able to play Current games so I went with the ps2 setup. What I would like to know is: Dose anyone know a good place
For me to start learning to work on dedicated arcade games. (Web sites or actual places) I would like to start a small collection but im neither willing nor able to pay $ 1500.00 for reconditioned games from places like tnt amusements. Even if I were it would not be practical because when it eventually broke down I would be out of luck because there

[paigeoliver]

There are two good online communities for this. The rec.games.video.arcade.collecting newsgroup, and the klov.com messageboard.

This IS NOT the best community for that. There are a few knowledgeable people here, but not many.

[Ken Layton]

Here are  a couple of great sites you should visit to learn more on fixing commercial arcade games:

www.randyfromm.com

www.startechjournal.com

[Brad Lee]

RTFM*

One of the bigger sites, I *think* it's KLOV has scanned manuals for most all of the games in their database. These could be potentially helpful if youre looking at what parts go where, orig part numbers, wiring, power reqs, etc etc

Yeah jsut checked and KLOV has lots of manuals, 4 outta 5 of the ones I clicked on just now. That's http://www.klov.com

*Read The um, "Friendly" Manual

[eightbit]

If you have questions about connecting pc's to arcade controls then this is the place that you need to be. If your interested in restoring games then the resources listed in the replys above are great places to start.