enjoyvelvet
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So three weeks ago a guy had posted a listing on Craigslist for a working Joust for $800. I emailed him to inquire and made a substantially lower offer (typical KLOVer) and long story short the seller though he would surely get $800 and declined.
Fast forward to Wesnesday of this week...
I get an email from the guy saying if I can pick it up that night then I can have it for my asking price. I drive out to the guys place with my buddy and the machine is in amazing condition. The guy informs me he purchased the machine new back in 1982 from "some Williams Catalog" for $3395. He said it had been moved to 3 houses in its lifetime and that he used to smoke back in the day which why there are a couple of cigarette burns on the CP. The machine is SUPER clean on the inside and the paperwork on the inside of the backdoor is still fresh looking from the factory. There is no coin counter inside the cab so I can't "prove" its HUO but honestly beyond a few minor moving scratches the thing looks awesome!
The story gets better...
In the other room he says he has a non working Robotron 2084 that has the same back story...since it wasn't working he asked if I wanted it for $40.00! done and DONE!
The Robotron has a green wire going from the transformer to a molex connector that goes to a smaller board...the connector has a burn mark and the green wire is loose...I have to try and reinstall it into the molex connector...
I can get sounds when I hit the test button on the sound board but there is no video and no gameplay sounds so I'm assuming this green wire maybe powers the video board???
marquee lights up, coin doors, got sounds, got neck glow, but no video...advice please? I've never had a Williams Cab
Anyways lots of pics at my Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/joebrewer
I included a picture of the burned molex...any advice would be appreciated!
As I stated before, I can't prove they are HUO but I have no reason to doubt it...the guy wasn't an arcade junkie...he just had money to blow back in the day and wanted to hang on to them I think but finally realized they were just taking up space. I'm still not sure whether I'm going to keep them but I think I will be. Pretty nice examples of Williams craftsmanship
Fast forward to Wesnesday of this week...
I get an email from the guy saying if I can pick it up that night then I can have it for my asking price. I drive out to the guys place with my buddy and the machine is in amazing condition. The guy informs me he purchased the machine new back in 1982 from "some Williams Catalog" for $3395. He said it had been moved to 3 houses in its lifetime and that he used to smoke back in the day which why there are a couple of cigarette burns on the CP. The machine is SUPER clean on the inside and the paperwork on the inside of the backdoor is still fresh looking from the factory. There is no coin counter inside the cab so I can't "prove" its HUO but honestly beyond a few minor moving scratches the thing looks awesome!
The story gets better...
In the other room he says he has a non working Robotron 2084 that has the same back story...since it wasn't working he asked if I wanted it for $40.00! done and DONE!
The Robotron has a green wire going from the transformer to a molex connector that goes to a smaller board...the connector has a burn mark and the green wire is loose...I have to try and reinstall it into the molex connector...
I can get sounds when I hit the test button on the sound board but there is no video and no gameplay sounds so I'm assuming this green wire maybe powers the video board???
marquee lights up, coin doors, got sounds, got neck glow, but no video...advice please? I've never had a Williams Cab
Anyways lots of pics at my Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/joebrewer
I included a picture of the burned molex...any advice would be appreciated!
As I stated before, I can't prove they are HUO but I have no reason to doubt it...the guy wasn't an arcade junkie...he just had money to blow back in the day and wanted to hang on to them I think but finally realized they were just taking up space. I'm still not sure whether I'm going to keep them but I think I will be. Pretty nice examples of Williams craftsmanship
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