What is a driver board?
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shardian
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Yeah, nerd lingo keywords are a sign the person knows alot more than they are leading on.
I had a red flag go off on a 'mostly working' Pacman pin when the guy said "The right slingshot isn't working". When he goes out of his way to say he knows nothing about the pin, hasn't ever opened it up,etc - and then drops a term like that, you know there are bigger issues.
Thus, I dropped my asking price and he balked. Funny, considering he was 'moving and desperate'.
I had a red flag go off on a 'mostly working' Pacman pin when the guy said "The right slingshot isn't working". When he goes out of his way to say he knows nothing about the pin, hasn't ever opened it up,etc - and then drops a term like that, you know there are bigger issues.
Thus, I dropped my asking price and he balked. Funny, considering he was 'moving and desperate'.
shardian
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And yes, expect to sink money into any pin with issues. They are much more labor, parts, and fundage intensive than vids.
You could easily be in several hundred in parts before you realize what happened.
You could easily be in several hundred in parts before you realize what happened.
I agree. If he's using the term "driver board", he's definately not a dumbass.....though, he might be pretending to be one.
Edward
docfrankie
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one word of advice on pins
have alot of $$$$$
just alwasy expect to drop approximatly $700 on a pin and alot of time.
have alot of $$$$$
just alwasy expect to drop approximatly $700 on a pin and alot of time.
Its a Charlie's Angels which appears to be gottlieb and requires a 50-100$ gottlieb system 1 driver board. Looks like a decent pin, anyone have any opinions on it?
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=492
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=492
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caiphnaraya
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Hehe, sexy backglass ...
Burt6666
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What's he asking for it?
Charlie's angels is a decent system one machine. Parts for these are easy to come by. If it's in decent shape and it's reasonable I'd go for it. This web site should be helpful if you pick it up.
http://www.pinrepair.com/sys1/index.htm
Glennon
http://www.pinrepair.com/sys1/index.htm
Glennon
Waiting for a response on that as well.
Thanks for the link, though I already have it bookmarked in-case
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shardian
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Driver board is $20 tops for a system 1. It is about the most basic driver board you could get. Buy one untested, and fix it. It takes like 2 minutes to completely test one out with a DMM. You might have to replace 1-2 coil drivers, and 2-3 light drivers.
Odds are if you buy it untested, it will be 100% working anyways. The only tip is to make sure you get the later revision that already has the blocking diodes on board. Easy to recognize, because you'll see the diodes near the top right corner.
There is absolutely no point whatsoever to buying a repro driver board for that model of game.
Odds are if you buy it untested, it will be 100% working anyways. The only tip is to make sure you get the later revision that already has the blocking diodes on board. Easy to recognize, because you'll see the diodes near the top right corner.
There is absolutely no point whatsoever to buying a repro driver board for that model of game.
I'd be more worried about the MPU board....battery ****ting all over itself.....bad spider chips...etc.
Edward
Edward
and to add....What's the chances of a good driver being robber out of a working pin?
But a convenient way to "hide" other issues.
Edward
But a convenient way to "hide" other issues.
Edward
spoonman
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you are prolly correct on this one cannabalize one none working game to get another runing quick and start making money again
shardian
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System 1 games will boot without the driver board hooked up. FYI
...if the CPU works.
...if the CPU works.
Hmmm, well I'll try this if I do go to look at the pin.
Lindsey
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The most important factor in all of this is price and condition.
shardian
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Yep, I had one bad spider on the first sys1 board I got working. It only killed one row of mostly meaningless switches. Game was playable, but not to the full extent.
