while waiting for the t-molding to arrive from the usa (damn, didn't know i was out of black one), i thought i could already check the electronics to find out where i stand. i was somewhat scared of tackling that part, because (a) reactor uses quite a few boards and (b) working board sets are F***ING EXPENSIVE these days
925 dollars - holy shit
! but let's see if i can dodge that bullet and set up a temporary installation
boards and the monitor are still disconnected, the switcher is getting power ...
... and the voltages for the monitor are good!
so let's give this a try by hooking everything up and powering up the machine - first attempt after being in hibernation for a few years
damn!!! as you can see apart from some
HEAVY screenburn there's nothing on the screen - nothing at all. i didn't hear the typical high voltage monitor crackle either, which is never a good sign. let's walk around the cabinet and have a look at the monitor to see if there's neckglow. well, hard to tell because there's tons of dust on the neck
ok, this doesn't help, let's try something different: starting a game! the dip switches are set to free play which means pushing a button should produce at least something ...
click on the following picture to see (or better:
to hear) what happened
hehe, that sounds great, looks like the pcb is working (well, at least the music is from what i can tell at the moment), so it only seems to be a monitor problem. for that i have one more "trick" up my sleeve: adjusting the brightness
a few steps around the cabinet AND ...
... holy freaking maccaroni!!! houston, we have a working reactor boardset
after playing it for a while i can say the following about it: it seems to be ok 99%, there are a few really minor graphical issues on the left of the screen, but nothing which disturbs gameplay. additionally, neither the coin door lights nor the button lights are working. i've exchanged the bulbs, but still got nothing. will have to investigate a little bit further, but for now i'm dancing around in joy!!!