ArcRevival
Well-known member
...of Idaho that is.
I LOVE Idaho. I really do. I have lived on both coasts of this country and all I can say is that Idaho is the finest place you could ever hope to hang your hat. But, I love working on arcade games and jukeboxes and pinball machines even more. And for me, the best chance of being able to do that is back in California. My friend and mentor Tom is willing to take me under his wing again and further my training. Another factor that comes in to play ( as some of you know) is that I got married last year. My Wife would also like to move to the Bay Area and give it a go.
There are a lot of details to work out still but if all goes well, I should be down there in the next 2-3 months. I am not exactly sure about how much and what kind of repairs Tom and I will be taking on. I hope to make house calls, take in several monitors for repair ( mainly vectors but a few others too ) and possibly some of the boards that no one else is, like the 8080 stuff and who knows what else. It's just really hard to say at this point what the size and scope of the operation will be. I also plan on having a place where people can drop things off to be repaired. I will probably be in Castro Valley, it's where I used to live and the best for the money from what I can see.
I am cautiously optimistic about all of this. I am hoping it all works out. I guess time will tell.
I am probably going to stash all my games in storage for now and come back for them later when I am settled. The rest of this year will be pretty interesting to say the least. I have a solid lead on a part time job that has benefits and looking for something else in case that falls through. We will be staying at my sisters house in San Ramon at first so we will have some time to get up and running.
Stay tuned ...
I LOVE Idaho. I really do. I have lived on both coasts of this country and all I can say is that Idaho is the finest place you could ever hope to hang your hat. But, I love working on arcade games and jukeboxes and pinball machines even more. And for me, the best chance of being able to do that is back in California. My friend and mentor Tom is willing to take me under his wing again and further my training. Another factor that comes in to play ( as some of you know) is that I got married last year. My Wife would also like to move to the Bay Area and give it a go.
There are a lot of details to work out still but if all goes well, I should be down there in the next 2-3 months. I am not exactly sure about how much and what kind of repairs Tom and I will be taking on. I hope to make house calls, take in several monitors for repair ( mainly vectors but a few others too ) and possibly some of the boards that no one else is, like the 8080 stuff and who knows what else. It's just really hard to say at this point what the size and scope of the operation will be. I also plan on having a place where people can drop things off to be repaired. I will probably be in Castro Valley, it's where I used to live and the best for the money from what I can see.
I am cautiously optimistic about all of this. I am hoping it all works out. I guess time will tell.
I am probably going to stash all my games in storage for now and come back for them later when I am settled. The rest of this year will be pretty interesting to say the least. I have a solid lead on a part time job that has benefits and looking for something else in case that falls through. We will be staying at my sisters house in San Ramon at first so we will have some time to get up and running.
Stay tuned ...



