Recent content by dfnr2

I built a Marian 6502 pod a few years ago and haven't used it because I hit an issue that I first thought was due to the protection modules, although I am unable to detect a defect under the microscope. I recently decided to try to get this working. I tried some other protection modules from a...

Or, if you have very basic soldering skills, you can buy an arduino mini or arduino nano on Amazon or eBay for $3-6 or so and make your own cable. I have a writeup on github, along with the arduino code to upload. https://github.com/dfnr2/asteroids-lunar-multigame-thrust-a2d The nano only...

Has anyone found a suitable T8 LED Black light tube for Asteroids Deluxe? I'd like to stop hassling with fluorescent bulb disposal, if possible. I see some black light LED tube replacements, but they all seem to be the -BLB type. Curious to hear what others have done.

Here are a couple of photos showing a selection of 44-pin connectors that will fit the PCB, and the latest version assembled with a right-angle connector.

OK, this is not a big deal. The PCB doesn't need any change; just swapped the resistors around to match the PCB silk screen. I pushed a minor update with the fixed schematic, but the PCBs are good.

Argh. I just built and tested a couple for boards, and unfortunately I managed to make a mistake. I got the silk screen labels for "Asteroids in Ast Deluxe Cabinet" and "Ast Deluxe in Asteroids Cabinet" reversed. I will update the PCBs in github, but not worth doing a re-spin of the PCBs I...

Thanks to forum member @mwiggett, who was brave enough to test the adapter using an Asteroids Deluxe PCB in an Asteroids cabinet. It turns out some debugging was needed, and I have now produced an updated design incorporating the fixes. The updated design also will accommodate a wider variety...

Glad you are on the recovery side of this. I hope you have a quick and complete recovery.

Here's the next rev of the PCB. In this rev, the missing connections are added, a jumper is added to select between Asteroids in Deluxe cab and Ast Deluxe PCB in Asteroids cabinet, and the board is more compact. I used a through-hole mounted edge connector for the PCB instead of hand-soldering...

I built one up, and tried it out. I did require a bodge wire--I had left the INV_X and INV_Y signals unconnected, but Asteroids Deluxe inverts the Y external to the board, so I connected the INV_Y signal straight through between the connectors. Everything works perfectly. I'll fix the...

Hello, I have designed an adapter to use an Asteroids PCB in an Asteroids Deluxe cabinet (or vice versa), mainly to be able to use the Braze Multigame digital thruster interface. It is all on github, although I haven't yet tested it. I will order the PCB and parts (I don't have the DC-DC...

Just to not get off track, I would be most grateful if anyone can come up with some measurements for the thrust controller cover. Otherwise I will come up with my own. It would be really nice to have an open source Multigame control panel conversion kit on github. So far I have the adapter...

Hi all, I'm working on modding an Asteroids Deluxe control panel to include the lunar lander thrust controller. I'm using the beautiful thrust controller that Greg is selling on Etsy. I want to 3D-print the cover, and it would be amazing if someone had some measurements or drawings from a...

I also found this one: https://gameongrafix.com/product/asteroids-deluxe-upright-cpo-panel-2/ Does anyone have experience with Game On Graphics CPOs?