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Breakout & Patience
« on: July 23, 2011, 04:39:50 PM »
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  ;D


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  :lol:













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 :evil: nothing on the screen .. :shock:

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







and now it works !!!

no wall but i can play


better & better





 ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2011, 04:41:59 PM »
Great ! How did you fix the PCB's or did you just try some ?

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2011, 04:47:28 PM »
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...

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2011, 05:00:46 PM »
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

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2011, 06:08:24 PM »
7 PCB  :o :o
Have You Played Atari Today ?

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2011, 06:12:47 PM »
one in the cab when I bought It

5 (one shot)  I bought in 2005 on ebay

another one this year


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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2011, 06:27:53 PM »
damn, 7 boards and none working anymore  :(

better combine all those boards into one working one  ::)

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2011, 06:35:43 PM »
puh, gives me a lot of hope for mine :P
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2011, 06:43:32 PM »
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... :roll:)

This cabinet is a piece of videogame industry, the game made by Mister Jobs...
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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2011, 06:47:00 PM »
Looking at the board, it looks like the same technique as pong, which mean no mame...

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2011, 06:48:31 PM »
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.

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Re: Breakout & Patience
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2011, 07:20:48 PM »
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...