:: Workshop :: Time Pilot *destination 2008*

[DarthNuno]

Following this roadtrip 



...I've to quickly restore this cabinet ! Why  Because it is situated in a corridor, in my house  It's temporary of course, but the Nuno's lair v2 is not finished yet, and no more place in other rooms so...      the renovation will be done here   

Ok, let's quickly examine the cab.

It has been transformed to play Taito's Arkanoid :



Fortunately, the transformations are reversible, the control panel has not been damaged to plug the spinner ...



...but it'll have some work do on the panel : overlay very dirt and damaged, rust to remove , ...  



It's not visible on these pictures, but the monitor has a lot of screen burns 



Good new : both side art are in good condition 



The vinyl on the top is  dead  



The identity of the game :



Next step, the entrails of the beast 

[dimmu--borgir]

Oh, one of my all time favourites! This will be a must-have in the future. I'm going to a warehouse full of arcades in couple of days. Maybe there will be some dedicated stuff there.

[DarthNuno]

Oh, one of my all time favourites! This will be a must-have in the future. I'm going to a warehouse full of arcades in couple of days. Maybe there will be some dedicated stuff there.

Let me know if there are some cabs left... I would like to do my first 'Sweden roadtrip'   

OK, back on this cab 

Time to check the inside of the cab' 



...a lot of dust  ...



...usual... but still impressive ... check out the power supply ... still up & running   



The audio regulator... not used anymore since this cab has been modified for Arkanoid :



An old Kinder chocolate egg  I love chocolate but this one should have more than 10 years old so ... no ... thanks 



The board : an Arkanoid boot...



and the original harness, completely modified for playing Arkanoid and its famous spinner  :

[DarthNuno]

Back on this ... (shame on me...  one month later  )

Because the original Time Pilot harness has been modified for Arkanoid, I won't use it for this project. So I remove it :



A lot of dust... everywhere  ...



...but I want to clean everything. Let's see what's behind the marquee : the mono speaker, the neon ...



Bugs 



Closer ... disgusting ! Hopefully there are all dead 



OK I remove everything... now it's clean here 



Behind the bezel in cardboad, the monitor...



... badly 'Arkanoid screen burned' as you can see   



OK, let's remove it... I'll replace it of course 



I remove the power supply protection box... spider on his web, and what a nice monkey toy   



Maybe I should keep it as the keyring for this cab 

Ok so without all these parts in the cab, it'll be more easy to clean inside...



Better isn't it ?

[scr33n]

Another great restoration and another great GAME !!!!

I will follow this project with interest

 

[DarthNuno]

Back on this 

OK, because I don't have the Time Pilot board, and because I need some reliable, I'll emulate the game with advance mame dos and use a RGB TV.

I got many question regarding the hardware used for my different Advance Mame setups, I'll show you what I'm using exactly on this one 

* Pimp my Cab' *

OK, for this project I'll use this AGP graphic card :



...and this sound card :



No more hard drive disk in a cab... here's something more reliable   



Few minutes later (I'm using the same cable VGA -> COMMODORE monitor)... the result on my Commodore monitor (full RGB) ... just perfect  :





Of course,I won't use that monitor for the cab  I'll use a second hand TV (thanks to my colleague Remy for selling it to me  )

Here's the TV model :



Because I don't have here a 'naked' DB 15 connector, I'll hack a VGA cable, like the god old time 



The result is 100% arcade accurate (60hz/RGB) 

[scr33n]

No more hard drive disk in a cab... here's something more reliable   

Hey this is great!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Where I can buy this card? How It work under dos? Is seen as a normal hard disk?

Thanks Nuno..

[slowcade]

It's everywhere on eBay, and works like a normal hard drive, also in DOS.

Do a search for "ide cf" on eBay. 

[DarthNuno]

OK, it's time the for the monitor<>TV switch.

Here's the old monitor to replace :



...and the TV I'll use. Let's disassemble it...



Ouch ... more dust than the original monitor   



The best way to clean it... an air compressor gun 



Far better now :



OK, so I'm using the original frame to put the TV... it fits perfectly   



The chassis board can not touch the metal monitor frame ! I'm using a tiny piece/sheet of wood between them, like this :



Of course, I've to fix that sheet of wood... let's find on the chassis board an existing hole, and put a screw, like this 



I need at least TWO screws... but no more hole. Let's drill a new hole ...without damaging anything of course   



As you can see, the chassis board won't touch the metal now :



Let's check if I've done a good job  ?



It's fine   



 

[slowcade]

As a total noob to all such things.. What would happen if the chassis board touched the metal? Would it destroy the monitor, or would you get electrocuted?

[DarthNuno]

As a total noob to all such things.. What would happen if the chassis board touched the metal? Would it destroy the monitor, or would you get electrocuted?

If the chassis board touches the metal, all the electricity inside the tube / high voltage can go everywhere on the board, depending the way the board / metal chassis are together  ...and of course it can destroy the board. It can even hurt you (a strong discharge), if you're touching the metal at the same time 

[DarthNuno]

OK, let's fix all the marquee area now 

First, I put a brand new neon 



Now, let's examine the marquee ...



from the back... except dust, it's ok...



...but from the top ... ouch...  ... the black vinyl is damaged   



OK, first I remove the top metal plate ...



...in order to be able to remove all the vinyl :



By chance, I still have very small pieces of NOS Atari back vinyl (Same than Dragon's Lair cab). I finally found a project where I can use it  :



I cut it, like this... very slowly and very carefully :



And this is it 



Now it's like new 

[DarthNuno]

Now, let's check the control panel :



The good think : it's all original ... except the spinner of course  ... let's remove everything :



The bad things  The overlay is damaged on the front edge   





The overlay colors are faded   



...and the upper part of the panel are full of rust !  



Ok, let's try to get back the original colors of the overlay with this magic sponge :



Hey, it works fine... see 

[amadama]

Looking good Bruno!
Are you going to try to find a replacement control panel overlay?
Alex

[JamesSS]

I think mamemarquees does repros of this cpo. The artwork file also avaiable on localarcade http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/details.php?image_id=503&mode=search