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SirPeale:
Replacing the joystick switches helped - a lot - but you still require a lot of effort to move it around.  It's too stiff.  I suspect that this joystick is acutally two joysticks the previous owner stuck together, and it's not quite right.

In wiring it last time (since I was using the original JAMMA harness) I had put the joysticks in upside down, so down was up, etc.  After I fixed that, had myself a nice round of SideArms.  Completed level one before I shut it off.

SirPeale:
Left the cab on all night last night.  Went down to check it, and I find the screen is completely off.  The guy that gave me the monitor told me it needed a cap kit, and I was hoping to put it off, but it looks like I can't any more.  Damn!

Edgedamage:
Are the guns still glowing?

SirPeale:
Eh?  Oh, I should choose my words more carefully.  It still displays a picture, but the picture is off.  There's a small part of the screen that looks normal, then the rest is brighter and off focus.

SirPeale:

--- Quote from: Peale on April 23, 2004, 08:04:19 am ---Replacing the joystick switches helped - a lot - but you still require a lot of effort to move it around.  It's too stiff.  I suspect that this joystick is acutally two joysticks the previous owner stuck together, and it's not quite right.
--- End quote ---

Well, I found two problems with the joys I had in there, and that's why I was having to wail on the joys.

1) they're four way joysticks.  Explains why I couldn't hit diagonals.  Funny I didn't notice this before.

2) the actuator was broken.  Slightly chipped, it lowered it enough so it wasn't hitting the switches.

Swapped it out for a couple 8 way leafs and viola!  Nice game play.

The only problem is they're Wico leafs, and you can't get the switches any more.  I broke one, but luckily had another broken one I could use for parts.  But man, they sure are smooth.

Monitor has developed a severe problem, but Bob Roberts says a cap kit should help it.  Now I just have to pull the board and count the caps.

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