Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
CHICKEN RESTORE LIKE A ROBOT (Berzerk) *IT LIVES*
ChadTower:
Stern did a great job on the slide drawer for PCB access but a truly crappy job on the monitor removal. It's either a two guy job or you have to be able to hold the monitor - CRT neck facing your chest - out in front of you with straight arms to mount it. It's not easy. And you have to disconnect the harness (on the left in the pic) from the speaker/light/power switch in the top of the cab so you can move it out of the way. There is not enough clearance to get the frame in otherwise. There is no way to do this via the front of the cabinet.
Back in the cabinet!
And, of course, the money shot... the game in action. Note this time the adjustment PCB is where it should be. Also note that the monitor has been back in the cab for 90 seconds at this point and Ryan is already jockeying for position to play. ;D
Level42:
O man, why didn't you buy a real arcade monitor....... :'(
ChadTower:
This actually looks much better than a 20 year old burned in end of life monitor. No burn in!
I never did care about 15khz, scanlines, color bleed, etc. I put forth more than a token effort to get this running on a "real arcade monitor". I ran out of patience with sellers who had monitors but wouldn't ever actually make a transaction. Seems like right now everybody with extra monitors are sitting on them waiting for the prices to go up as people get desperate. I'm not looking to play that game anymore for raster monitors that display just as well on a VGA monitor that can be had all day long for free.
Eventually it's either going to be this or the raster games will end up like vectors - good working games parted out because the monitors are worth more than whole games. At least this time we have an alternative.
I could have put in LCD in there! ;D
Level42:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 11, 2010, 03:33:02 pm ---
This actually looks much better than a 20 year old burned in end of life monitor. No burn in!
--- End quote ---
I love my burn in. It BELONGS there :D
I'm really lucky with the G07 in my machine. The picture looks like brand new. I'm _not_ going to cap-kit this.
I meant buying a Vision Pro from AS for instance, a new one, he won't be sitting on them I'm sure.... man, you're in the states, you can actually buy new arcade monitors....I was VERY lucky to find one recently here. NOS (but for another game).
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 11, 2010, 03:33:02 pm ---I could have put in LCD in there! ;D
--- End quote ---
Of course, but then I would have had to kill you, wouldn't I.
:D
SirPeale:
Dude, you live in New England, which is like Arcade Game Mecca...you couldn't find one person to sell you a working 19" standard res monitor?
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