2/6/2021 12:29:47 PM
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Galaga Died
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So my Galaga died today...
I'm not sure if it's coincidence or related, but I was turning the power off on my Defender by the power switch under the control panel at the exact time it failed. The switch was a bit tough to toggle so it was like in the half way position when it happened. Both games are on the same circuit.
When I hooked the PCB up to the bench the PS was freaking out, Voltage and Current were jumping all over the place and the OC an OV protections were kicking in.
I then just started lightly tapping on the tops of chips and that fixed it. So now I'll spend today replacing all the sockets and cleaning up any corroded chips.
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8/21/2017 11:10:28 PM
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Kickman Restoration/Preservation started
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Restoration/Preservation has begun on my Kickman. It's not a full restoration, but more of a preservation of what is there. I like trying to keep things as original as possible. With that in mind, I can take a few chances on this one as t
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11/17/2016 6:25:39 PM
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Two new games!
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Yes, like I need more games... I picked up an Atari Video Pinball (1978) and a Galaga at an Auction today. In all the years of collecting, I've never owned a Galaga, but it's probably the most requested game. So now I can say "Why yes, yes I do have one..."
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11/14/2016 3:38:35 PM
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RoboJuke Updated!
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Well, I decided to update RoboJuke with a new Motherboard, Processor and RAM. The old one was a Celeron 700 with 2MB of RAM running Windows XP. I upgraded to a Celeron N3150 (Quad Core 1.35Ghz), with 8GB of RAM running Windows 10.
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1/12/2014 12:25:30 PM
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Reactor and Bubbles work progressing
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I glued the bottom onto my Reactor. I also started working on Bubbles. The big bummer on the Bubbles is I thought I had "before" pictures taken of it, and I did not... So for this Restoration, I'll only have during and after shots.
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6/7/2013 6:04:41 PM
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Re-arranging the Arcade
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Started to re-arrange the arcade a bit to make room for two new games and discovered this unpleasant surprise: Termites.
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