[Original VCS (or Odyssey) players? (research project)]

I got the VCS in the fall of 1977 and had all the launch carts except Math.

[Source for replacement leaf springs?]

Anyone have a source for replacement leaf springs found in arcade push buttons?

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

We took Asteroids and two Vectrex consoles to the Vintage Computer Frestival SE last weekend.

[FS: Fairchild System (Channel F) Multi-Cart, pre-order now.]

I just ordered and paid for the multicart!

[Southern-Fried Gaming Expo June 8-10, 2018 (Atlanta, GA)]

Looking forward to SFGE .. My wife and I are bringing our Asteroids Cocktail and Rally-X Cabaret for free play. Also Vectrex, Astrocade and Channel F for show and play. Loads of fun!!

[Channel F Repairs Thread]

Can you take a picture of yours and PM it to me?

PM sent

[Channel F Repairs Thread]

Which positions on the board are the RAM chips?

[Vect-Rex]

Thats fantastic work .. I wish they would drag it to Southern Fried Gameroom Expo in June.

[Channel F Repairs Thread]

Just want to start a repair thread that is separate from the collectors discussion thread ..

 

I have a semi working ChF model I which is displaying garbage in the lower area of the screen. Help appreciated. See pic. I presume this is a ram chip I guess I neeed to get a test cart to help decide which it could be.

 

[Space Rocks Starplex Controllers Limited Edition]

Sticker please?

[Handheld Starplex-like 2600 control pads (Great for Asteroids)]

I got one from you .. it feels great in my hand ..

[Custom controller for Marble Craze!]

After many years of playing Paul Slocums Marble Craze with two paddles strapped to a plastic tub .. I finally found THE perfect box into which to place two pots .. I still need to solder a cable and mount some push buttons .. WIP.

[Trying to find a specific cocktail table part - matching glass clips]

Arcadeshop has brand new, black, Atari cocktail clips for cheap. Each has four screw holes in the bottom. I bought four for my Asteroids Cocktail.

[Steeplechase!]

Wow! My friends and I actual played that once back in the day .. I thought it was interesting but didnt want to play again. I should pull out the 2600 version and get some people to the line on this one.

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

It looks and plays like new! My wife and I are so pleased how this restoration turned out .. she and I play it competitively almost every evening!

[WTB - One Sears CX-10 Joystic: Hex Disc (or full stick)]

I remember back in 1977, my sears disc fell off into the speaker grill slots inside the console .. I had to open it up to retrieve it .. both fell off eventually and I had them stored in a box for years until my Mom threw out some stuff .. oh well ..

[The Astrocade Turns 40!]

I just reread the 1977 ad .. JS&A makes the future sound so cool! I wonder about the diagnostic cart which they promised to send out ..

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

>>Clearly the problem is in between the monitor and the game haha...but I haven't thought about it in a long time.<<

 

The problem with mine was a loose edge connector which slips onto the big PCB. I took a jewelers screwdriver and bent all the connector brushes to make better contact and cleaned everything. Now the edge connector grips the PCB well. That made the monitor work for me.

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

And fixed it! Now it plays properly! Fully functional! Bad chip was AD561JN.

 

The arcade game is looking great! It has a new door and lock. We scraped all the peeling paint and stickers under the glass and placed a new underlay which features all the labels and borders. (Arcadeshop.com). All circuits have been recapped.

 

We will take it to the Southern a Fried Gameroom Expo here in Atlanta in June 2018!

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

Problem is with the Y Output circuit. I ordered replacement Digital to Analog converter chip from eBay.. AD561JN.

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

Decatur, Georgia which is part of the greater Atlanta area.

 

BTW the cost for the lock service and two new keys was $9.80 ! I like their old school shop and prices.

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

Thanks to the locksmith at Decatur Lock and Key, the original lock is back in good working order with two new keys. First he had to remove the broken key part. Then made two new keys based on that. All pieces put back in place and aligned. It works like new!

 

When the key broke, the previous owner had to chisel open the cocktail and destroy the hinges. I will have to buy a new piece of mdf and install new hinges ...

[Fixed My Astrocade Motherboard]

Thats fantastic! Will someone be burning an eprom of the program for others to try?

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

Yeah .. I’m pretty stoked about this one. I paid $199.

 

The OxycClean UV Process is pinned at the top of the AtariAge 8-bit section.

[Found: Asteroids cocktail at Goodwill!]

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