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'EUROCADE 2O14' / Re: >>> Retro Game Experience/Eurocade 2014 <<<

« on: September 05, 2014, 03:44:52 PM »

Quote from: Luigi on September 05, 2014, 03:18:43 PM

Don't worry, ReBoot...we won't wrap the cabs before we load them into the car. Of course we will use blankets and stuff so the 'signs of age' don't get worse

But that's the problem, the guys from Eurocade are going to get the outruns tomorrow if i'm not mistaken, so only tonight i can do a bit on it to get it ready, hopefully, just the bare minimum: screws and a lock and a littlebit of cleaning.
Hopefully not overseen other important stuff, like not having new screws or a lock. That was a stupid oversight of me.

Won't touch the main pcb for the dipswitches for freeplay, to scared to mess the working one up for eurocade, although it seems pretty easy to do. Let the pro's do it so it won't go wrong.

'EUROCADE 2O14' / Re: >>> Retro Game Experience/Eurocade 2014 <<<

« on: September 05, 2014, 03:09:25 PM »

j%^&$R

! Always the same, when i need time i don't get it, this week was full of other shit things so i haven't had time to even screw the missing screws back in because i need to buy them still.

And seeing the other cabs all wrapped up for transport i remembered i don't have wrapping at home and need to buy those asswell but don't have the time to do so. The shop that has those wrapping in big bulk that anunaki told me is in another town. Can't get away from work before it's closed. F*ck!

Do you have to wrapp the cabs? When i got my outruns they weren't wrapped or had anything to protect them.

As you can see i'm not used to do these kind of things, i'm way over my head time/organise wise with this, SORRY guys!

Hopefully i can get the needed screws and find a temporary lock because i miss one in one of the machines. Also remembered as i checked the keys that i don't have one key for the bottom part of one of the machines! so hopefully it's not needed else it needs to be drilled out.

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: September 02, 2014, 02:32:17 AM »

Sorry to say, but I don't have the time and knowledge to get this fixed on time by me, so hopefully the working one will hold its own till and beyond eurocade2014. And one day I get it fixed.
The little time I have these few days I need to use to ready the working one for eurocade.

What were the requirements for the cabs again? Freeplay I remembered, but do I need to do that or the eurocade guys because I don't have that special switch. What else?

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: August 29, 2014, 11:50:54 PM »

Quote from: anunaki on August 29, 2014, 03:32:43 PM

what kind of monitor is in there right now? A Hantarex Polo 25?

I think so. Here are some pictures I just took. (will shrink the pictures tomorrow, don't have the software at hand now)

just tought that that was the power cable of the monitor... NOT!

Have to look again, how does the power cable of the monitor look like?

Powered the cab on, monitor still flashed so wrong cable unplugged, but now I know nothing else is broken. The cab still moves and the game starts because I heared the music.

Checked the fuse

seems ok and because of above I think it's still good.

Here are more pictures of the monitor(frame)
The farthest screws of the frame are difficult to get out from the back (see red arrow in pictures) because they are in a very narrow place.

Seems the frame is from the original monitor setup and not from this polo.
So if the frame doesn't have to be removed but only the polo monitor then it is the question will the swap monitor fit the frame. And how difficult it is to swap the monitor I have no idea

The rgb cable plug

'EUROCADE 2O14' / Re: >>> Retro Game Experience/Eurocade 2014 <<<

« on: August 29, 2014, 01:36:57 AM »

As you already know Andre, I won't be at the meal because of work so someone else can take my place

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: August 29, 2014, 01:28:43 AM »

Quote from: Level42 on August 29, 2014, 01:10:29 AM

Just watched the movies....be sure not to touch there !

Oeps, you already answered my question. Must you never touch that thing or only now that it caught fire.

Thus both side of the cable where one side is the anode cap and the other side is the flyback unit are a no-touch?

Quote from: Level42 on August 29, 2014, 01:14:15 AM

So, if you disconnect the power to the monitor, does "the rest" of the machine start up ? That is, does it "play blind" ?

Will hopefully try to check it tomorrow.

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: August 29, 2014, 01:22:04 AM »

Quote from: Level42 on August 29, 2014, 01:06:11 AM

Reboot, as long as you don't put your hand around the anode cap (the rubber cap) on the CRT you will be just fine.

But what about the other side of the cable of the anode cap (where it flashes in the video) Can you touch that side or the cable which end in the anode cap?

Is the flyback unit you mentioned earlier an easy thing to swap?

oh no, now that I think of it, you have to discharge the monitor to get the anode cap of the monitor else you can't swap the flyback unit. stupid me

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: August 29, 2014, 01:09:55 AM »

Something else. I red somewhere on klov that the 3d printed gears I got from TravisH are NOT to be used with the original springs because those are too strong and will damage the 3d printed gears.

(I think TravisH himself had mention it on his sell page on klov).

Too bad because I had bought an original spring to complete mine and had put them in my now broken 2nd outrun. That steering wheel feels much nicer than my 1st unit where I have put the new springs in which came with the gears. It feels too loose to my taste.

Have others bought those replica gears and springs from TravisH? How do you feel about those springs?
Don't get me wrong, I like TravisH service but only too bad about those weaker springs.

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: August 29, 2014, 12:51:30 AM »

sorry for the delay but here are the clips of the monitor problem

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/78649287/outrun_error_2.flv

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/78649287/outrun_error_1.flv

Haven't had the chance to look further into it, but thanks for all the reaction

Quote from: anunaki on August 28, 2014, 04:56:17 PM

Reboot I may have a monitor for you at eurocade.

Thanks, hopefully there is nothing else wrong with it so a temporarily monitor swap will make it possible that the 2nd outrun deluxe will be attending RGE/Eurocade 2014 also.

On that note, I don't know how to set the game on freeplay. I presume some dipswitch settings but I don't have the hardware thing that you guys put outside the cab to simulate the coins input. (don't know how it is called, I want one!)

Quote from: chrischris on August 26, 2014, 10:29:42 PM

Quote from: Reboot on August 26, 2014, 05:58:11 PM
Do I need to put a moisture absorber in the cab by the monitor or is that a bad thing to do?
I would say: don't do that if it's the kind of moisture absorber that's filling itself with water and that you have to empty regularly.
Big chances are either you'll forget to empty it or, like me: totally forget that it's inside the cab when you'll move it that's bad, really bad…
That stuff ain't water it's really acid and will damage every metal parts it touches + your hands.

Sounds just like me, I always forget those things, so a no-go for me then.

Quote from: Level42 on August 26, 2014, 05:00:46 PM

Mmmm, maybe I can integrate that in my workshop

How hard is it to swab the entire monitor on a OR deluxe ? maybe we can temporarily put in another 25" ?

About the shifter on the other OR Deluxe: I think you will need to exchange two wires reboot

The sticker is right and so is the position of the stick so it must be two swapped wires for low and High

The screws that holds the frame are in a tight spot at the front so you must somehow open the front also to get those screws out I think. (dare not to do it myself at the moment, don't know what can be touched and what not around a monitor)

The shifter cable has indeed been put on wrong when I put it back in place (dumb mistake caused by hurry

)

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: August 26, 2014, 05:58:11 PM »

Have made a movie of it will upload it later.
Swapping the monitor could be a solution to get it working on time for RGE 2014 but i also didn't hear the game music so hopefully the pcb isn't fried also, then a monitor swap won't help either.

The bigger question is how did it got broken? Is my garage too humid or too cold or did it break because i have moved it around.
Haven't played it for a year. (must a cab be on regularly?)

Do I need to put a moisture absorber in the cab by the monitor or is that a bad thing to do?

Is it a bad thing to power the cab on again, now that I now that the monitor is broken (can it do more damage to other parts)?

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: August 26, 2014, 04:57:40 PM »

So not a simple problem then

A burning smell came out of the back. 1st time on, i saw a vertical line on the leftside of the monitor. Later when i tried it again nothing on screen anymore only flashes and crackle sounds at the back. So more things are burned i think.

Can you RGE guys organize a workshop Howto discharging a monitor/howto work savely with a monitor at the comming meeting?

Would help me alot and many others aswell i think. (most feared thing to do as an noob in this hobby)

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Outrun deluxe sitdown

« on: August 26, 2014, 04:31:57 PM »

Whooh, more than a year already, time flies.

Tried my outruns today and *bummer* one of the two wouldn't start

No screen and sound of the game only a crackle sound which came from the back of the monitor.

Flashes comes of the other end of the anode cap (red arrow)

Is this a simple problem or a difficult one?

Arcade Lifestyle / Re: my biggest project yet.... a gameroom

« on: June 17, 2014, 12:46:56 AM »

Quote from: Laszo on June 16, 2014, 08:04:44 PM

Important milestone for the MAN cave.....

too bad it isn't one of these

here is a youtube clip

[urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzo78zOPME][/url]

'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: the Marktplaats topic, the Netherlands and Belgium

« on: May 03, 2014, 12:57:39 AM »

Whoo, another Outrun Deluxe Sitdown for sale at a 'Kringloop winkel' (2nd hand shop) which means they got it for free because the former owner threw it away!