The CP was pretty rusted, and as such was horribly pitted. On any other CP I wouldn’t care so much because the overlay covers blemishes. On Galaxian, however, the CPO only covers a small part of the top. Pits will stick out like a sore thumb. Glazing putty to the […]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
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Here’s a couple shots of the inside. It’s a Delhi III motherboard from eMachines, which has an ATI Rage 3D chip for a video processor. It’s running DOS, ArcadeOS as a frontend and a custom compiled Mame .96 to remove a couple of the warnings (like Galaga’s “not quite right” […]
I’ve never had to do this on a CP before, but I’m going to have to fill in the rust pits with Bondo. Most other CPs are completely covered with the CPO so you don’t see any blemishes. Galaxian CPO only covers a small part of the CP. At least […]
Even with my logic probe I really don’t have the equipment necessary to properly diagnose the problems with my broken boards. While at an “arcade party” down in Western MA I was introduced to a guy named Adam who does Z80 and 6502 based repairs, and he’s only a hop, […]