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Robotron Restoration - new to the forum

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frailn:
The inside of the control panel has a stamp: "Oct 6 1982 TESTED INSPECTED"

Looks like the original power supply and some sort of power supply PCB with williams tags on one or two of the parts on this PCB that say "Williams" and a number. I'm assuming that's a part number for a PSU part.

The IREM Skins game is definately JAMMA, says so on the board. So, I think the original wiring was modified to work with this JAMMA connector.

After fighting with the Goof Off 2 and discovering that the artwork is not salvagable, I'm going to get some stronger stripper and take this all the way down to the wood. I'll prime it, and repaint it with the proper Robotron art. I think I'll go with robotron marquee, but haven't decided on the control panel yet. I'd like to use a Robotron control panel art but, not sure how that will look with the extra buttons that go with a multi-Willams layout.

I don't want to mess with the wiring, other than to add extra buttons, since everything works! My first hurdle will be to figure out how to feed 5v to the multi-Williams board...oh and come up with cash for a monitor, multi-williams board and the stencils. I can see that this will add up quick:

monitor - 275
board - 165
stencil - 80
paints - ?
robotron Marquee - 40
robotron bezel - 60

Is there another part that frames the monitor between robotron bezel and the monitor? Not sure since mine was stripped.

My wife says, "it figures" that I would pick out the one weird cabinet out the dozens I was offered for free! I didn't even know it was a Robotron! I just thought, "hey this cabinet looks like something I could work with..."

RetroACTIVE:
The part you are looking for is a black 19" monitor bezel and can be found at virtually any arcade parts supplier.  Im pretty sure these standard bezels will work for you.  I think twistedquarter has a pretty decent prices on these (that is they won't rip you off on shipping, as it is an oversized item).  The bezel is oversized as you will have to cut it to fit.

Spyridon:
I've heard of several people that had Robotron artwork underneath thier Joust artwork, so it must have been a common theme at Williams. 

That Joust artwork looks to be in pretty good shape.  If you can save it and you are going with a Multi-Williams, you may want to keep the Joust theme.

frailn:

--- Quote ---That Joust artwork looks to be in pretty good shape.
--- End quote ---

The other side of the cab is not as nice. I managed to get all of the black latex removed and you can see where someone hit this with sandpaper before they started painting the Joust artwork. Once I get the thing upright again, I'll post a pic.

I suppose it could be touched up -- my wife offered to do this for me. But, I kind of like the idea of going with the original Robotron art and making the cab look like it just rolled out of the factory in 1982. Also, from what I've seen on the internet, the original Joust used a different shaped cabinet.

Robotron holds a lot of nostalgia for me. It was the  first video game I ever played at the arcade! Another first - on the way to my first arcade visit, my best friend's brother was driving us and blasting the radio: Duran Duran, Hungry Like the Wolf! That was the first time I heard that song, or even heard of Duran Duran. After that day, I burned my disco duck albums, gave up board games (and a lot of quarters)!

I'm leaning very heavily towards Robotron.

Level42:
I'd go for Robotron too because the cab shape is Robotron.

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