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*** Note: I formatted this on a PC. Not sure how it will show up on a phone *** A repair shop that I've done some work for asked me if I would take a look at Sprint 2. I've only worked on a few bronze age games. One thing about them is you can see how the golden age games evolved from the...

Under normal circumstances - I'd just replace the HV transformer. But these aren't normal circumstances since this one is not available as a replacement. I haven't powered it up - but I'm told it was working. Is there a 'goo' or some way to wrap this and make it 'better'?

*** Note: I format this on a PC - not sure how it will look on a phone. *** *** It's been educational. Nintendo is a bit of a learning curve for sure.. If there are good clean schematic scans out there.. let me know! *** *** This is a cross post from my site *** I've always planned to do some...

Tested working Braze kit. Play Centipede in a Millipede cabinet. See: https://www.brasington.org/arcade/products/cm/

*** Note: I format these in a browser - not sure how they will come up on a phone. They are cross posted from my site :) *** This is one of mine.. This is the 'after' shot. Arcade customer sent in a MC board for repair (next one below) but wanted a spare since Missile Command is now down...

*** Note I format these on a PC browser - not sure how they will come through on phones *** Had a few of these lately - this one was sent in labeled "DEAD" It visually had a number of issues - but the edge connectors were in reasonable condition. I removed all the socketed chips and verified...

Got a Battlezone in for repair and I haven't posted any interesting ones in a while.. Reported symptom - just a blinking line on the screen occasionally. I connected up the stack to my test rig and confirmed, the board was not running. I generally clean all the chip legs and inspect the board...

*** Note: I formatted this on a PC. Not sure how it will be on a phone *** I didn't want to call this a restoration, because I would have fixed the cabinet cosmetics if it was.. So let's call this refreshing. Something I haven't done in quite a while - worked on one of my own machines! I had...

I'm in the middle of a repair on a Star Wars set and ran in to an interesting problem.. Tower wave slowly degrades.. The fighter and trench waves play 100% normal. I haven't put it back on the bench yet, I plan on looking at it again tonight. So.. I'm leading with the issue :) Once I know...

This one started pretty simple, then this repair turned into an interesting test of will... If you are a computer nerd.. read on.. Self test would not work for some reason, game ran, but it was a mess. Connected up to tester - all ROM good and a bad RAM@F2. Replace it and it seemed 100%...

This one was a fun one.. I've been lucky to get to work on some rare boards like this. *** Note: None of these boards are mine. None are for sale. I will not be revealing the names of the owners. Thanks for understanding *** When I post these threads, I format them on a PC in a browser...

Never enough repair logs here - this one was fun. I never played this back in the day - a little research showed that while the trackball had been used in a couple of games prior to Atari Football - this machine made trackballs popular. Got a request from an arcade I've done some repair...

It might be just me, but these little guys I've looked for on and off for a while and could never find a match for the originals. No problems getting an #8x32 that worked - but none that matched the originals for monitor chassis, etc.. This one is a perfect match - hex washer head - no slot -...

A Friend asked me to look at their board, did I really want to try this again? This is one of the Atari repro boards that was built up.. This is my second repro board repair, my first was this Star Wars set that needed a LOT of work to get running. This particular board ran, but the text...

My Pole Position flyback fried.. TLF6041F Matsushita - I looked around and it looks like they are not generally available.. Anyone know where to get one?

Cracks me up..

Board #1 - Mine I accidentally happened across an original Red Baron board set. Overall it is in very good shape. I performed some basic maintenance to it and corrected a few issues. Cold solder joints on the interconnect, the edge connector was really chewed up and the chip legs were all...

Got a board set sent in for modifications and a repair, referred from a friend.. Customer said the board worked - but he did not want all of this wiring and wanted the edge connectors fixed properly. He sent both ARII's for testing and refurb with this set. He also said the battery backup...

A forum member on KLOV had purchased a Star Wars reproduction PCB set, picked up all the parts and assembled it.. Unfortunately it didn't work. He worked on it and worked with a friend to try to get it working.. Then asked me if I would look at it. Many would not take this on.. Working through...

It's been suggested that we need to have one of these threads - I don't think I've ever started one like this... But here goes! Post pics of you dirtiest before and after PCB or monitor chassis and the cleaner you like. Many are converting to Krud Kutter - My personal favorite. It just cleans...