Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Star Wars - fully working!
Spyridon:
Okay, time for something good on this thread. I put the new overlay on the yoke this weekend.
Overlay is from ThisOldGame and is really nice
The tools needed - 1 freshsly painted and rust free yoke cover, 1 overlay, 1 burnishing tool
I started out by lining up the overlay and using some masking tape to hold it in position.
Starting from the top, I cut the backing off the top 2 inches and applied it. Then removing the tape, I slowly worked from top to bottom setting the overlay in position. Use the plastic burnishing tool to push down and get a good seal. The holes weren't a perfect match, but pretty close (and when screwed in place you won't see anything wrong)
And the finished product:
Looks much better than what I started with:
Back in its rightful place (now if only the game worked!)
After and Before shots:
Spyridon:
No love for the new overlay? ???
Anyway, I contacted Rich at ThisOldGame and I'm sending him the Fire Fox overlay. Since it came off in such good shape I thought it would be good to get it scanned. Since Rich has all the templates setup for the SW overlay, it should be an esay project for him. I don't think I'll ever pick up a Fire Fox, but this hopefully can help some others out. Rich is sending me a free t-shirt as a thank you. :applaud: (he has some people that have asked about getting this done)
Spyridon:
Wow, look at the difference. Here is a comparison between the ThisOldGame's overlay and Arcadeshops.
TOG:
Arcadeshop:
Spyridon:
Okay, back to the problems with this game not working. I found someone skilled in the art of soldering to add sockets to my DAC chips.
This allowed me to swap the chips around. Y-out is still pegged at 13.44 and not moving. Swaping the DAC chips had no change.
I'm open for suggestion on what to try next ???
RetroACTIVE:
--- Quote from: Spyridon on June 29, 2009, 10:12:52 pm ---Okay, back to the problems with this game not working. I found someone skilled in the art of soldering to add sockets to my DAC chips.
This allowed me to swap the chips around. Y-out is still pegged at 13.44 and not moving. Swaping the DAC chips had no change.
I'm open for suggestion on what to try next ???
--- End quote ---
I've only been playing around with SW for a bit... and I've read through what you've done... I'm not sure if I was able to tell from the posts if you checked the TLO82's (x/y drive amps) on the AVG board. There are 2 amps per package and each X and Y circuit uses one 8 pin DIP. They are clearly labeled on the schematic.
Ideally you would use a scope and look at input vs. output to see if the op-amp(s) are doing their job....(thats what I do) but I suppose you could use a DVOM however it may be difficult to detect. The good news is if it is a bad op-amp those TLO-82's are dirt cheap and easily obtainable.
Like I said... not sure if you did this already... if so... sorry for the repeat.
:cheers:
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