ADP Lady Bug restoration: the licensed German cab [finished]

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mourix:
Thanks for all the help :notworthy: I'll see how it plays when I get the system up an running in a week, but I do get there are countless of better options. Maybe buy a "leaf pro" joystick and just drill it to size?

Over here we are up and running after a full board recap. Most of the original caps were fine, but a couple had crazy high ESR.

mourix:
Things are really coming together, so it's time for an update. ;D

The original PSU plate was pretty much shat on by birds and a total loss, same goes for all the wiring. I made a new plank with a Mean Well power supply and was able to save the original credit and reset board. As my power terminal post did not arrive yet, I improvised with some pcb stand off feet. It's not pretty, but it works.

Next up was soldering a whole new wiring harness while it was a 37 degrees Celsius heatwave outside. You gotta use your summer break wisely, am I right? :censored: I'm pretty happy with the results though.

And then, it finally worked. I was so happy to see the machine come alive for the first time in 20 years.

mourix:
The moment you've been waiting for: CRT time! Time to swap the original modified Blaupunkt TV with a more recent one.

I found a relatively low hour 19 inch Philips crt locally, and hoped it was a straight fit. Unfortunately it was not.

Fast forward to me furiously trying to make it fit with a jigsaw.

Drilled some holes in safe places on the PCB and screwed it down.

Voila. Looking like a proper machine now.

And finally, we are up and running with the whole CRT setup. This is awesome.

I'm content with the result, but there are two big issues still:
1. The CRT does not swith to RGB when the signal on the scart pin is applied at startup. Maybe I should add a delay relay of some kind.
2. This Zippy joystick sucksss... Diagonal corners are almost impossible.

Mike A:
Nice. :applaud:

pbj:
Great work so far

:cheers:

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