Robotron (Euro)

tb lilley

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Robotron cabs are few and far between over here in the UK. There are a few knocking about, and most of them have been imported by local collectors from the US. Williams did release a Euro version of Robotron, but these are even fewer and further between.

Anyway, I've been looking out for one for ages, and about 6 months ago I acquired this Euro Robotron shell:

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Bezel off to reveal a monitor. A 15" monitor .... hmmmm ... That'll have to go:

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Side art, right hand side:

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Side art, left hand side:

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Shame that the '2084' is missing on both sides. I think a lot of Euro Robys were converted to Joust. I've never seen anything to document it, but I have seen Euro Roby's with Joust stickers that we're applied to cover the 2084, so I suspect there was a proper conversion kit.*
 
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This is pretty much the extent of the electronics that came with the cab. Power board with heat sink. And a speaker that shouldn't be there:

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Serial number on the power board matches that of the cab. Shame the rest of it is long gone:

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Monitor out:

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Founds the remains of what would once have been the bezel. Not sure from the colours wether it was a Joust or Roby bezel:

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The only other thing in the cab was the power brick:

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Matching serial again:

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Power supply out of the cab:

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Filthy on the outside:

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Nice and clean underneath:

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Pretty much what you'd expect to find:

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First job was to clean the cab - broke out the magic sponge and gave the cab a thorough clean. What art work there is, is in pretty good nick, with nice bright colours:

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Interesting find. Used nothing more than magic sponge and warm water and found this:

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Unfortunately this proved to be unsaveable ....
 
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Coin door, before:

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After:

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Not much going on here:

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Missing 98% of the wiring. None of the service switches present.

After a bit of work:

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It's not pretty, but it's now all there.
 
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Control Panel:

I can't take any credit for the following work as it was done for me by a fellow UK collector.

Before (full of holes, all in wrong places):

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During (stripped back to galvanised steel, holes welded up, new holes cut):

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Finished (the overlay is one of the few left (any?) of the ones that Archer did back in the day):

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Power Supply.

I didn't much like the look of what came with the cab, so opted to use a power supply from a US Robotron:

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I also happened to acquire an AC wiring harness from a US Stargate (this is a bit of a bastard of a cab):

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Anyway, repinned wiring harness for UK voltage, added a fuse and line filter, stuck a new connector on from transformer to linear power board, and stuck it all together:

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End result, 3 red lights:

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The cab came to me without marquee or bezel. The UK marquee is a lot smaller than the US, and the bezel is different.

Rich from Thisoldgame printed both for me on to glass. Brilliant work:

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Fitting out the*control panel:

Lights:

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Ground for all the controls:

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Leaf switches wired up, and fitted:

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I've made a pig's ear of this really, but this will have to do:

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WOW!!!

man i'm taking far to long with my resto... how do those buttons look? the lights are funky/cool looking off. (Nvm i see you have a pic, can you snap a pic in the dark?) i'd like to compare them to the ones i went with.

amazing job, i really like the eastern sideart.
 
Thanks. It's taken me just shy of 7 months to get the job done.

The lighting effect is quite subtle. You'd barely notice it in day light. This taken with minimal background lighting:

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