Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Mario Bros in Red !
WunderCade:
No problem Level42, glad I could assist. :cheers:
With Nintendo cabs...I almost always use a stool to play them. Because of how short they are. Even so, they're still my favorite style cab.
Level42:
Soooo, I finished the 2nd layer of paint three days ago. It doesn't look as shiny as the flash makes it look like, but I still think it's pretty shiny for a semi-gloss paint. Will try another brand next time I guess.
Anyway, it looks a LOT better than it was:
Wunder, the harness arrived yesterday but I wasn't at home. Thanks for the quick shipping ! :applaud: :applaud: Picked it up from the neighbors as soon as I got home from work and naturally I wired everything up for a test-drive:
Finally I would know if the "untested " Mario Bros. PCB that I bought over half a year ago from internet would do anything at all.......well:
YES !!!! It runs absolutely perfect !, picture, sound, inputs everything is fine ! I guess the arcade-gods were somewhat pleased with my restorations and thought I deserved a bit of luck this time.
Well the guy who sold me this PCB said it was pulled from a working machine and then stored for years and that he thought there would be a reasonable chance for it to still work, but yet I expected the worst (but hoped the best of course).
Played my first game, but I had to switch control connectors because the P1 jump button is stuck and left is not working. Pretty clumsly to start a game that way.
About the monitor: It looks A-MA-ZING ! Colors. focus everything looks like new ! The only thing I notice is a very slight wiggle in the screen. Nothing a cap-kit won't fix I guess.
What a great project this is so far ! Amazing progress within weeks :) Gotta go, more later !
WunderCade:
Alright!!! :cheers:
Glad to see you got it soo quickly. I don't know what the fuss about shipping to Holland was about. It was no hassle at all. I only had to fill out that little US Customs card and that was it. I'd have no problems doing it again if needed. I'm also glad to see the harness worked out for you. And that your PCB is working. Nice job so far.
-Don
Level42:
Well, after getting it working I replaced the TL-light fixture with an el-cheapo one from the Gamma (DIY store here). Those cheap one's are always to long for cabs, but I simply remove the tube holders, ballast and starter and mount them on the wood. Throw away the metal frame. Of course this way I also need a shorter tube. I got a warm-colored one this time, of course those are a bit more expensive but it looks better.
I put back the marquee and the retainers, also the bezel and re-installed the cleaned T-molding. So it's playabel now. I must say it's very addictive, even in one player. I can't seem to reach level 11 ! :banghead:
Co-op play is mega-fun !!!
After playing it's time for work again:
I started to open up the cage of the monitor to have a look. No-one seems to either have or even know this monitor. It's not a 20EZ. This was probably the model that preceded it. It may be the 20C or 20-DZC....
Anyway, you can find pics of all the monitor parts here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=80668.msg849629#msg849629
If anyone has any info ( a manual !!!???) about it that would be great.
There is really no need for me to cap-kit it. The picture is absolutely brilliant. The only thing I need to adjust still is the width of the picture. That control is not on the little PCB with all the pots.
Tomorrow I will saw the cage so it will fit in the cab in both horizontal and vertical postions.
Level42:
OK, though the KLOV forum I found out that the monitor uses the same PCB as the 14" Sanyo. So that's solved and Atari was nice enough to make an excellent manual for that monitor.
I did the "operation" today, and it turned out OK:
Now it fits :) ! I secured the left side to the bottom shelve to give it a bit more stability, but otherwise it's very sturdy. Now at least I can close the cab again.
Adjusted the monitor completely. The bad thing is that the width coil won't go "far enough" to make the picture as wide as needed....would a new one fix this or do I have to change something else ?
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