turkeybones
Member
Hi All,
This always happens around this time of year after I get back from the Classic Video Game Tournament at Funspot in New Hampshire. I've been into the video game collecting hobby for quite a while, on and off again, and it's time to go back to the "on" part of that, but bear with me because I don't have a lot of technical knowledge about this stuff. I'm more in the category of someone who loves classic games because I grew up in arcades, but I don't have much disposable income or repair skills
I live in Bangor, Maine and I've had a Robotron since around 1997. It was the very first thing that I ever bought on ebay and I think it was originally from somewhere in Canada (it takes Canadian quarters), and I ended up picking it up from someone in Rhode Island. It originally worked ok, but over the years it has had its share of problems. I've had people work on it who turned out to be less than trustworthy, but that's another story. It main problem is that it gets lots of various RAM errors and keeps resetting all the time. The last "upgrade" I did to it was to change the RAM to 4164, which I originally got from some dude on ebay and it came with that fancy new power supply, but a lot of people have told me to stick with the original power supply and use an adapter thingy (probably not the technical term). So right now I'm using the 4164 with original power supply and adapter, and it keeps resetting. I'm thinking of trying to find a rebuilt power supply, but finding someone who knows what the heck they're doing to take a look at all the boards and everything would be super awesome.
I've poked around on the New England area community group, but it doesn't look like that is very active. Anyway, sorry for being long winded, and any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
This always happens around this time of year after I get back from the Classic Video Game Tournament at Funspot in New Hampshire. I've been into the video game collecting hobby for quite a while, on and off again, and it's time to go back to the "on" part of that, but bear with me because I don't have a lot of technical knowledge about this stuff. I'm more in the category of someone who loves classic games because I grew up in arcades, but I don't have much disposable income or repair skills
I live in Bangor, Maine and I've had a Robotron since around 1997. It was the very first thing that I ever bought on ebay and I think it was originally from somewhere in Canada (it takes Canadian quarters), and I ended up picking it up from someone in Rhode Island. It originally worked ok, but over the years it has had its share of problems. I've had people work on it who turned out to be less than trustworthy, but that's another story. It main problem is that it gets lots of various RAM errors and keeps resetting all the time. The last "upgrade" I did to it was to change the RAM to 4164, which I originally got from some dude on ebay and it came with that fancy new power supply, but a lot of people have told me to stick with the original power supply and use an adapter thingy (probably not the technical term). So right now I'm using the 4164 with original power supply and adapter, and it keeps resetting. I'm thinking of trying to find a rebuilt power supply, but finding someone who knows what the heck they're doing to take a look at all the boards and everything would be super awesome.
I've poked around on the New England area community group, but it doesn't look like that is very active. Anyway, sorry for being long winded, and any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!



