elfyhead
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anything to watch out for on these machines? one came up locally for fairly cheap.
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so i went and looked at it earlier.
they are asking $300. boston pinball lists the average at ~$600. i offered $200, but they haven't responded yet. we'll see.
anyway, the report. tell me if i'm crazy for offering $200.
some backglass flaking. i assume this is common for this era game (i haven't looked at anything earlier than the early 90's until now!)? is there a repro backglass for this pin?
game works - my kids played a couple of games. all the coils and switches work, as far as i could tell from them playing. it's missing the rollover down by the flippers in the middle of the playfield. i assume this is an easy replace?
playfield is not in terrible shape. plenty of wear, and dirty, but not excessive, at least to my eye, though i'm not experienced with this era games. there were lots of those little cracks, and a few deeper and longer ones, but none of them affected the ball roll at all while my kids were playing.
opened up the backbox - things look very clean there. there are no batteries, it must predate that, so no acid damage. the electronics look good.
possible alphanumeric display oddities - when it's started up, all 4 displays start up with a nice bright "00". after playing for a bit, display 4 blacked out, and display 2 started ghosting on the third digit from the right. not sure if this is serious, or a simple electronics fix.
There would have been a battery originally. Fortunately someone removed it before it leaked all over the MPU. You'll want to either install a remote battery pack or an NVRAM adapter (assuming you want scores and adjustments saved).
on the battery, i'm confused. looking at the pic at: http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1509&picno=41950 i don't see one. that pic is just what the inside of the backbox looks on the machine i looked at last night. the m-100 is the board on the top left, right? but where is the battery?
ahh, never mind. found some pictures. it'd be at the bottom of the board, to the right and under the lowest IC. yes, some smart person must have removed the battery previously - there was no damage around that part of the board.
possible alphanumeric display oddities - when it's started up, all 4 displays start up with a nice bright "00". after playing for a bit, display 4 blacked out, and display 2 started ghosting on the third digit from the right. not sure if this is serious, or a simple electronics fix.
yes, some smart person must have removed the battery previously - there was no damage around that part of the board.
but, the credit/ball in play display is still not. dark as dark can be. i'll probably swap one of the other displays over there next. or is there something else to check first?
moved the displays around, and looks like that one display is dead. it's sitting in player 4 now, since we won't often have 4 of us playing.