DAY 2 – LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON & EVENINGat home, a box of washing powder was waiting inside my bathtub
but this was not the only package waiting for me
a couple of days earlier, i had put up a posting on the german arcade forums where i was looking for an original klax pcb. i was offered a couple of bootlegs, but eventually two offers turned out to be genuine: one came from the guy who had "donated" me
a taito qix cabinet and just a little while later had sold me
five classic cabinets in a bulk buy. his asking price for the pcb was 25 euros shipped and i could choose from different language versions (english, german, japanese) - this offer was too good to turn down! only a few hours after sealing that deal, i was contacted by another guy who i had sold
the berlin out run mini cabinet to. i had helped him quite a bit afterwards on his restoration (powdercoating etc.) and for that he offered me an original klax pcb
for free - it was a no brainer. within a couple of hours, i had scored two original circuit boards for 25 euros!
here's the one from berlin - german language version
the two pcbs side by side (and in case you're wondering: the other one is the english language version
)
before he sent the package of, "the out run guy" had told me he would throw another present into the box along with the klax pcb which might come in handy in the future. i was very curious what this present was going to be, but i had never thought it would be what it eventually turned out to be
an original (fully-working) donkey kong junior pcb
the only thing that needs to be done is unsolder that connector, but that's going to be easy. what a great surprise indeed!!! thx so much
after that arcade-filled day, i decided to spend the evening with a couple of friends watching and celebrating the eurovision song contest - while enjoying a chocolate fondue. here's my good friend verena cutting the fruit - "don't come any closer, i'm armed"
we really had a lot of stuff to dip in
watching our lovely lena perform
perhaps some jinxing is going to help her win again
let's vote for our favorites
fingers crossed for lena! unfortunately, she wasn't able to shatter the competition this time, but we had a great evening and
a looot of chocolate!
DAY 3 – SUNDAYthe next day, i
had to head over to the storage with some tools in my "arcade basket"
unfortunately, the klax cabinet came without any keys at all, so i was forced to drill open the backdoor lock
instruction sheet attached to the backdoor
a first peak inside - very clean (as i had expected)
the asterix pcb
a look at the bottom of the cabinet - can you guess what it is?
monitor manual and the parts and wiring diagrams (two copies)
i exchanged asterix for the klax pcb ...
... and flicked the switch!
crisp clear colourful picture
i also tested the english version - both pcbs are working perfectly!
the money shot!!! 
that concludes my arcadian weekend - i hope you enjoyed it as much as i did! It was a blast!!!
superully signing off ...
