« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 11

Author Topic: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....  (Read 82327 times)

level42

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 13555
  • Ridderkerk, arcade capital of Europe !
    • View Profile
    • Arcade 42
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2009, 12:36:26 PM »
WAAAAHHOOOOOO !!!

Just tested the spare board that I was given by the seller with the Berzerk cab deal. I tried to fix it but couldn't get it to give three beeps while testing it with a PC power supply. I had to short one of the transistors in the reset circuit to get the three beeps/flashes.

So I figured what the heck, and let's try it in a proper machine and YES it works 100% !!!!!

Apparently there's something about the voltages starting to quickly or something like that with a PC power supply.

This gives me good hope for some of the other ZPU boards too !!!
Logged

Muerto

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 3855
  • Denmark
    • View Profile
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2009, 05:21:10 PM »
wow!
you are the man! - me and ully are in debt to you for doing this!!!!
Logged

level42

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 13555
  • Ridderkerk, arcade capital of Europe !
    • View Profile
    • Arcade 42
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2009, 05:29:13 PM »
HUGELY in debt !

I've been lying on the kitchen floor for most part of the day, swapping boards and more boards !

But by far the hardest part is the testing itself. I mean, does the joystick work, can I kill all those robots, can I escape from the "friendly" smile of Evil Otto ? and can......uh I mean testing the boards  ;D

So far, I've got a bad voice board and a bad BSC board from the set of 3.... ::)
Logged

Superully

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 6300
  • Southern Part of Germany
    • View Profile
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2009, 05:37:26 PM »
Quote from: Level42 on December 13, 2009, 05:29:13 PM
HUGELY in debt !
I've been lying on the kitchen floor for most part of the day, swapping boards and more boards !

HHHUUUGGGEEELLLYYY in debt!

but here's what you could do: before going down on the kitchen floor, apply some cleaning agent on your clothes and it will be your wife who's in your debt from now on  ;)
Logged
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

petieken

  • Member
  • **
  • Posts: 377
  • Belgium
    • View Profile
    • My VAPS Entry
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2009, 06:37:50 PM »
Quote from: Superully on December 13, 2009, 05:37:26 PM
but here's what you could do: before going down on the kitchen floor, apply some cleaning agent on your clothes and it will be your wife who's in your debt from now on  ;)

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Logged
Wanted: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs CPS1 Q-Sound pcb | SegaSonic The Hedgehog Art & instruction set

level42

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 13555
  • Ridderkerk, arcade capital of Europe !
    • View Profile
    • Arcade 42
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #20 on: December 13, 2009, 07:56:29 PM »
Hahaha !  ;D

You can bet it's clean before I hit it :)

Sorry, guys, back to work !
Logged

Alpha1

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 1143
    • View Profile
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2009, 11:16:09 AM »
Level42,

If you find a good replacement for the cables - please let me know :-) They are the worst cables I have ever seen, they break in the middle and cause my game to not always work :-(

Oliver
Logged

level42

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 13555
  • Ridderkerk, arcade capital of Europe !
    • View Profile
    • Arcade 42
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2009, 10:46:12 PM »
Alpha1, find me the Amplifone boards and I send you as many replacement Berzerk cables as you want ! ;) ;) ;)

Seriously, I stole the idea to buy a SCSI cable and cut it up from here:

http://www.wowway.com/%7Eookpik72/brl.html

Of course you have to sand the sides a bit to make them fit. Also since SCSI is 50 pins (and you use only the top half), so this leaves 2 unused pins on one side.)

I got the SCSI "tower" cable with 8 connectors from a large on-line computer seller which happens to be "around the corner" from me for only 9 Euro's:
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Kabels_U-SCSI/Advance_Peripherals/SCSI-tower-kabel/-1002674/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Kabels&l2=U-SCSI

From one cable you can make 4 flat-cables, so you need more if you need to replace more of them.

« Last Edit: December 14, 2009, 10:53:07 PM by Level42 »
Logged

level42

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 13555
  • Ridderkerk, arcade capital of Europe !
    • View Profile
    • Arcade 42
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2009, 10:55:49 PM »
Wow.....finished !

I tested ALL the boards (except the RCR boards, which are simply resistors and caps).

Well, the mission succeeded. We've got 3 working board-sets ! Plus a good number of working other boards.
Some of the defective boards will be relatively easy to fix (RAM replacement). Others, maybe not so easy.

Anyway, the goal is reached. Now, we need to get the board-sets to Denmark and Germany :D
Logged

Muerto

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 3855
  • Denmark
    • View Profile
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #24 on: December 15, 2009, 06:08:07 AM »
not much to say other than...
 :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :!:
Logged

Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2009, 06:43:37 AM »
those results are nice christmas presents for the three of you !

dedication an patience are the keywords here
Logged

level42

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 13555
  • Ridderkerk, arcade capital of Europe !
    • View Profile
    • Arcade 42
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #26 on: December 15, 2009, 07:13:38 AM »
Yeah, but you forget one word:

LUCK !


Don't forgot how insanely lucky we were finding 3 complete, unconverted Berzerk cabs in nice condition AND find 3 working board-sets a couple of weeks later.......or maybe it's not luck but the Arcade Gods smiling at us  ;D ;D ;D
Logged

ckong

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 3177
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2009, 05:02:57 PM »
Nice work André, I would love to play Berzerk some time at your place.
Logged

Superully

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 6300
  • Southern Part of Germany
    • View Profile
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2009, 06:31:58 PM »
fabulous work, andré! the other two stooges can't thank the main stooge enough for your efforts. when you come over to my place, we can compare the vectrex version with the real arcade experience side by side  ;)

once again, THANK YOU and of course  :spaceace:
Logged
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

level42

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 13555
  • Ridderkerk, arcade capital of Europe !
    • View Profile
    • Arcade 42
Re: The Three Stooges, I mean Bezerks. Blowing life into them again....
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2009, 08:15:35 PM »
I'd love to play some Vectrex. Back in the day, I thought it was a stupid black-and-white system and didn't see the point of that monitor with only lines on the screen ! Waahahahahah, have I changed my mind :)

I've done it all for the love of saving the machines, getting them alive again and making some nuts like me happy :)

Now......we need some Frenzy boards....... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Logged
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 11
« previous next »