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The Shadow
theCoder:
I've been following your progress for some time. Good stuff. I wish I could contribute, but you're playing in a space I have no experience with. Keep up the documentation, it's good for the community.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: gamecreature on September 06, 2006, 07:01:27 pm ---Actually, that's one of the few lines I remember from that game. I think it has something to do with an Easter Egg, but I don't remember much more than that. Good luck!
--- End quote ---
Over probably 40 games so far, no sign of this quote. :laugh2: There are a few modes we haven't been able to start yet because of the left diverter issue that was just fixed. And we still can't get into a couple more because it's so hard to shoot the upper ramp. After a flipper rebuild that should be taken care of.
theCoder, thanks for the words. It's good to know people read this stuff.
ChadTower:
Some RGP research on those tiny bulbs turns up this.
--- Quote ---Original part was 7268 5V .125A .25(Candle Power) 5000(Hours of life)
I now use part 7715 5V .115A .15(Candle Power) 40000(Hours of life)
8 times longer life than 7268 bulb and the difference in brightness is
almost none. I have been using these for 2 years and have not had one
go out yet.
--- End quote ---
ChadTower:
This is the bulb, good price too, but shipping something this tiny always feels like getting kicked in the nads.
I wonder if I could use one of those tiny bulbs from a string of Xmas lights.
ChadTower:
Went to Target to buy some refill Xmas string bulbs since they put up some Xmas stuff last week. They didn't have any but they did have displays up... hell if I'm buying a $10 string of lights for a 10 cent bulb. So I yoinked one off a display (the string went out, ha). Brought it home, stuck it in the tiny socket and it lit right up. Of course, it's too big to go into the hole in the ring and since its leads are much thinner than the real bulb the contact is loose.
So I took the ring off (which was a pain) and put a spacer so there is a bit more room under the lens. I put the Xmas bulb in, twisted it a bit so that it's in there with more tension, put masking tape around its base and the socket so that it will stay that way. With the extra third of an inch or so under the ring I was able to run the wire around the back of it and under the lens rather than through the hole.
Result: Solid working order, brighter than the others, even. :applaud:
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