Breakout & Patience

[Hi]

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Back in the past too, this time april 2005

I had just done a RT in Belgium to recover an Atari Breakout
picture from the seller 


it was supposed to work but I had not tested on site

a few picture of the day



Unfortunately I could not test it either at home because I had no place to store it , I had to leave for almost 2 years with a friend in a basement.

2 years after and a fist move, i get back the cab and finally can test it but it don't work. the PCB

when I started it the PCB has burnt out. 

after several tries I was unable to repair the PCB


since then I have recovered several PCB but without success. I still have to take care of it of course 













Since 2006  the cab is waiting for a good PCB

A few weeks ago I received a new card that was supposed to work at least in attract mode

but not absolutely NOT nothing on the screen ..

today I decide to work on it 
First, finding a good place to do that







and now it works !!!

no wall but i can play


better & better





 

[Level42]

Great ! How did you fix the PCB's or did you just try some ?

[Hi]

finally I thought I was lucky this time I played for a while but just after restarting the Cab nothing.
monitor is ok it was the PCB...

[Hi]

Great ! How did you fix the PCB's or did you just try some ?

I have 7 PCB's, try all of them, some are modified like this one.


cleaned the contacts and I made some small welds - the good one (only  for 30 minutes)  is oxidized

[atarimania]

7 PCB 

[Hi]

one in the cab when I bought It

5 (one shot)  I bought in 2005 on ebay

another one this year

[Etienne MacGyver]

damn, 7 boards and none working anymore 

better combine all those boards into one working one 

[Superully]

puh, gives me a lot of hope for mine

[atarimania]

better combine all those boards into one working one 

Or change it with a PC + MAME....   No it's a Joke...... (not so good, I admit... )

This cabinet is a piece of videogame industry, the game made by Mister Jobs...

[Etienne MacGyver]

Looking at the board, it looks like the same technique as pong, which mean no mame...

[Hi]

damn, 7 boards and none working anymore  

better combine all those boards into one working one  

I would like to be able to do that or find someone who can fix it

But with TTL huge time to do that.

[Level42]

This cabinet is a piece of videogame industry, the game made by Mister Jobs...

If you still believe that you definitely need to read this:
http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=395

Mr. Jobs was (and still is) a master in business....not so much in technology.....as usual the technical guys end up with the least money.....

Also, the MAME rule is very simple: No processor, not in MAME. I'm sure Atarimania knew this, that's why he mentioned a (not so) good joke...