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  3. Posted

    I used to have the "collect them all" attitude. I would maintain collection lists, buy games I had no intention to play, upgrade carts with poor labels as I found them, etc. After a while I found I was straying away from the reason I came to the hobby in the first place: playing fun video games. These days I've gotten pretty selective about what I buy... With free time being more scarce than money at this point, I've found it's important to spend your time doing what you actually enjoy. You know, playing games.... instead of being a glorified bookkeeper. 

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    1 minute ago, -^CrossBow^- said:

    This is because when you google search for stuff, most of the top hits tend to be old message forum threads and since this thread doesn't specifically end with it being stated if it sold or not, well....there you go.

     

    I really wasn't asking how they do it, I was more asking why we had the big spike in it. Did another classic gaming forum die off somewhere and we're getting their new users? Did google change the way the index old forum posts? Mystery indeed.

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    29 minutes ago, Lastblade said:

    Since you left me with no recourse, I will have no choice but to remediate the problem myself.

     

    You sold me a defective item, and you refuse to refund me.  Instead of doing the right thing, you continue to deflect the main issue here.  I would not have bought this if I know it is not working.  If it is so simple, you can take it back and fix it yourself or just resell it with full transparency that it is a defective item.  But you won't do that.

    He didn't sell you a defective item. The solid led means the board passed the self test. The fact that it works as a keyboard on a raspberry pi means the ultimarc ipac4 is working just fine. It sounds like you're having driver issues. If you aren't willing to at least attempt fixing your problem yourself, then you're going to have a REALLY hard time once you try to use this with MAME or other emulators. Sell your parts and buy an Arcade1up because it sounds like you're not cut out for this.

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    44 minutes ago, 4300 said:

    Congrats.  HH is a great game.  Hows Sinbad?  I've never played it. 

    I'd call it one of Gottlieb's hidden gems. It's an unforgiving game for newer players but good fun for people who are experienced pinballers. It's a drop target game with 4 flippers. The 4 flippers give you absolute control of the ball, so it rewards good ball handling and punishes random flipping (balls falling between flippers, etc). The main criticism you see online is the lack of sound board (it's a chime game) and the fact that it plays like an EM game despite being a System 1 solid state game. IMO it's probably the best System 1 Gottlieb title.

  12. Posted · Edited by BDW

    39 minutes ago, 5-11under said:

    I'm not sure what frequency range the output, to the TV, can tolerate. I'd order the crystal, but in the meantime, you could try some other capacitor/inductor values, to try to zone in on the correct frequency.

    I'd definitely start with replacing the transistor oscillator circuit with an actual crystal or oscillator. I'm not familiar with the pong chip above, but the usual +/-20% tolerance on discrete components doesn't work well with circuits that need a stable clock. EDIT: looking at your picture as well, it's usually not best practice to have your clock circuit so far away from your clocked device. Your clock signal may not be stable enough by the time it gets to the chip.

     

     

    On 7/2/2020 at 9:29 PM, Nateo said:

     I just don't think I can use three inductors in series to add up to 90uH.

    You can in fact use three inductors in series to get 90uH. In series inductors work like resistors; the inductance adds together.

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    3 hours ago, Keatah said:

    Yes. I'll second that. And that's right about the machined sockets.

    For more generic applications I've always used Harris.

     

    I always coat the pins with an impossibly thin layer of dielectric grease or deoxit. And the pins remain shiny. And there is no crackling or snapping noises when pulling IC's that have been coated. I have molecular vapor deposition machine that can lay out a layer of the stuff 20, 50, 100, 200, 400, or 800 molecules thick. Have repairs like that going on 20+ years now.

     

      Reveal hidden contents

    Not really. But the 20+ year longevity is absolutely true.

     

    Not gonna lie, I believed you 100% before I read the spoiler box :rolling: Back in college I worked in an optics lab that had a home built GLAD Deposition machine that was 8 feet tall and around 400 pounds. You wouldn't believe some of the dumb shit they stuck in that bad boy. Want to coat a penny with a 10nm layer of titanium? Never mind the fact that 95% of the titanium sputtered out gets wasted.

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    23 minutes ago, Shawn said:

     

    Not in 5-11's own thread they can't. I've said it before and I'll say it one last time; Trying to steal a man's built up project and interest gains out from under him in his own yard is both disgusting and wrong. There are few people in this thread that have shown themselves to be outright vultures and it's gross.

    Communication could have been better on 5-11's part, but that's sometimes how it goes with these hobbyist level projects. Especially considering we're in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. 5-11 has been around these parts for 17 years, he's good for it.

     

    However, it takes a heavy set of nuts (or arrogance?) to swoop in, hijack a project and demand that 5-11 quit his project. Saying all the while that 5-11 should quit because "I've already spent money on the project". As if 5-11 hasn't already spent a crap load of his own time and resources on the project already. It's made even worse by the fact that this guy is completely unknown, challenging a user whos been a part of the community for almost 2 decades.

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  19. Posted · Edited by BDW

    3 hours ago, fakecortex said:

    That's crazy! I've seen carts with phone numbers on them, but ssn?! If someone finds a lost game, how would they even return it? Go to the police and have them tracked down by social security number? Wow. So stupid, haha.

    I've never seen it on video games, but I've seen it plenty of times on antique firearms and other items. Back in the day before social security fraud/identity theft was common people would write their ssn on items that could easily be stolen. Stupid? At the time, no. If the police recovered your items your ssn would prove beyond reasonable doubt it belonged to you. Especially back when things like firearms didnt have serial numbers. Naive? Probably, but hindsight is 20/20.

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  20. Posted

    I've used TE Connectivity IC sockets professionally for board designs that go into nasty environments (high heat, high moisture, lightning strikes). The sockets stand up to the moisture, and they dont fall apart after repeated insert/reinsert of chips. I can't remember which exact part I used, but it was the same product series as this one:

    https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/1-2199298-2/A120347-ND/5022039?utm_campaign=buynow&utm_medium=aggregator&curr=usd&utm_source=octopart

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  21. Posted

    51 minutes ago, bluejay said:

    What? Where? How?

     

    I've seen a lot of good stuff on this thread but I think this is one of the two times I went "Holy shit!" 😁

    I was at a guys house to buy something unrelated and I asked if he had any arcade stuff he didnt want. Sometimes asking and having extra cash on hand pays off.

     

    The Stargate to the left of the Anti-Aircraft I got the week prior for $250. One new fly back transformer and it's up and running. I've had some good luck lately.

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  23. Posted

    I remember back in the day just about everyone I knew had PS2s. I think I had one friend with an XBOX. Everyone was more enamored to play the PS2 exclusives instead the XBOX ones.

     

    I think the Xbox has only gotten better with age. It's the definitive console of that generation for playing multiplats. The Sega exclusives are absolute classics. You can still play games like Halo 2 online and 4 player splitscreen is still a party favorite. The emulation and multimedia homebrews, while dated by modern standards, are still fantastic to this day. Not to mention that XBOX games are still cheap as hell unlike Gamecube games. While my XBOX library is pretty small compared to my PS2 library the XBOX still ends up getting played more often.

  24. Posted

    I will likely be buying the ATGames Legends Pinball this holiday season. It has the classic Gottlieb games without the Toyshock's downsides (flipper lag, playfield bezel, QC issues). I'm also a fan of the fact it's close to full size. I have a couple of real pinball machines, and these 3/4 scale virtual pinball tables look like toys next to them.

     

    I'll be interested to see what software the ATGames vpin runs. Is it just rehashed Zen Pinball like some of the others?

     

     

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  25. Posted

    9 hours ago, Jack the gamer 3 said:

    Imagine trying to make someone a bad guy over a small little topic. Then bring maturity into the small topic like an absolute dumbass.

    As someone who joined this forum at the age of 14 and acted the exact same way as you are currently, here is some advice. This behavior will not make you any friends. People will resent you for it, regardless of age. If you try to wedge your way into a community and dont learn the rules, people will resent you for that as well. This isnt Reddit or 4chan. Be courteous and act like an adult.

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