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All the rest / Re: :: Happy New Year 2017 ::
« on: January 16, 2017, 09:31:41 AM »
Happy new year guys!
2016 was the year I started with this hobby "for real" & I've learnt so much already, much thanks to my arcade brothers-in-arms Pinge & Kralleman

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All the rest / Re: Star Wars fans? ;-)
« on: January 16, 2017, 09:29:25 AM »
Rogue One is the best SW movie since the 80s imo  :)
Force awakens was also good but had way more irritating silly moments

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All the rest / Re: What is your second most favorite arcade game?
« on: January 16, 2017, 03:02:30 AM »
The Nintendo ones are probably my favs but that's quite a boring answer.

Otherwise I would say Moon Patrol as no 1 & Lode Runner as no 2. Speaking of game play only, these are in the top for me.

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Restoration (Centipede cabaret)
« on: January 15, 2017, 02:45:37 PM »
Yep, they really butchered this one, no finesse whatsoever.

As with most restoration project this will probably be more expensive in the end than buying a new. But well, it's a good learning lesson & I'm not in a hurry.

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Restoration (Centipede cabaret)
« on: January 15, 2017, 11:03:14 AM »
I started with the Control Panel. The CPO was unsaveable because of the black paint & the holes for the poker button. But I wanted to save the CP itself.
So I started removing the CPO & the paint, to make it metal clean. I used citristrip gel to get rid of the paint & CPO





Then I spot welded a metal plate on the underside.



After that I used chemical metal to cover the newly made hole & made some grind job




Drilled where the old holes were & now all that's left to do is paint it black & get a new CPO



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Arcade Lifestyle / Restoration (Centipede cabaret)
« on: January 15, 2017, 10:24:13 AM »
People were requesting more posts in the forum so here's a contribution from me. If ppl find it interesting I will gladly keep the thread updated  :D

My friend Pinge found a poker cabinet that looked like an original Atari cabaret cabinet. He bought it & found out that it was an old Centipede, which they had totally destroyed by painting everything black, made holes in both the CP, side & top. Centipede pcb was gone as well as the original monitor





When everything was looked at, unfortunately the only thing that could be saved was the cabinet itself & the speaker, as well as the monitor. Since Pinge already has a million projects he sold it to me  :o




Said & done, my goal is to turn this cabinet back to its old glory. I've never done any restoration work before this so it will probably be a good lesson

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: The future of this forum
« on: January 15, 2017, 09:52:29 AM »
Shoutbox should be fine O think. & the name is not the best if you want to attract new members, imo.

I will try to do some updates on my projects

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Technical Area / Re: Cleaning arcade card board
« on: January 15, 2017, 09:42:16 AM »
I tried a micro fiber cloth with simple green & it seemed to work ok :)
Will try your other tips as well!

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Rolling Thunder Atari Ireland
« on: January 14, 2017, 03:37:17 PM »
Great pickup, Chris is great dealing with :)

As Pinge says I'm in Australia, will be home next week the 18th. If you still have questions then I will be happy to help you  :pac:

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: Atari Cabarets side by side
« on: January 14, 2017, 03:33:14 PM »
Beautiful!
My OCD brain approves ;)

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It was a great trip. You feel like a child on christmas eve when going through all that stuff  :pac:

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Technical Area / Motorola M7000 transistors
« on: November 02, 2016, 05:26:15 PM »
Having a bit of trouble identifying the 3 transistors sitting on the sides of the M7000 chassi card.

They read

7696
7066

&

A8W
H
7631

&

B2V
7713

----------------

I have tried to cross reference replacements to these but can't find them anywhere. Would appreciate if someone could steer me in the right direction

Thank you


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Technical Area / Re: Cleaning arcade card board
« on: October 31, 2016, 12:46:38 PM »
Thank you, will try that  :)

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Technical Area / Cleaning arcade card board
« on: October 30, 2016, 07:38:45 PM »
Hi!
As many 70s arcade cabinets, my newly bought Road Runner has cardboard cutouts for backgrounds. As the cabinet has probably stood in a warehouse for several years it's both dusty and filthy.

The cardboard is pretty difficult to replace which is why I'm asking you for some advice as how to clean it in the best. What methods can you recommend?

Thanks in advance

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'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB: Centipede Cabaret parts
« on: October 26, 2016, 07:29:48 PM »
I am looking for "some" parts for the Centipede Cabaret. Please drop me a PM if you have anything for sale  :)

- Bezel
- Marquee
- PCB
- Power brick
- Wire harness
- Buttons & Track ball

Thanks in advance

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