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| koolmoecraig:
Let me clarify. Most people who I have talked to who don't like it and most negatives reviews that I have read about it allude to the difficulty as being the main reason. I guess difficulty can be subjective. We aren't all created equal. |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: koolmoecraig on July 18, 2007, 07:57:11 pm ---Let me clarify. Most people who I have talked to who don't like it and most negatives reviews that I have read about it allude to the difficulty as being the main reason. I guess difficulty can be subjective. We aren't all created equal. --- End quote --- I'm impressed and saddened with your lack of yelling at me. ;) |
| RayB:
Baby Pac should be almost as common as Gauntlet: http://www.marvin3m.com/video/atari.htm |
| Kaytrim:
Thanks for all the tips Randy. I was able to get the machine to power up but nothing after that. Lights came on in the playfield, and marquee but no sound, no video and no actions on the pinball table. We opened up the back and I started looking everything over. The first thing I looked was the monitor, no neck glow. Though after a few minutes I heard an electronic hum coming from it. Next I looked at the power supply. All the fuses looked to be in good shape. Next was the board set. The first thing I saw was the batery on the MPU board leaking. The edge trace masking had pealed away from the board. Gently pealing back the mask I could see some serious corrosion. I cyceled the power and the LED flashed twice pause and twice again. I didn't know what that meant but that it was not a good sign. I looked at the vidiot board and it looked good overall. The battery from the MPU board hadn't leaked onto it so nothing wrong there. I cycled the power again and the LED flashed once pause then twice. Next I went to the controls and play field. The controls were all leaf switches and joystick. Everything looked good there. The playfield had a small ware spot near the left flipper. The rubbers all showed signs of age and the right flipper rubber was broke. The spinners showed signs of use as some of the paint had chipped off. The targets all worked nicely. I looked at the underside and the seloinds were all ok from visual inspection. I started off by offering $100. He scratched his head and said I'd be loosing quite a bit of money there. I would really like $200. So I showed him what I had found on the MPU board, explained what I would need to re cap the monitor and replace the rubbers and bulbs on the playfield. Then I told him what the good parts were and offered him a firm $150. We will be in contact via email in the next 24 hours and hopefully seal the deal. Of everything only the MPU board concerns me. TTFN Kaytrim |
| ChadTower:
High odds on the battery leakage being the primary problem. That can be fixed, takes a little continuity checking skill and such but can be done, or you can drop in a replacement and come back to that board later. For the monitor, start with the HV circuit and go from there, since there is no neck glow or scangun chatter. And please, please file this away for future reference: you cannot visually tell, with any reliability, when an old fuse is dead. Always always always continuity check them. You also can't visually check a pinball coil. Based on that desc, I wouldn't have had much issue with the $200, but I specifically want a Baby Pac. |
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