Look what I bought today for $140.00
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Walkamo
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It has the black light installed and it does light up.. The Marquee does not light up though...
Someone from here just emailed me about having an extra Regulator board for $25.00..
I am going to buy it and hopefully have a working battlezone by Thanksgiving...
Thanks,
Chris
camperjohn
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So that is $7500. Wow. I had an old mech pinball machine that had ~45,000 plays. $11,250
Robotron Jon
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I'd guess that game made most of its money in the first 2-3 years and hasn't made a cent since then. Those were the glory days....I remember a couple of these all lined up in a row in the arcade and a line of people waiting to play.
I guess if the game took tokens then maybe the gross is somewhat exaggerated. Back in the day arcades ran specials on tokens (10 for $1) so the game only cost a dime on those days.
Working Battlezone by Thanksgiving...hmmm...anything's possible. It's always nice when a project game like that fires up after a simple fix.
Let us know how it turns out.
I guess if the game took tokens then maybe the gross is somewhat exaggerated. Back in the day arcades ran specials on tokens (10 for $1) so the game only cost a dime on those days.
Working Battlezone by Thanksgiving...hmmm...anything's possible. It's always nice when a project game like that fires up after a simple fix.
Let us know how it turns out.
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Walkamo
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I Hope so as well.. I just sent the money for the new AR board... Paid for 2nd day delivery..
This hobby makes me spend so much money......
If this does not fix the problem, then the wife will not be happy.. Yet another project...
Thanks to everyone who helped out....
I am pretty sure this machine did not accept tokens... Here is the price sheet found in the bottom of the cabinet.....
1 Susan B Anthony Coin got you 3 plays!!!!
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Robotron Jon
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Those are various pricing scenarios which can be adjusted by the machine, probably with dip switches or a menu. A Susan B was very similar to a quarter and caused a lot of confusion, that's a big reason why there are millions of them that went uncirculated. The Susan B is probably the biggest failure in the history of the US Mint.
VectorJunkie
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Sacagawea??
Up until recently (when they pulled out the stamp machines at the post office) you could get both SBA and Sacagawea dollars as change out of the stamp machines.
Edit: Or the $1 Presidential dollars that I have yet to see...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_$1_Coin_Act_of_2005
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Walkamo
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Ok,
So I received the new AR board today and put it in.. Fired it up and I have the same problem...
A green dot and only around 4.2 volts on the boards...
Someone mentioned that replacing a big cap on the bottom of the cabinet is the other reason I would not see 5 volts...
Any suggestions on where to buy this cap?
Thanks,
Chris
No idea about the cap. but you might want to check out this thread: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=112070
At least you can make sure the boards are working right.
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At least you can make sure the boards are working right.
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The AR board he just got is good.
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Robotron Jon
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Send an e-mail to bob with what your problem is and what you think you need and he will reply back. The guy has been around forever and knows all these old games very well.
Can't hurt to replace the big blue if it's original though. Some people replace the big blue as a pre-emptive procedure and replace the power cord.
There are a few LA people who work on these old games, Dave Shumard for one. Might be hard to get in contact with Dave though.
Can't hurt to replace the big blue if it's original though. Some people replace the big blue as a pre-emptive procedure and replace the power cord.
There are a few LA people who work on these old games, Dave Shumard for one. Might be hard to get in contact with Dave though.
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Walkamo
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Ok,
So after swapping out the AR board and still having the same problem, I went out and bought a replacement "Big Blue" capacitor on the power supply...
Crossing my fingers I turned it back on and no more audio hum..
The picture was still a dot, however I can now coin up and begin a game.. So now I can play blind..
I am still not sure what to do about the picture being a green dot. Should I recap the monitor?
Could there be a problem with one of the boards? Any help would be appreciated...
Thanks,
Chris
So after swapping out the AR board and still having the same problem, I went out and bought a replacement "Big Blue" capacitor on the power supply...
Crossing my fingers I turned it back on and no more audio hum..
The picture was still a dot, however I can now coin up and begin a game.. So now I can play blind..
I am still not sure what to do about the picture being a green dot. Should I recap the monitor?
Could there be a problem with one of the boards? Any help would be appreciated...
Thanks,
Chris
VectorJunkie
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You could check and or reflow all of the header pin solder joints on the monitor. Cold solder joints are pretty notorious on old vector monitors. Checking the solder joints is free and easy... If that doesn't fix it, then you need to move on to a rebuild kit IMHO.
Good Luck!
ArcRevival
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I'm just curious how running it without the monitor plugged in can burn the resistor at R29.
ArcRevival
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Always check the fuses in the transformer block too, corrosion there can cause problems. I have had more issues from corroded fuses than bad big blue caps.
