I was at the Nashville Auction on Saturday and I picked up a joust.
It wasn't working right and the monitor was crap. The CP was torn up, but the cab was intact. I picked it up for $150.
I got it home and the monitor was a WG4900. The thing started but kept rebooting. It showed Ram Error 23. I happened to have an old defender board that was crap, but it had rams. I put it in and *bink* she says "Initial tests indicate all systems GO" and she did. One $1.25 chip was the differnce between $150 and $400 bucks.
The monitor was badly adjusted. I guess the former owner had a monkey that like to mess with knobs. I got it to come out and look pretty good.
I put in an order for 8 ram chips and a power supply rebuild kit from Bob Roberts. I'm getting a cap kit for the monitor too.
I'm getting a new CP. The Bezel is junk, anybody have a good source for new Bezels? The art is okay, but the plywood is flaking. It's been dragged around a little in it's life, so I'm thinking about touching it up and then coating it with a clear coat poly, semi gloss.
Any tips on redoing the artwork? Man I love Joust.