Recent content by D_Zoot

Well, nothing blew! The attract sound that you refer is not an intentional sound effect being generated by the audio system. That noise, or sound, is actually electrical noise, or hash, generated by all of the high current switching occurring in the lighting circuits. The noise winds up...

Joust, Pole Position, BattleZone, Spy Hunter; Tempest Cocktail Looking to sell off some of my games. These are all currently in a storage unit and were all working when placed in the unit last fall. They are clean, solid, nice looking examples, but not "restored" or "minty". The Tempest...

FA: Parts, trinkets and goodies from closed service department parts stash Over the next few months I will be eBaying off what is left from the parts stash of a closed route operators service department. No telling what gems I might find, so keep an eye on this link for current auctions...

As I mentioned in my post above, Yes, these motors were custom made and not an "off the shelf" part, that is why they are so hard to source. Again, the motor isn't just a motor, it also contains a position encoder to provide motor feedback to the controller board.

No, sadly there isn't. The motor is a precision stepper that also has a position encoder built inside the motor. These motors were custom made instead of being a common, off-the-shelf, sort of part and as a result are made of unobtainium. I have one, maybe two (would have to sort thru some...

Now you should pick up a Data East Secret Service to park beside it....

It doesn't really sound like U1. If U1 was the problem then replacing Q4 probably would not have fixed it for the short time it did. Now that it locked back on again, does it lock on as soon as you start a game now? Or does shutting the game off and restarting fix it for a few cycles...

In the absence of the splitter, you can still unplug the direct view monitor and connect the helmet LCD harness to the VGA output at the PC to see if the LCD is working correctly. The helmets had problems breaking the wires inside the harness at the pivot area where the harness enters the...

Hop over to http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/ The arcadecontrols.com guys have a forum dedicated to DIY jukeboxes and there is also a Wiki page over there on the subject that you will probably find helpfull. D

The AMI touchscreen jukeboxes are downloader/internet type of boxes, just like a Touchtunes. You could probably pick one up an older used one from eBay, but the problem is going to be that you aren't going to be able to activate it and get it to play. In order to get one of these boxes up...

All is not lost for Ecast operators or the equipment (sucks to all those hoping for an eBay/Craigslist flood of dirt cheap touchscreen jukeboxes to start hacking) From Vending Times a couple of days ago: " AMI Entertainment Network Inc. announced that it has become a secured creditor of...

This is where I think your biggest issue will be. What I am trying to explain is this, lets say in game you steer left, the FF system will counter that by driving the motor right to recenter the wheel and provide turning resistance. With a real FF setup, the motor doesn't actually spin 360...

Ok, Here are some of the issues that pop into my head: First is that usually a feedback driver board is looking at the steering pot as an input used to determine the appropriate amount of motor drive to apply. Since the steering wheel shaft isn't coupled to the shaker motor as the driver...

I could be wrong, it's been a while and I'm getting old.. But, The Outrun steering motor is a shaker motor isn't it? A simple on/off motor arrangement that shook the steering and the Logitech is a true force feedback setup designed to put resistance and feel into the turning motion of...

When the box initializes it runs thru all slots, one at a time, loads whatever is in the slot, reads the cd and stores the number of tracks on that cd in it's memory. By doing this the box knows which slots actually contain cd's and how many tracks each cd has. This is done so that the user...