Author Topic: 2020 Chuff thread - A new decade of chuffyness! (Read 37171 times)

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #40 on:** April 13, 2020, 01:58:25 pm »

Started cleaning out my old room over at Grandma's. Found some treasure. I used to hide stuff when I was a kid... who knows what I'll find.

Titchgamer · « **Reply #41 on:** April 13, 2020, 03:07:09 pm »

Quote from: Howard_Casto on April 13, 2020, 01:58:25 pm

Started cleaning out my old room over at Grandma's. Found some treasure. I used to hide stuff when I was a kid... who knows what I'll find.

These are the sort of things I love!
Always brings back memories long forgotten.

jennifer · « **Reply #42 on:** April 17, 2020, 10:23:22 am »

Jennifer gets a call, "Hey you need some arcade monitors?"...Jennifer says "Why yes please, How many?"...Dude on the phone says..."I don't know, a trailer full, and a wall"...I say a wall?..."well yes a wall full, and some still new in a boxes"...I am on my way friend, I say"😁...Apparently there are 15 on the trailer, little nervous about this wall thing...Wish Princess luck boys.

Titchgamer · « **Reply #43 on:** April 17, 2020, 10:24:12 am »

Quote from: jennifer on April 17, 2020, 10:23:22 am

Jennifer gets a call, "Hey you need some arcade monitors?"...Jennifer says "Why yes please, How many?"...Dude on the phone says..."I don't know, a trailer full, and a wall"...I say a wall?..."well yes a wall full, and some still new in a boxes"...I am on my way friend, I say"...Apparently there are 15 on the trailer, little nervous about this wall thing...Wish Princess luck boys.

Nice score!

pbj · « **Reply #44 on:** April 17, 2020, 10:37:11 am »

Pics or it didn't happen

Vigo · « **Reply #45 on:** April 17, 2020, 05:31:20 pm »

Quote from: jennifer on April 17, 2020, 10:23:22 am

Jennifer gets a call, "Hey you need some arcade monitors?"...Jennifer says "Why yes please, How many?"...Dude on the phone says..."I don't know, a trailer full, and a wall"...I say a wall?..."well yes a wall full, and some still new in a boxes"...I am on my way friend, I say"😁...Apparently there are 15 on the trailer, little nervous about this wall thing...Wish Princess luck boys.

Good luck, Jennifer, please share pics of the results.

jennifer · « **Reply #46 on:** April 17, 2020, 11:49:30 pm »

That was hell, But 3 of them are NIB (not shown, Jenn got exhausted moving them heavy SOB's) so Dance, Dance...I will have to finish the rest of them tomorrow.

jennifer · « **Reply #47 on:** April 18, 2020, 11:49:06 am »

Omg I feel like death, Not feeling very chuffed today

pbj · « **Reply #48 on:** April 18, 2020, 12:12:14 pm »

.....holy.....---steaming pile of meadow muffin---......

jennifer · « **Reply #49 on:** April 18, 2020, 12:24:52 pm »

I know right...The size and weight of those cannot be put into words (Except nasty) one of them is just strait up massive (bottom right) that one alone was like like trying to pick up a small car. Stacking those bricks, kinda sucked. The stuff on top are juke parts, amps mostly...Moral of the story, A "wall" of arcade monitors apparently means many and big.

Mike A · « **Reply #50 on:** April 18, 2020, 01:03:02 pm »

Nice rack.

Titchgamer · « **Reply #51 on:** April 18, 2020, 03:28:53 pm »

Shheeetttttttt....

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #52 on:** April 18, 2020, 03:30:44 pm »

I'm drooling but at the same time my back hurts just looking at those things. Those big ones are pretty sweet though... it'd be great for a MK cab or a cps2 era pedestal.

jennifer · « **Reply #53 on:** April 18, 2020, 04:04:00 pm »

Lots of options, Design of a custom cab would have to be quite substantial by design...Secretly Jenn has been working on plans for a Blazing Angles cockpit as my next build, Thinking aluminum aircraft style construction, and a giant Lcd not a crt however,...These may be suited more for drivers, or something (Mk would be pretty cool)

opt2not · « **Reply #54 on:** April 18, 2020, 04:23:31 pm »

Now that’s a haul. But how many of those tubes are burn-free? Do you know their working status? Man, this would take a long time to test all of them. I hope you got a good rejuvenator with a solid test setting. I’d service your rejuvenator before taking on the testing task. Those things are easily serviceable, not much complex circuitry in them.

wp34 · « **Reply #55 on:** April 19, 2020, 01:07:23 pm »

Seriously WP34 is impressed with that haul Jennifer.

A NIB monitor is something quite special. Congrats.

jennifer · « **Reply #56 on:** April 19, 2020, 01:49:37 pm »

Thanks guys...Yes I have never had a NIB before it takes some getting used to, The rest of them are used, but no visible burn, a couple of the smaller ones are missing yokes, but I do have the equipment for dealing with convergence.

jennifer · « **Reply #57 on:** April 20, 2020, 04:47:08 pm »

More Chuff...Chassis boards, couple more monitors, a working Megatouch (needs some love) some NOS flybacks, yokes(a box of tattoos,don't ask).... And a Tv.

Titchgamer · « **Reply #58 on:** April 22, 2020, 08:29:04 am »

Been after one of these for ages but never found one at a good price.
Got this one for a fair price and the actual stick is mint so ime pretty happy

jennifer · « **Reply #59 on:** April 30, 2020, 10:53:28 pm »

More chuff...Monitors, locks, hardware, power supplies (mostly NIB switchers) and complete cabs (2 of them are Carnevils

)...Today Jens entire collection finally hit her personal goal of 200 machines!

Titchgamer · « **Reply #60 on:** May 01, 2020, 05:08:26 pm »

Quote from: jennifer on April 30, 2020, 10:53:28 pm

More chuff...Monitors, locks, hardware, power supplies (mostly NIB switchers) and complete cabs (2 of them are Carnevils )...Today Jens entire collection finally hit her personal goal of 200 machines!

Carnevil!? Super jelous!!

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #61 on:** May 01, 2020, 07:09:51 pm »

Quote from: jennifer on April 30, 2020, 10:53:28 pm

Jens entire collection finally hit her personal goal of 200 machines!

Pics or it didn't happen.

pbj · « **Reply #62 on:** May 02, 2020, 03:02:26 pm »

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #63 on:** May 03, 2020, 12:36:39 am »

An empty public beach.... that's a sight to behold.

J_K_M_A_N · « **Reply #64 on:** May 15, 2020, 11:15:29 pm »

It is our 22nd wedding anniversary. My sister made my wife and I a super cool (Q*Bert) quilt. Very cool looking.

J_K_M_A_N

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #65 on:** May 16, 2020, 01:46:35 am »

As someone from quilting country good god it takes talent to put together a quilt that sharp looking.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #66 on:** May 16, 2020, 02:00:58 am »

Disregard... wrong thread

Titchgamer · « **Reply #67 on:** May 16, 2020, 03:15:01 am »

Quote from: J_K_M_A_N on May 15, 2020, 11:15:29 pm

It is our 22nd wedding anniversary. My sister made my wife and I a super cool (Q*Bert) quilt. Very cool looking.

J_K_M_A_N

Danggg that is cool!

Titchgamer · « **Reply #68 on:** May 16, 2020, 03:19:10 am »

Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 16, 2020, 02:00:58 am

What do you guys think about this monitor?

https://www.newegg.com/lg-24bk430h-b-23-8-full-hd/p/0JC-000D-00610?sdtid=14052137&Description=24+inch+ips+monitor&cm_re=24_inch_ips_monitor-_-0JC-000D-00610-_-Product&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-Slickdeals+LLC&AFFID=208164&AFFNAME=Slickdeals+LLC&ACRID=1&ASUBID=0f1e9274973911eaabc2aef906d31fd80INT&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fslickdeals.net%2Ff%2F14052137-24-lg-24bk430h-b-1920x1080-ips-led-monitor-w-freesync-119-99%3Fsrc%3Dcatpagev2&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=208164&ranSiteID=lw9MynSeamY-RSLctTKeIE0iYVKOFSG9oA

It's a good price, but should I be going more towards a 4k screen? I haven't even started looking yet so I don't know the pricing at all. I'm think around $200-250 is my limit unless a really spectacular monitor presents itself or something.

I have no idea on American pricing but compared to what we would pay seems a tad high.

Regarding the actual TV though I always get LG, Never had a single problem with any of the 3 I have and the one is around 15-20 years old.

yotsuya · « **Reply #69 on:** June 10, 2020, 07:46:45 pm »

Had an issue with my Crazy Kong board - the issue was me!

I bought a High Score Saves/Freeplay Kit, but it required me to remove the z80. No problem, mine was soldered it, but I can do it! I’ve removed lots of chips. I was careful with using my Hakko to not burn or lift any traces on the bottom. Got it desoldered, looked clean from the bottom, so I gently popped up the chip....

... and lifted some traces on the top.

Not to worry, not my first rodeo. I have super thin Kynar wire and fixed everything. Then I soldered in the socket, plugged in the kit...

Scrambled boot. Fsck.

I tried other z80s. Same thing. I used my logic probe. It was getting a signal and working, so it had to be trace related. I held it up to my worklight and looked very carefully...

A pin on the socket never made it in the hole!

I popped out that pin and soldered in a new one. Plugged it in and....

Boom! We good! HSS kit is in and working!

Nothing is more satisfying than fixing a dead PCB (especially when you killed it!).

opt2not · « **Reply #70 on:** June 10, 2020, 09:32:56 pm »

Nicely done!

Mike A · « **Reply #71 on:** June 10, 2020, 10:22:32 pm »

Sweet.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #72 on:** June 11, 2020, 02:22:08 am »

I have the same problem... no matter how careful I am I usually lift a trace when I'm desoldering something old. I think I need to get a proper pump.

yotsuya · « **Reply #73 on:** June 11, 2020, 11:09:10 am »

Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 11, 2020, 02:22:08 am

I have the same problem... no matter how careful I am I usually lift a trace when I'm desoldering something old. I think I need to get a proper pump.

Yeah, the Hakko has been great for preventing lifts, but they still happen. If I weren’t trying to save the chip, I could have just cut it out, put in the socket and a new CPU which would have made life easier. I’ll probably do that next time, if possible.

Still, it just took time and a little patience, and it worked out in the end.

yotsuya · « **Reply #74 on:** June 11, 2020, 09:48:21 pm »

Got these bad boys today....

The small one will go in my arcade party repair box, the bigger one will be on my test bench. Much chuff!

pbj · « **Reply #75 on:** June 12, 2020, 12:37:29 am »

What’s the plan?

jennifer · « **Reply #76 on:** June 12, 2020, 01:16:19 am »

Omg, you don't see that every day, That smaller one may be better served on the bench, converted to a vector...There are actually a lot of advancements in this area over on that hack site, in rewinding the yokes.(Its actually surprisingly easy, and works)

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #77 on:** June 24, 2020, 03:38:31 pm »

They said I was crazy when I kept all those old ceiling fan parts but I proved them wrong when one of the ceiling fans in the house broke the other day and today I casually walked in my shed, pulled out the needed part and put it in place. See I'm not a hoarder.... keeping that big box of fan parts for 15 years totally paid off.

jennifer · « **Reply #78 on:** June 24, 2020, 03:45:18 pm »

"Casually" He says, like it happens once a week or something, Omg, thats funny...Spose if you diddnt find a dead cat in that box too, you are not a real hoarder...LOL.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #79 on:** June 24, 2020, 03:50:17 pm »

Nah my stuff is organized. I keep the dead cats next to the jars of my own urine. I mean they might come in handy if I ever take up drugs.... I'll need pee.


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