Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
I need rehab.......I just bought this....Missile Command Cabaret
extendedplayarcade:
Nice cabinet size. Does the marquee in the middle light up? That would be cool if it did.
Got me thinking it would be great if it had a hinge on it to for a keyboard if someone wanted to build a mame cabinet like that.
Looks like it would be a lot easier to make something like that then others mame cabinets out there.
Thanks for the photos. Can't wait to see more.
Brent
www.extendedplayarcade.com
Level42:
--- Quote from: extendedplayarcade on July 28, 2008, 02:18:16 pm ---Nice cabinet size. Does the marquee in the middle light up? That would be cool if it did.
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Maybe scroll back a bit and read the text :)
--- Quote from: extendedplayarcade on July 28, 2008, 02:18:16 pm ---Got me thinking it would be great if it had a hinge on it to for a keyboard if someone wanted to build a mame cabinet like that.
Looks like it would be a lot easier to make something like that then others mame cabinets out there.
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Brent, my friend, because you've got just 13 posts here I'll give you a break and let you get away with it, but whay you're talking about here in my thread is like cursing in a sunday morning church !
--- Quote from: extendedplayarcade on July 28, 2008, 02:18:16 pm ---Thanks for the photos. Can't wait to see more.
Brent
www.extendedplayarcade.com
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You're welcome and I hope I didn't sound too nasty :) There'll be more pics definitly !
Level42:
...or maybe I just misunderstood and you meant people _building_ a MAME cab like that. So, not converting a classic into a Mame machine. If so I apologize :)
Spaced Ace:
Hey Level, don't know if this was asked already, but are you going to stip out the old controles and go a little main stream or are you going to restore back to factory?
Level42:
--- Quote from: Spaced Ace on July 28, 2008, 04:14:46 pm ---Hey Level, don't know if this was asked already, but are you going to stip out the old controles and go a little main stream or are you going to restore back to factory?
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What do you mean ? What else would it need ?
Anyway, some first close-ups:
Marquee: near mint I'd say. Only some very minor scratches. You can also see the CP's condition a bit on this pic....
....and yes it should light up nicely like this:
...but I'm cheating because that's my "walking TL light" I put behind it. The tube is not working currently. I soon found out why:
Now I wanted to install back that wire, and there was only 1 open spot on the terminal block near the ballast. So I connected it, but it's still dead. The tube is dead, the starter is OK (Tested both on my MB cab).
I checked the schematics but the Atari schematics I checked (MC, Centipede) don't seem to include the lighting set-up strangely.
Just checked out good old Bob Roberts, and surely it has a nice diagram of how it should be hooked up. Will need to look into it further.
But first the game itself.
Here's the toasted R30:
R25 doesn't look healty, but it's value is fine. I've seen the same thing happen more, the ceramic seems to get old or something.
And what happened to the 2N3055 case ? big dent !
I checked all the power levels on the AR-2 without the game PCB connected. Everything seems OK. But I didn't check the +5V. So what should be my next step ? I checked the PCB connector and it looks not too bad. There's no burn marks on the PCB edge either. Maybe I should mod the AR-II for just testing it now ? Of course I'll replace R30 anyway. Of coure it'll need a cap-kit, but I want to isolate the problem now first....
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