Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
I don't believe it, another classic added => Centipede ! FINISHED !!!!
Level42:
Some first cleaning:
I read up about cleaning bearings on this forum etc. and I think I might just as well order new one's if I need to order rollers anyway. The dollar-euro rate is still helping us European collectors :D
Level42:
Funny... I just discovered another difference in the side art-work between US and Irish built: The Centipede's left (for the viewer right) "antenna" is going down and seems to stop too early on my cab, where on the US cabs it's going up and is longer.....
Anyway....
The G07 is still dead. I am going to try to repair it, even though there's some burn-in on the CRT.
There's something weird with the audio. When a game is started, I can hear the game sound for a VERY short time and then it dies-out.... could be the AR2 of course (not cap-kitted yet).
Level42:
Quick update:
-CPO is ordered from Mamemarquees.com
-AR2 capkitted and tested
-Power Brick rebuilt with Bob Roberts' kit. I still need a new F1 fuse holder, it was the first thing I checked when I got the cab, and the cap broke too pieces right away.....got it bridged now, but that's not how it's going to stay ! Not tested yet
-ordered trackball rollers and bearings, G07 capkit and Flyback, bolts and some other small stuf from Bob.
-gotta get me a LM324 and maybe some TDA2002 for the audio problem. Didn't have time for that this weekend.
-the cab is completely cleaned everywhere. It looks incredible and seems to beg me to get it fully running..........it's really frustrating to know that the game PCB runs and I can't play it yet :cry: :cry:
No pictures, camera still in repair...
Level42:
Waaahhh, I just created some nice fireworks :D
Being the impatient guy that I am, I read-up on a lot of things about the G07. I read somewhere that a bad C511 could cause the G07 to act as if it was completely dead. So I replaced it with a cap that was about the right value (voltage was correct) and just powered it up.
There was some really nice fireworks going on in the lower part of the Flyback :) Instantly shut it off again of course.....at least I now know that the flyback's not ordered in vain :D
Well, that means waiting patiently for the Bob Roberts parts to arrive :-\
Level42:
In the meantime (I really feel like I'm talking to myself on this thread ::) ).....
I picked up a couple of LM324's and a socket. Replaced it as soon as I got home and ladies and gentleman:
We Have Sound ! :) !
So I can play blind now.....
Funny, it took quite a bit of work to get it where it was supposed to be at the seller's...... ah well, another hurdle successfully crossed :)
Isn't there be supposed to be some sounds when the game counts the left-over mushrooms after you loose a life ? Gotta run it in test-mode to check if all channels of the Pokey work....but that's a bit hard without picture....
If all goes well I will pick-up a nice RGB test monitor (Philips, one of those "Commodore 1084" models) tonight....
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