Phetishboy
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So I bought one of those Atari Transformer Blocks that old Troy had fabricated and kitted a few months back. I bought the kit with my Pole Position cockpit in mind, but as it is a very hard machine to gain access to at the moment, I kinda left everything in the package for a future rainy day. Fast forward 3 months. I decided that while I was waiting for some stuff to arrive to complete a few other projects, I'd clean up the Dig Dug cabaret I bought a few months back in the meantime. I never even thought about replacing the transformer block in here til I opened the back and took a lookie inside. What greeted me was a cab floor covered in 2-3 inches of debris from at least 2 mouse nests and possibly a chipmunk kegger. Fur, ripped up vegetation, turds, piss covered this-n-thats, acorns, peanut shells, etc. After a thorough vacuuming, sanding and disinfecting, I was left with a few stains in the wooden floor and a horribly tarnished, rusted and otherwise disgusting transformer block. Here it is after disassembly:
Close up of the plate surface (note to self: mouse piss is not a good metal polish):
Now I was a little intimidated by all the wires, screws and connectors, but after looking things over, unscrewing everything and pulling it all apart, I was able to mate the old stuff with the new panel and ended up with something like this:
After the install, it took a reseat of all the connectors after initial power up, but now everything's working great. Now all that's left to decide is if I wanna paint the top of the iso transformer black, or just leave it for now as it's working fine. Probably paint it, but I may wait a while. Anyhoo, I just wanted to say Thanks Troy, great repro!!!!
Close up of the plate surface (note to self: mouse piss is not a good metal polish):
Now I was a little intimidated by all the wires, screws and connectors, but after looking things over, unscrewing everything and pulling it all apart, I was able to mate the old stuff with the new panel and ended up with something like this:
After the install, it took a reseat of all the connectors after initial power up, but now everything's working great. Now all that's left to decide is if I wanna paint the top of the iso transformer black, or just leave it for now as it's working fine. Probably paint it, but I may wait a while. Anyhoo, I just wanted to say Thanks Troy, great repro!!!!
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