Hi guys,
i followed your Arcade adventures for some time now and I think it's about time to introduce myself to you.
My name is Bernd and I am a 28 year old student of computer science. I am around in the two major german arcade forums for some years now.
I noticed your forum from Ullys Pac-Mania restoration post and started following your road-trips and restoration posts. I really like to see the love and dedication that you give to your hobby.
The former mentioned post got my attention, since I own a Pac-Mania myself. Thanks to you guys, I notice all the small cracks and scratches on it now and need to to something about it
I own this one (besides a TV-Ideal Twinline which houses a Mame-PC and an Orion with Timepilot which is in the hall for my flatmates) for some years now but I did not have the room, money and tools to really take care of it (did I mention that I am a student?!
)
I got my hands on it when I spoke to a co-worker about my newly accquired TV-Ideal some years ago when I was working at Karmann (maybe someone knows the Karmann Ghia?). He then send me a message a few days later if I am interested in a Pac-Man cab. Relatives of him had one and wanted to get rid of it. So they offered it for free to me
Of course I was interested, borrowed a car from my brother and found a nice looking Pac-Mania cab in a nice condition (I thought it was until I found your forum
) After changing a fuse it worked and I was really happy.
Here is a picture of it. As you can see, unfortunately the Marquee is damaged, but I say it again: it was for free
Everything is original on it and works, but the monitor badly needs a cap-kit. But until I have money, tools and a place, it rests save and sound in my room.
So, that's a lot of text (I think Mr. Laschek will complain about it
), but at least, I have a picture
Nice to be here and follow your arcade stories
