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| MoonDog:
Well, I had some time to do some improvements lately. My final CP is almost finished. I was able to cut down the existing CP support wood and drop the panel between the sides and it looks much better. I can still swap the original pole position control panel and plastic surround in so that makes me happy. I piano hinged the swing up panel which was part of my original plans I just hadn't picked one up yet. Unfortunately dropping the panel down changed the dimensions enough to where the brass support brackets no longer fit. I made some wood supports, but I don't have a good mechanism to get them to fold away yet. I might look for some shorter brass supports because they allowed the panel to be deployed quickly and easily. I know some feel they won't be strong enough but they felt really sturdy to me. Anyway we'll see what I come up with to make it work. The CP still needs some more paint, art, routing, and other fine tuning but it's a lot closer. Then its on to other things like monitor bezel, upgrading speakers, tweaking frontend, keyboard shelf behind flip up panel, etc. ;D |
| paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: The Man on October 28, 2004, 02:02:30 pm --- --- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 28, 2004, 04:42:27 am ---Finally to the guy asking about the power supply. If you are talking about the AR II board the just order a rebuild kit from Bob Roberts. I have used them, they rock. Although you should also realize that pole position is the most unreliable game Atari ever made, and your problems probably go way past power supply. The pros generally won't even mess with Pole Positions anymore. --- End quote --- Well it isn't the AR II board; it's the transformer in the bottom on the case actually. The transformer just keeps clicking and blowing the (I think, I'm at work and don't remember) F4 20 amp fuse. I've disconnected the monitor and get the same result, so I don't think its monitor related. I've tried everything suggested on this board and google with no luck. Just thought I would try replacing the transformer before I part it out. Really fun game and the kids love it. It is the heaviest game I have ever had to move, so I was hopping to fix it. Sorry again for the off topic. TM --- End quote --- Pole Position machines are always horked. Not worth restoring unless they are super duper minty fresh. I have now found ONE GUY who fixes the boards. He lives in the UK. If you REALLY want to repair yours start with another transformer assembly (from another Pole) rebuilt AR II boards, repaired boards from that guy in the UK, then do the power and ground spider mods. |
| Gunstar Hero:
That looks pretty smooth dude! Except for your fold in trackball panel our cabs could be twins! |
| paigeoliver:
What exactly are the 2 buttons to the left of each joystick for? |
| MoonDog:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 04, 2004, 02:58:26 am ---What exactly are the 2 buttons to the left of each joystick for? --- End quote --- They are duplicate button 1 and 2 for each player. One of the problems I had playing arcade games was that I prefer to joystick with my right and fire/jump left. I'm sure this is a result of too much Atari growing up. I could see how it would be the opposite for fighters and such but I prefer flying games (1942, etc.) and I always seem to have trouble maneuvering with my left. I'm thinking about making those along with the trackball buttons black so they blend in more. Either that or red and yellow so they correspond to 1 and 2 on the right, but I think that looks too cluttered. |
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