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jsw2068:
I've been lurking on these boards for a while and this is my first post. I finally purchased a cab to start my project. A 'Time Pilot' from 1982 which I won from eBay for 132.50

I have read on here where it's a shame(sometimes hatred) to demolish a cabinet that has original artwork.
I would like to know the opinion of other people here if It's okay to gut the cabinet. I know the ultimate final decision is up to me. But being an avid Atari collector and retro-gamer I am undecided on what to do.

The cabinet is average condition. The monitor is missing the chassis so i don't know the condition of the monitor. The game boards are there along with a power supply. It has the coin doors also. There are some cracks in the wood on the top of the cabinet so I might have to replace that board. The side art has it's rips and scuff from old age/use. I have the Marquee for it.

If I where to keep the cabinet original what would i need? Is it possible to keep everything original and also put a computer in for MAME? SO I could switch between the Timepilot and MAME?

SO far this is what I know I will need:

Monitor Chassis. If that doesn't work I need a whole new monitor.
The control panel needs rework. Maybe I can make removable control panels?
The glass has some big scratches on it. Need a replacement.

Picture of the cabinet:





CheffoJeffo:
Welcome ... nice grab on that cabinet.

It'll come as no big surprise to many that my vote is firmly in the restoration camp. The artwork looks great.

Trying to restore AND put in a MAME machine might be problematic as TP is not JAMMA, so there isn't an easy plug-and-play solution like a JPac. You could, I suppose, rewire the machine as JAMMA and use a JPac to interface to the PC and a Konami-to-JAMMA converter to interface with the TP PCB.

Of course, then you are still left with the issue of monitor orientation -- if you want to play horizontal games, you'll have to rotate the monitor, which will make it tough to play Time Pilot as it is a vertically-oriented game.

Sounds like you are already predisposed to MAMEing it, but perhaps you can offer it up for a trade for a more generic cabinet that may suit your needs better anyway (there ain't a whole lot of room on that CP).

Anyway, welcome and good luck with it.

Cheers.



DYNAGOD:
thats in far too good of condition to desecrate, RESTORE!!!
besides, thats a great title
CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: DYNAGOD on February 12, 2006, 03:40:11 pm ---thats in far too good of condition to desecrate, RESTORE!!!
besides, thats a great title

--- End quote ---

Sure is a great title ... I have a board just waiting for an original cabinet ... jsw2068, you don't happen to be local to Toronto, are you ?

Cheers.
jsw2068:
Oh I am not predisposed of making it a Mame machine at all. I have everything I need to start my project as a MAME cabinet from scratch. And that cabinet will be for the horizontal games. I was wanting to make this a vertical only machine. I thought this was Jamma. But I guess not.

I just wanted to be able to keep the ascetics of the machine as a time pilot but be able to play the other vertical games.

..and thanks for the welcome!
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