Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
1975 Atari Crash 'N Score Restoration
Majoraslayer:
--- Quote from: IG-88 on August 26, 2009, 07:33:22 am ---For the wood to be that bad I'm wondering if it didn't get completely flooded. I wouldn't boot it up yet either. The boards can get wet but not for an extended period of time and they have to be completely dry before power is applied of course. Take some detailed pics of the hardware and get them on here for the experts to look at. It may be a case where this poor thing is just too far gone. :(
If there is anything left of the artwork you might want to scan it now before it gets any worse. There are some people that can do some amazing things with that stuff on these boards also.
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Like I said, the guy I got it from said that it works fine. His kids used to play it. I have to wonder if its really been flooded, or if its just the progressive deterioration of nearly 35 years of progressive moisture. Usually when wood has water damage, it will have some discoloration to it or visible mold. Thats not the case; the color of all the wood seems to be consistent. When I get it all apart, I'm going to try booting it on a work table. I feel kind of bad tearing this old cabinet apart and hauling it off, but there is absolutely no saving it. Perhaps at the least the hardware can go on living if I can build it a new home. The fact that it uses discrete logic fascinates me to no end. It probably attributes to the board having survived so many years.
Spyridon:
:pics :pics :pics
IG-88:
--- Quote from: Majoraslayer on August 26, 2009, 11:57:19 am ---Like I said, the guy I got it from said that it works fine.
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I wasn't doubting what you said. It just seemed weird to me that he said it worked yet you haven't seen it, and that if it is deteriorating as badly as you say (sounds like dry rot actually) I'm surprised a person, kid or not, could play it without it falling apart.
I'm just glad you got it and can appreciate it for what its worth. :cheers: How is the artwork anyway?
Majoraslayer:
Well, I finally took some pics.
Here's some of the internals. Note the wood dust and sagging shelf.
The screen overlay is a little scratched, but not chipped from what I can tell.
If anybody can make sideart from photos, here you go. Its the best I can do, and the artwork is fairly simple. Also, its in pretty good shape.
IG-88:
WOW! That baby has seen some better days :)
Is that a power supply is the fourth pic? Looks really rusty.
Do you have flatbed scanner or access to one? I've seen some guys do amazing stuff with some scans.
If you can bring this back form the dead it will have to be greatest restore I've seen! Those are the kind that I love! You have just got to do it!
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