Finally found a cab to convert!

[mvsfan]

Well I would recommend preserving as much of the artwork as possible.  You never know, P.O.W could be someones favourite game and they are just missing that last piece...  This comes from a Champion Wrestler fan who has spent years collecting whatever original pieces as are available...

i also collect the originals, dead or alive. i dont care if the pcb is broke or not. if i really really like the game ill get it fixed.

also, i have one pcb that i am very very proud of in my collection. Its Setas Downtown.

---smurfy--- game, but its the only one that i fixed myself.

it had a smashed chip and it also had several cut traces i pulled out my benchlight with the magnifying glass built in, and just started scraping green and soldering wires to connect the broken traces and i also replaced the smashed chip, and it lit up.
im proud of that cause im not an electronics technician i am slowly learning though.

[drpcken]

i also collect the originals, dead or alive. i dont care if the pcb is broke or not. if i really really like the game ill get it fixed.

Have you booted that POW pcb I sent you yet?

[mvsfan]

i also collect the originals, dead or alive. i dont care if the pcb is broke or not. if i really really like the game ill get it fixed.

Have you booted that POW pcb I sent you yet?

works great.

[Chicken McNobody]

Hey drpcken,

Are the joysticks that you have the original ones or replacements?  The originals are the strange tall balltop all plastic looking.  They only have about 1/8" or movement to trigger a switch, so they feel very odd compared to what most people use in arcades.  I am at owrk right now, and most all the pics are blocked so I can't see what you are showing. 

Anywho, if they are the originals, what condition are they in, and would you be looking for a new home for them?  I have a P.O.W. and my joys are in decent shape, but they have some annoying grooves scratched into them, and I can't seem to find any new replacements since these are an odd and unwanted design.

[Kevin Mullins]

Those K7000 series monitors are probably one of the easiest to fix and most reliable monitors around.

[drpcken]

Hey drpcken,

Are the joysticks that you have the original ones or replacements? 

I think they are originals.  They are in pretty good shape if you ask me. Check the photos when you can and let me know. 

[Beretta]

ya im pretty sure they are original to pow also.. i got a pair that came off a cab that had seem MANY conversions.. one of them was pow.

the shafts however do fit happ/il comp bases if you want to get some more range out of them.

i agree the extremely short throw is the sux.

[Chicken McNobody]

I replaced the originals originally with a pair of Happ Competition joys since I was using this as a full JAMMA cabinet.  Now that I have finished my MAME cabinet, and am in the process of selling off my JAMMA boards, I want to bring it back to original.  The joys I got with it are in decent shape, I would give them a 85-90%.  But I wouldn't mind finding something better if I can, but this cabinet got very little restoration since I like the look of is being used.  It is in really good shape, but not near 100%, overall I would give it a 90%.  My Space Invaders cocktail is 1,000 times better than when I got it, but it still does not look factory.  I don't feel the need to fill in scratches and the coin door is bent, but it looks alright even up close.  I kind of like the idea of these being played and looking that way.

Even my MAME cabinet is very pristine, but not flawless.  Nor do I ever expect it to be, my girls have been playing this as much as I have almost, and I don't want to feel that I can't let them touch it for fear of scratching/scuffing.

I am in the process of working up a bartop design that will become my "mint" toy.  I'll post that info when I am ready to do so.

Drpcken, I am interested in the joysticks if you are looking to move them.  Check your PMs

[jtslade]

Any progress?

[Turnarcades]

Yeah, well done so far but would like to see more pics if you have 'em...