Recent content by MostlyHrmlss

The first rule of Pinball Showdown is you don't talk about Pinball Showdown! Sorry, couldn't resist :)

The owner says it "is in great shape and it works fine." Assuming this to be the case, what would you want to pay for it?

Like I said, whoever put the sound/speech board in there also put in the right power supply, and it would seem likely that they'd choose a domestic original. http://www.pinrepair.com/sys80/s80sound.htm#ss_games , in the Important Note. Yes, but he hasn't replied. Yes, 667/S1 and 667/S2. It...

I'm near Baltimore, Google says it's a seven hour drive to Columbus, not out of the question. Do you have a manual for MGOW? If so, does it have a schematic for the SBPS? I'd really like to find a schematic for this PS (or POS, as the case may be), I have geek cred sufficient to troubleshoot...

The only difference in pinouts between the sound-only and sound/speech boards was for pins 3 and 4 (sound only was 12VAC and return respectively, sound/speech has +12VDC and Sound32). I'm definitely not getting AC between those pins. This leads me to think that they had both domestic and...

I've been working on sound board power supply problems (see my other posts), and I noticed something: the metal backplate of the A2 PS board gets really hot. (Damn hot; gonna be doin' some crotch-pot cookin' :) Too hot to touch comfortably, it reads 136F (58C) on my kitchen thermometer. I...

not willing to sell a machine that (presumably, being broken) hasn't collected any money in six months? This guy either doesn't have the authoritah, or isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. In general, I'm disappointed in the direction the whole pinball industry has taken: one manufacturer...

I'm with Altan on this one: you must decide whether you want a project or a solid working machine first. I got my first pin from CraigsList, a non-working SS mystery machine for $600. I only had to put $20's worth of coils into it to make it work, and another $50 to do the upgrades...

This is a Volcano machine from CraigsList, history unknown. I tested the output of the rectifiers inside the cabinet, and here's what I found: 12.7 from the one labeled "12 VDC Power Supply / Sound Board" 6.8 from the one labeled "6 VDC Lamps" 39.5 from the one labeled "38 VDC...

Perhaps I should rephrase the question: has anyone ever seen a SB power supply board like this one? Better yet, have you a schematic for it? The pinout doesn't seem to be the same as what the manual states (allowing for the Molex-to-card-edge conversion), i.e. the volts called for in the...

Thanks for the quick reply! I've already been there, 'tis how I resurrected the thing in the first place. Problem is, he doesn't cover the sound board power supply at all. I can't find a complete manual to download, the one that I can find only has the first 18 pages, and I'm pretty sure it...

Tom's all over this one...the board isn't getting power from the battery. Did you clean out the corrosion in the holder when you replaced the batteries? Try using a strong baking soda/water solution and a toothbrush, it cleans corrosion right up. Then put in fresh, new batteries and test for...

I got this machine from CraigsList, no idea of its history. I suspect that it's a re-import of a German export: It has the word "Foreign" stamped on the particleboard base plate that holds the power supply components, and a notice inside the head not to use a sound-and-speech board, lest it be...