Nephasth
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A couple weeks ago I managed to snag a free arcade cabinet off of craigslist. Picked it up and came to find out it was an old Phoenix cab. The whole thing has been painted black. The original side art was removed before it was painted. The CP is the Phoenix CP, but a joystick was added to the center. What was left of the harness has been chopped (no PCB connecters). The bottom corners are badly damaged. My original intentions were to turn this into a MAME junker for the garage with an old computer and TV while utilizing the existing controls and an I-Pac. I used a Peterbilt mudflap to fill the marquee space.
A week after my first find, another free cabinet showed up on CL. This one was for The Pit and was in great condition compared to the first one I picked up. The guy was also selling an Arkanoid PCB, CP, and marquee. I told him I was interested in both and he said he would throw in a semi-working monitor and linear power supply for free. However, when I picked up the stuff, we broke the monitor and you could hear the gasses leak out. Anyway, I'm going to put the Arkanoid stuff in The Pit's cab. I will have to make a small modification to the PCB holder and the CP doesn't quite fit right (I end up with a gap between the monitor bezel and the CP). I've got a used 19K7203 monitor on the way.
After weeks of researching arcade machines, I'm respecting dedicated machines more and more. I still want an awesome ulitmate MAME machine someday. But I'm kind of on the fence about restoring these cabs to their original purposes. The Phoenix is so far off I'm not even sure if it would be worth it. But all The Pit would need is a PCB, CP, and marquee. Any thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated.
A week after my first find, another free cabinet showed up on CL. This one was for The Pit and was in great condition compared to the first one I picked up. The guy was also selling an Arkanoid PCB, CP, and marquee. I told him I was interested in both and he said he would throw in a semi-working monitor and linear power supply for free. However, when I picked up the stuff, we broke the monitor and you could hear the gasses leak out. Anyway, I'm going to put the Arkanoid stuff in The Pit's cab. I will have to make a small modification to the PCB holder and the CP doesn't quite fit right (I end up with a gap between the monitor bezel and the CP). I've got a used 19K7203 monitor on the way.
After weeks of researching arcade machines, I'm respecting dedicated machines more and more. I still want an awesome ulitmate MAME machine someday. But I'm kind of on the fence about restoring these cabs to their original purposes. The Phoenix is so far off I'm not even sure if it would be worth it. But all The Pit would need is a PCB, CP, and marquee. Any thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated.
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