Pac-man restoration - Return from Doh!

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Namco:

--- Quote from: Level42 on October 22, 2009, 05:11:35 am ---Well Midway shouldn't have switched to incandescent in the first place. Galaxian production started with decent fluorescent fixtures but switched to the incandescent set-up later in production, probably to save a buck or two. They're responsible for quite some waste of energy and CO2 production because of that, seeing Pac Man's production numbers. Besides that I can't think op's were happy with it, higher electricity bill but probably much more important for them in those days, exchanging blown-up bulbs pretty regularly compared to fluorescent. Also the fluorescent tube gave a much better spread and even light. However, if you strive for originality, I'd opt for the yellow looking lights for the Pac too. With all it's drawbacks in looks, it is how it was.And by using those fluorescent versions the energy issue is solved.

I do find those SF pictures before and after interesting though. At first sight I prefered the left (yellow) one because of it's warmer tone. But after some looking, the one with the daylight produces much brighter colors, the difference in colors is much more noticable.
Very interesting, since I tend to buy warm (yellow) colored fluorescents if they don't work anymore in the cabs I work on. It might be better to try a white one next time, they are also considerably cheaper.

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Well, they've always made daylight versions of incandescent bulbs too. They had a kind of bluish-white coating on them as well as a higher color temperature. There was nothing stopping an op from using a couple of those. I remember experimenting with those "cool" light bulbs as a kid in the mid-80s. I'm not sure exactly when they were invented but daylight colored light is not exclusive to CF bulbs.

SirPeale:
An op is going to go with whatever the cheapest option is.

Sometimes those decisions make sense in the short run, but not in the long. Like the lighting. Maybe there was a sale on 60W bulbs that day. So those get used instead. They're not concerned with power usage - the location pays that! But this backfires as the marquee area heats up, bleaching the marquee at best, melting it and burning the cab at worst.

That's why the florescent fixtures became an industry standard. They run cooler, use less energy, light a broader area, and last a heck of a long time. When I was working for an op, any time we found a cab using incandescent fixtures they were ripped out with great prejudice and replaced with a florescent fixture.

Spyridon:
Installed the Mark Spaeth Six Pac today

First step was to remove chips 5E, 5F, 6E, 6F, 6H, and 6J

Then install the new PCB on the edge connecter and the chip in socket 5E

and play...

This really is a nice kit. The only thing that would make it better would be a high score save. I realized that I had never played Pac-Man Plus before. What an odd game.

DjinniMan:
I'm in awe. This restoration is amazing. Absolutely gorgeous.

Level42:
No offense, I love Mark Spaeth's stuff but I hate that e-mail address there.

I'm very glad he didn't do that on the SW/ESB kit.

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