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Hi, I'm John Wardlow from Ft. Worth, TX.
I'm new to the arcade game restoration field. I worked for a small electronics design and manufacturing company in the early 1980s where I designed and worked on some early electronic gaming machines. I've been an electronics hobbyist since about 13 years old, back when Popular Electronics magazine came in the small 6 inch format. I graduated from Mizzou in 1985 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. I retired a few years ago after 30+ years with Lockheed Martin designing flight test instrumentation systems. I also restore cars as a hobby and own 8 Italian & Japanese cars.
I bought two SEGA F355 Challenge DLX 3-monitor machines about a year ago, one is in working condition. They appear to have had parts replaced previously but neither have been restored. One is running with acceptable monitors but with burn-in from some sort of bowling game. This one will be a rolling restoration, working on one system at a time and keeping it in playable condition as much as possible. These are circa 1990, use 4 NAOMI game boards and 3 NANAO monitors.
The monitors use Toshiba tubes and finding ones without burn-in seems to be difficult and very expensive.
I'm interested in making contact with others who can guide me through the arcade restoration do-s and don't-s as well as those who have worked on similar games.
I'm new to the arcade game restoration field. I worked for a small electronics design and manufacturing company in the early 1980s where I designed and worked on some early electronic gaming machines. I've been an electronics hobbyist since about 13 years old, back when Popular Electronics magazine came in the small 6 inch format. I graduated from Mizzou in 1985 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. I retired a few years ago after 30+ years with Lockheed Martin designing flight test instrumentation systems. I also restore cars as a hobby and own 8 Italian & Japanese cars.
I bought two SEGA F355 Challenge DLX 3-monitor machines about a year ago, one is in working condition. They appear to have had parts replaced previously but neither have been restored. One is running with acceptable monitors but with burn-in from some sort of bowling game. This one will be a rolling restoration, working on one system at a time and keeping it in playable condition as much as possible. These are circa 1990, use 4 NAOMI game boards and 3 NANAO monitors.
The monitors use Toshiba tubes and finding ones without burn-in seems to be difficult and very expensive.
I'm interested in making contact with others who can guide me through the arcade restoration do-s and don't-s as well as those who have worked on similar games.