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Title: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: Epyx on August 12, 2009, 04:29:54 pm
Just curious if there are any links to pictures of how the original cabinets were "mass produced" back in the day?  For example, some machines like Donkey Kong had tens of thousands produced...where/how were they assembled? Any pics exist?
Title: Re: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 12, 2009, 04:46:11 pm
There were some pics I saw some years ago of the line at the Williams factory ... damned if I remember where I saw them though ... and now I'll have to look ... thanks ...  :angry:

EDIT: Well, that was fast ... Google + 'site:' narrows things down in a hurry ... nothing like seeing Joust cocktails being built (still one of the best-designed cabs out there)!

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/04_Artwork.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/05_Digitize.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/06_Programmer.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/07_EmptyCabs.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/08_AssemblyLine.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/09_WiringHarness.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/10_PowerSupply.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/11_Electronics.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/12_Assembly.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/13_MonitorInstallation.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/14_MintyFresh.jpg)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/bish500/15_Testing.jpg)

Original thread:

http://maaca.org/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1212623165/

EDIT: linked some more pics 'cos they are cool ...
Title: Re: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: Beretta on August 12, 2009, 05:10:04 pm
very cool stuff, i never seen a joust cocktail that is a interesting design although somewhat larger then what you expect in a cocktail.
Title: Re: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 12, 2009, 05:18:49 pm
Quote from: Beretta on August 12, 2009, 05:10:04 pm
very cool stuff, i never seen a joust cocktail that is a interesting design although somewhat larger then what you expect in a cocktail.

It is, by far, the most comfortable cocktail I have ever played on (I was fortunate enough to pick one up some years back ... it is one of my grails). The angle of the monitor doesn't require you to hunch over to play.

The design was also patented and, IIRC, joymonkey once linked to the patent documentation, but I'll be damned if I can find it!
Title: Re: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: Epyx on August 12, 2009, 05:25:21 pm
That is awesome thanks for those pics...I had googled but kept coming up with the hobbyist angle not the original manufacturing one. I guess I just didn't choose the right keywords ;)

Thanks again...very interesting!
Title: Re: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: Level42 on August 12, 2009, 05:27:23 pm
http://www.atarigames.com/page9/page8/page8.html
Title: Re: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 12, 2009, 05:31:43 pm
Quote from: Level42 on August 12, 2009, 05:27:23 pm
http://www.atarigames.com/page9/page8/page8.html

 :applaud:

I thought I had seen those and couldn't for the life of me remember even where to look (I've been skipping through the ICON videos about Atari).

Quote from: Epyx on August 12, 2009, 05:25:21 pm
That is awesome thanks for those pics...I had googled but kept coming up with the hobbyist angle not the original manufacturing one. I guess I just didn't choose the right keywords ;)

Thanks again...very interesting!

I had the advantage of knowing it was on one of the sites that I visit regularly.

Awesome topic ...
Title: Re: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: Ummon on August 12, 2009, 05:51:51 pm
What was that dual-dual-stick game?
Title: Re: Pics of original cabinet assembly lines?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 12, 2009, 05:56:44 pm
If I had to guess, I would say Splat! ... same timeframe, same hardware.