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I'm a pinball guy and know next to nothing about video arcade games. But I had the chance to pick up this nice Asteroids so I did. I've done a little research but I really don't know much about it. Some info below: Photo Album: http://s1094.photobucket.com/user/stangbat/library/Asteroids...

I'm rebuilding the high voltage section of a Data East 520-5000-00 power supply. This is the alphanumeric power supply that generates -100 and +100v (basically a WMS System 11 copy). Originally it was blowing F3 even with the displays removed. I rebuilt everything except the 100 uF caps at...

I started this back in February and I can finally call it complete. It was a lot of fun to see this go from a machine right off route to its current state. The playfield restoration was done by Brian Weissmann at HSA Pinball. It is a Stage 2 restoration. All other work is my own elbow grease...

This 44790-A amplifier is in a Rockola 440. The problem is the left side outputs nothing, not even any hum when unmuted. I measure nothing directly from the amplifier outputs, so the problem is not with the speaker distribution or speaker connections at the back of the jukebox. I have a...

I've had a few questions about modifying the handle to the Harbor Freight lift table so that you can get it out of the way when raising pins. So I've taken some pictures of how I did it. This wasn't my idea, I got it from another forum. I'll look up who gave me the idea to give credit where...

Left for Omaha at 7:00 this morning. Loaded up Iron Man. Drove back and unloaded Iron Man. Brought POTC up from the basement. Brought IM down to the basement and set it up. Dumped Stargate over in the yard after getting it down the hill. Got Stargate inside and set up. No damage done but...

I have a walk out basement. For the most part it beats messing with stairs, and it is great for moving machines in. I can get them unloaded and into the basement by myself. Getting them back out is a bit harder and takes another person because of this: Notice that nice tree at the top. :D...

C1 is bulging on my AFM strobe board. So I'm looking at replacement options and I see that there really isn't a higher voltage bi-polar 100uf cap made that can replace what is on the board. If I'm going to replace the damn thing, my general way of doing things is to fix it right. That means not...

I hate to give up. I really do. But I think I'm ready. I've been fighting sound board problems with my WWF RR for two months. I've basically replaced every IC, cap, and active component on the board and it has made no difference. If this was a machine I really wanted to keep, I'd probably...

I posted this on RGP but I figured I'd post it here too since I know there are a few DE SW owners on the forum. I've noticed that my DE SW has stopped offering the extra ball shot. I don't mean it is auto adjusting to require more ramp shots before offering an extra ball. It no longer offers it...

I have a 520-5077-00 Data East Sound board. This is the board used in Tommy, WWF, GnR, and MSF. When the game is powered on, the board puts out static during the short sound clip that is played. It also puts out static when sound data is being triggered from the CPU. It is static similar to...

Hmmm, what could one put along this wall if the fireplace wasn't there? Well, let's find out! :D

Question for you DE SW owners. Do your drop targets near the ramp entrance get hit on the side and bend such that they won't fall? My middle one is guilty of doing this the most often because it got bent and I didn't notice it. The game sat with it tweaked out of place and now it has a...

I had three families over last night, a total of 9 adults and 8 kids were present including my family. This was my first get together since I've had pins in the house. The pins were wildly popular and pretty much got played constantly. There were good stretches when all four were being played...

Edit: Machine is no longer for sale. Great condition, very clean, everything works 100%. $2000, cash and carry. Sorry, I don't want to ship. DMD is bright and 100% working Color matched LEDs on all playfield GI lighting All difficult to replace flash lamps are LED All playfield items were...

I've been repairing a few machines and I've been surprised by the number of bad diodes on CPU controlled lamps. One game had four that were bad, just on the lamps, and they were all on different portions of the matrix. On other games I've had a few that were bad on some stand ups, a few other...

I have no problem spending money when warranted. I firmly believe you get what you pay for. But there are some times when I draw the line. If you've owned a few DE games, you've encountered cases where the playfield prop rods have been ripped out of the playfield or have come loose and are...

I have no cabinet sound on my DE SW. Left and right sound works fine. Here's the run down: -Sound board version 520-5050-00 Rev. C -I have continuity from the sound board to the speaker so the wiring is good -The speaker is good -Voltages to the sound board check fine. If anything, the +12v...

I picked this up yesterday. It wasn't an outright steal, but it wasn't a terrible price either. Many thanks are owed to splattergatz and his help in me acquiring this. Overall it is in very good shape and will clean up nicely and be a great game...

I'm swapping a NOS playfield into my Jurassic Park machine. I figured I'd document the process here in case anyone is interested. I'm making no guarantees on how long this will take, this is the first time I've done this. I'm keeping track of what I've done, when, and how much time it is...