ChaosJohn
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Arcade Restoration Workshop / Arcade Party
When: Saturday, February 19 - noon to midnight
Where: My house in Burbank - pm me for the address if you're interested
As requested by 2-cents, I've decided to have an Arcade Restoration Workshop
(and arcade party). Basically, if you're a newbie to the hobby and want to
learn a few of the tips and tricks first hand, come on by. If a picture is
worth a thousand words, then watching someone do something in person is worth
a thousand pictures (that's a million words, if you're keeping track).
Here are the things I'm planning to demonstrate:
I think I'll leave it at those three for starters, as I'm sure I can demo all 3 in
afternoon. If we get through those and people are still interested, we can debug
my Robotron (probably RAM errors) or my Asteroids (some sort of power supply
issue). No guarantee of success on either of those, but you can see a rank
amateur in action as I fumble and stumble through the process of diagnosing
game problems.
If you're not a newbie and want to come hang out and either mock my weak repair
technique or just hang out and play games, you're definitely welcome.
If you're really good at debugging power problems on Atari games, come by and
help track down the problem with my Asteroids cocktail, so both I and the newbs
can learn something. Or if you have something else that you think would be
worthwile to demonstrate, let me know. The more the merrier.
PM me for address/directions.
When: Saturday, February 19 - noon to midnight
Where: My house in Burbank - pm me for the address if you're interested
As requested by 2-cents, I've decided to have an Arcade Restoration Workshop
(and arcade party). Basically, if you're a newbie to the hobby and want to
learn a few of the tips and tricks first hand, come on by. If a picture is
worth a thousand words, then watching someone do something in person is worth
a thousand pictures (that's a million words, if you're keeping track).
Here are the things I'm planning to demonstrate:
- Hacking a wiring harness for my Frogger control panel. This will include
reading and checking a wiring diagram, using molex connectors, and some general info
about how arcade controls are wired up. - What's involved in a cap kit? This is one of the more common repair things
we do on games. This will include removing the monitor from the cabinet, removing
the chassis from the monitor (including discharging the anode), and replacing
capacitors. I'll also show you how to check out a monitor that's not in the
cabinet (or in another cabinet) using a Bob Roberts monitor extension cable. - Bondo work for repairing damaged cabinets (my Star Wars cabinet in this case).
I think I'll leave it at those three for starters, as I'm sure I can demo all 3 in
afternoon. If we get through those and people are still interested, we can debug
my Robotron (probably RAM errors) or my Asteroids (some sort of power supply
issue). No guarantee of success on either of those, but you can see a rank
amateur in action as I fumble and stumble through the process of diagnosing
game problems.
If you're not a newbie and want to come hang out and either mock my weak repair
technique or just hang out and play games, you're definitely welcome.
If you're really good at debugging power problems on Atari games, come by and
help track down the problem with my Asteroids cocktail, so both I and the newbs
can learn something. Or if you have something else that you think would be
worthwile to demonstrate, let me know. The more the merrier.
PM me for address/directions.
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