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1980's Atari Pole Position PC mod
Namco:
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I'm not done yet....I'm going to have some stickers made to match what I'm going to do to it.
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Maybe this thread will have a happy ending after all? :laugh2:
Silhouette:
Hey, everyone. I just wanted to apologize for my very out-of-line comment the other day, it was really unnecessary. If I offended anyone, i'm sorry, and i'll be sure to watch what I say in the future.
DaMulta:
Well it's been a while from my last post. I'm not pissed or hold anything on anybody.
You have to understand. I grew up in the arcade business. This has been broken for at least 15 years from the last time it was fully running. All it has done is collect dust and stock piled junk for years a pone years.
I let my son play his PS3 in there for a week or two(been getting the hardware together) VERY KICK ASS IN THERE I MIGHT ADD!+1 The 24'' LCD is perfect, and you can see what's going on in the cad perfectly from a distance! The sound cranks up so loud it rattles your teeth and you just feel alive playing in there. This has also shown me that playing other games besides racing games is ULTRA KOOL!
GD70 790FX motherboard
His I Q card
2 x 4890 1 GB cards
DDR3 16000
Water Blocks
Not very cheap
Anyways growing up around these suckers I have a different feeling than most people do. I was recommend to come to this board....believe it or not lol Right now it has been stripped and is being cleaned up from head to toe. I have a sheet of lament to install OVER THE BLACK PAINT so it will have a smooth and shiny surface.
The MAIN REASON I am covering it up is to move on. It's getting a new total restoration job, and in the end I want it to be all mine(my design). I have ALWAYS wanted to convert this machine for years a pone years just never did it. Then one day it just happened. The guts where ripped and started the process.
I hope you all can forgive me for doing what I'm doing to this cab. Really I do I know how you all feel about it, and are hurt to even see what's going on. Just please look at WHAT IT COULD BE when it's done. Sometimes I hate even showing what I'm up to until I'm up to it. Some people just can't look ahead and use their imagination to look at things a different way.
Namco:
Whenever I've helped someone move old arcade machines with big hunks of plywood missing from the corners, or when you watch a bunch of dusty old machines being moved on and off a truck with the faded artwork and the dirt; when you notice that they're nothing much more than cheaply made boxes of wood and paint, they lose some of their magic. I can see your point of view on it. I'll bet that thing will bump hard when you're all done with it. Make sure you post more pics as you progress.
telengard:
I started reading this thread and was thinking "lucky bum". For years I've wanted to start a new project using a Pole Position cab and restoring it. Dissapointed. :(
~telengard