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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: markrvp on March 18, 2006, 02:46:01 pm

Title: Donkey Kong Video Question
Post by: markrvp on March 18, 2006, 02:46:01 pm

I am restoring a Donkey Kong cabinet.  I have a two-board set that I have fired up, but the video is really crappy.  Lots of vertical smearing.  I thought possibly it was the horizontal adjustment pot on the video board, but shorting a 10K ohm resistor across the legs didn't fix the problem.  I made a short video of the monitor that shows the problem.

Here is the video link:

http://www.rashphoto.com/DK/MOV00412.MPG (http://www.rashphoto.com/DK/MOV00412.MPG)

If it won't open automatically in Windows Media Player, you can right-click on the link and choose:  SAVE TARGET AS to put in on your hard drive so that you can play it back.

I would really appreciate it if you guys could take a look and point me in the right direction.

Thanks,

Mark

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Video Question
Post by: markrvp on March 18, 2006, 03:19:15 pm

Okay I fixed it.  The MB74LS123 chip at A3 had one pin that wasn't seated properly.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Video Question
Post by: CheffoJeffo on March 18, 2006, 05:24:38 pm

Glad we could help ....  ;)

Cheers.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Video Question
Post by: SteveJ34 on March 19, 2006, 10:52:51 pm

Inquiring minds want to know....


....who had to eat a bar of soap three times and why?

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Video Question
Post by: markrvp on March 20, 2006, 03:54:15 am

Quote from: SteveJ34 on March 19, 2006, 10:52:51 pm

Inquiring minds want to know....


....who had to eat a bar of soap three times and why?

My wife was saying she told our 9-year-old son that she would stick a bar of soap in his mouth three times if he didn't stop saying naughty words.   :police: 

He decided discretion was the better part of valor and stopped saying bad words before he had to get his mouth washed out.   ;)