Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: vernimark on May 21, 2014, 12:38:34 AM
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http://www.vernimark.com/?cat=67
after last roadtrip I have a lot of cabs on which working on.
all cabs are in my garage in a long queue so I think to restore them following that order...
Gyruss is in my house and it is more or less complete.
I'm buying from arcadeshop a new CP overlay but actually I'm worried about the coin door. It is completely unpopulated and I think it needs special parts. Do you have pics of the upper part of the coin door mechanism?
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Check out video 6 of John's restore video playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF6Omn2cXb7Z8ScA7Z4IV6XMb6nHd8X0N
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wow very impressive!
now I know I've to find a lot of parts. I've never seen that coin door before
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Nice cab, I love the music. :D
Do you have the original pcb?
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You can also check your fellow Italian Scr33n's scratch build thread;
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=1795.msg23402#msg23402
coindoor is there in the pics ;)
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I still have a complete Centuri coindoor in good condition that I dont need anymore. Let me know if you are interested and I will take some pics.
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I am interested! :)
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Okay will take pics over the weekend proably.
BTW: The Vega board on ebay is from the same guy I bought one from earlier on, though not the same board. He said he has probably more Vega boards in storage but it will take some time to check.
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Great!
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Nice cab!
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Thank you :)
so...
I found some damages on the front panel and on the corners so I decided to disassemble the cab in order to substitute the broken parts
Looking inside the cab I could see one PS is missing. Do you have a picture of the +5 -5 +12 V power supply?
this is what I have:
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Monitor is burned. I'll evaluate the possibility to change it once the cab is working
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First of all I restored the bottom
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t-molding refurbishing
just using an abrasive sponge (actually I don't know the english name)
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and de rusted some screws
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detailed log on my 4.0 version website :)
http://www.vernimark.com/?cat=67
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I made some works but slowly...
I remuved the rust from the transformer
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All 4 corners were damaged. I used putty specific for wood.
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The power switch that generates +5Vdc is missing. Do you have a picture of that power supply? It is just on the PCB metal box.
Thank you!!
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I used the same putty to cover the t-molding damages, then I painted with a glossy black paint
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Then I used a matte black paint for the rest.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YpAPtSyrdE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgbgUrp1a70
actually i dunno which one i prefer
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The 8 bit version ofcourse :D
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I thought both were 8-bit :)
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so...
I could see a metal panel was mounted on the front panel. I removed the coin door and all screws and the metal panel could be removed. you can see the front panel was very damaged...
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so I decided to remake it completely.
I started from a chipboard, making all needed wholes and painting it in black (after a primer and a 350 sandpaper)
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This is the joystick before and after cleaning.
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Ok today arrived new CPO from ARCADESHOP.COM so first of all I prepared the CP for the new layer.
1) I removed the overlay
2) cleaned
3) fixed the rust
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THis is the new CPO
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Ah, I replaced one button...
Now I need to populate the coin door to close this project
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CPO looks new, very nice! ;)
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eh... yes I know my friend...
where I can, I restore, where too difficult I replace...
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great work. :spaceace: