• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by razorsedge

  No you don't really seem to so much I guess. I like that.
  
  Yep take the bonuses and lockup compensation and spend it all online to help make up for some of the export shortfalls! .... Oh yeah and that 25% vulnerable group is down for the long haul!!
  
  Til there is a...

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 08:37 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by pinball god

  I never get upset. How long do they lock them down for Theoretically speaking had we gone down your train of thought? Would I then get the $750/week for food delivery costs, Netflix, extra alcohol intake etc until a cure is found? Party time at robs lol
  
  and when you become a risk, you...

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 08:16 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by razorsedge

  If you take it in my context I was refering to employed people earning money from paid work especialy physical work, entertainment, pubs, hospitality, sports, non essential services etc. etc. Physical Economic Contributors. Not TPD, terminally ill, old age, retired. All of these groups can stay home...

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 08:07 PM
• Reply to New pin day!

  by pinball god

  Congrats

  • Channel: Pinball

  Today, 08:06 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by pinball god

  Btw never in my entire life have I considered pensioners and senior people as non contributors. Must be a new generational thing. Vote one for the soylent green party.

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 07:59 PM
• Reply to PCB storage - looking for ideas

  by GIBO

  Pizza boxes work well,your local pizza joint should be able to sell you some unused ones.

  • Channel: Arcade

  Today, 07:53 PM
• Reply to Magic Castle Plastic Scan

  by Unclerod

  This Pinball resto stuff tests your limits sometimes. New rubbers arrived and the some of the suggested rubber sizes foul the drop targets. The next rubber size down has been ordered. Its not the cost that pisses me its the waiting for the stuff to arrive. Plenty to keep me busy though. The 50,000 special...

  • Channel: Pinball Restoration's

  Today, 07:50 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by pinball god

  my philosophy is live to fight another day. If you're dead it's hard to fix things. Now I'm one of those non contributors and so I say to you contributor guys to hurry the fuck up in fixing the said economy cuz my dinners getting cold and I can't wait anymore. I now want solutions and pronto your time...

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 07:49 PM
• Reply to Handicaps at Tournaments

  by glencharles

  Handicaps have merit, it works elsewhere.
  $20 an hour beer money coaching probably has merit also.
  the only person you cannot watch playing is yourself which allows deficits such as left flipper weakness to persist unchecked....

  • Channel: Pinball Competitions, Tournaments and Leagues.

  Today, 07:48 PM
• PCB storage - looking for ideas

  by iroczvinnie

  Hi all
  
  I've got a handful of arcade PCB's and was wondering what people use to store them when they're not in the machine if you've swapped it out for another game.
  
  Looking for something basic and off the shelf storage to keep them safe and the dust away etc. Some kind of...

  • Channel: Arcade

  Today, 07:32 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by razorsedge

  It appears in Australia the sunlight may be our friend. Come winter, suppliments then maybe?
  
  https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0512134426.htm
  
  Seems like locked up inside may not be the most beneficial of tactics.

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 07:19 PM
• Reply to Candy cab appreciation thread. I want candy!

  by dzhay1981

  Thanks very helpful.

  • Channel: Arcade

  Today, 07:05 PM
• MGLXLIII - Mystery Prize

  by OOO

  
  
  This Sunday, on 31-May-2020, the 23rd Mystery Prize draw will be held and one gamer who played all 10 games in this MGL will win all of the prizes.
  
  The winner will be drawn after the close of MGLXLIII. I have provided another 7 prizes: prize numbers 134, 135, 136, 137, 138,...

  • Channel: MGLXLIII - Arcade Firepower

  Today, 06:55 PM
• Reply to Thomas the tank engine. TTTE.

  by BIG Trev

  Braid roller. ...

  • Channel: Home Brew Pinball Projects

  Today, 06:53 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by Andyj965

  That's the problem with this situation. There's no silver bullet. Whichever path you go down people will suffer. But at the end of the day you will always have people that thought the other path is better. There aren't many people that win from a situation like this.
  
  Sent from my SM-G975F...

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 06:11 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by robm

  Thanks for the post. While I don't agree with the sentiment thanks for the explanation. Have other countries around the world adopted this approach and is it any more or less successful than the Aussie approach? Although I guess how each person defines success may be different.
  
  Also, in...

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 05:59 PM
• Reply to Candy cab appreciation thread. I want candy!

  by mR_CaESaR

  You can use the 18w fluros from bunnings without any issue. The only problem is if your starter or ballast is dead.
  
  The other alternative is to go t5 fluro like what I did for my Noir in post #431.
  
  I will eventually do this to all my astros when I get around to it as I like...

  • Channel: Arcade

  Today, 05:57 PM
• Reply to Candy cab appreciation thread. I want candy!

  by namastepat

  The last fluro tube I replaced was in an Astro and from memory I just grabbed one from Bunnings. I was always under the impression that if the tube fits, it will work.

  • Channel: Arcade

  Today, 05:57 PM
• Reply to NAC clean up

  by Tonjo

  Marquee looks awesome redferatu

  • Channel: Video Arcade Restorations and Projects

  Today, 05:56 PM
• Reply to MGLXLIII - Game 10 ~ Pac-man Plus (closes 31-May)

  by kane

  52,560
  
  Madness.
  
  ...

  • Channel: MGLXLIII - Arcade Firepower

  Today, 05:41 PM
• Reply to Candy cab appreciation thread. I want candy!

  by dzhay1981

  Apologies if I've already asked this (early on set Alzheimer's in full effect here), but where have people sourced flouro tubes from? I found one for my blast on ebay and it was $28 (probably USD), which I was actually prepared to pay until I saw the postage ($60 USD). I'm after an nec FL20SN and all...

  • Channel: Arcade

  Today, 05:03 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by razorsedge

  ​
  
  You have not come back with anything I can disagree with. There are answers I guess, but they might come from discussions, analysis, good/bad information. I'm just glad for things that deserve some discussion and airing to get a bit of a hearing or consideration.
  
  Positives....

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 05:00 PM
• Reply to Deeproot - Zombie Adventure

  by OurManinOz

  Lol. In this case it's pretty full on, probably due to all the delays to date and things getting further delayed (understandably) recently....

  • Channel: New Pinball Discussion

  Today, 04:31 PM
• Reply to COVID-19 / what’s your plan?

  by Andyj965

  I certainly agree with this. Mankind have screwed this planet royally.
  
  
  
  But how would you enforce it? How would you say to people that because you are high risk we're forcefully isolating you. But everybody else is ok. I would imagine a lot of people wouldn't be too happy...

  • Channel: General Chat

  Today, 03:49 PM
• Reply to Thomas the tank engine. TTTE.

  by BIG Trev

  The track has been screwed down for hopefully the last time and I'm getting the braid ready to lay in the grooves.
  I'll 3d print a roller next to help glue the braid in place. ...

  • Channel: Home Brew Pinball Projects

  Today, 03:23 PM

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• PCB storage - looking for ideas

  by iroczvinnie

  Hi all
  
  I've got a handful of arcade PCB's and was wondering what people use to store them when they're not in the machine if you've swapped it out for another game.
  
  Looking for something basic and off the shelf storage to keep them safe and the dust away etc. Some kind of...

  • Channel: Arcade

  Today, 07:32 PM
• MGLXLIII - Mystery Prize

  by OOO

  
  
  This Sunday, on 31-May-2020, the 23rd Mystery Prize draw will be held and one gamer who played all 10 games in this MGL will win all of the prizes.
  
  The winner will be drawn after the close of MGLXLIII. I have provided another 7 prizes: prize numbers 134, 135, 136, 137, 138,...

  • Channel: MGLXLIII - Arcade Firepower

  Today, 06:55 PM
• New pin day!

  by visualmagic

  Can't wait to get out of the office to dive in to this box...
  
  Sent from my SM-G988B using Tapatalk...

  • Channel: Pinball

  Today, 12:49 PM
• New pins day!!

  by Boof Head

  Very long story to how this came about. Sold a premium ghostbusters only to upgrade to a LE and the LE sold at the same time my premium did about 25 mins after I posted the advert. . I love GB and would never have sold but to upgrade. Then I was left with no GB at all .
  
  So after...

  • Channel: Pinball

  23rd May 2020, 07:23 AM
• WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS ??

  by john17a

  I bought this from interstate and Bill picked it up for me ..,, when he did he called to say there was a hole in the side the size of a bath plug ????? so it is what it is im decalling it so no massive concern but just buggered to understand WHY ??? let the dick and circumcision jokes ...

  • Channel: Pinball

  Yesterday, 09:09 AM
• Sega Afterburner 2 Repair Log

  by Berty

  I just repaired an Afterburner 2. The board was working perfectly and then it died all of a sudden. The symptoms were;
  
  -machine starts and moves the carriage in very random way.
  -no image on screen, just a flickering single whiteish line through the middle of the screen that flickers....

  • Channel: PCB and Monitor Repair logs

  Yesterday, 08:32 PM
• What is the coil resistance of an AE-27-1200 coil

  by thegrunta666

  Hi All
  I have been tracing an earth fault on my Theatre Of Magic. It seems at some stage this machine has had a hack job done on its wiring. So I finally found my fault is the Subway Ball Release solenoid. At some stage they have connected it to the 50V off fuse 104 on the power driver board,...

  • Channel: Pinball

  23rd May 2020, 03:33 PM
• Bring back the home page?

  by Arcade King

  Just looking for feedback.
  Should I bring back the home page which had news, new posts etc or do you prefer it as now where the main forum is the home page?
  I'd remove the sidebar from the right to the home page also.

  Yes 46.67%	14
  No 53.33%	16

  • Channel: General Chat

  23rd May 2020, 09:11 AM
• Small Claims court

  by Savage

  Anyone been to small claims court recently?
  
  I've been about 15 years ago, but this time I'm taking Samsung to court.
  
  Forked out 2k for a S20 Ultra phone, normally I would not spend that much, but I love my photography and trail running, and taking a Full frame (even my 1"...

  • Channel: General Chat

  Yesterday, 10:09 PM
• Gottlieb Sea Belles August 1956

  by illawarra_steelers

  gottlieb sea belles 1956
  
  so, how many years does it make her?
  
  bill picking up a project in the next few days, a very dirty, neglected old 50s woody.
  
  so good these are still out there, though very rare now.
  
  lets start with the new playfield plastics...

  • Channel: EM (Electromechanical) Pinball Restorations

  22nd May 2020, 01:25 AM
• Batman 66

  by Wazzie

  On the high score list it has current winners then lists random names, then goes to the actual grand champion and so forth. My question is can I remove the current winners part and if I can’t how do I get on that part of the scoreboard?

  • Channel: Pinball

  Yesterday, 02:31 PM
• Mala Mame Arcade Classics CD

  by gimmeyolunch$

  Hi all,
  I was given a pack of 14 cds that are simply titled Mala Arcade Classics.
  Honestly they look rather suss but thats beside the point, when installing on the first cd it failed @ rar030.
  Wondering if anyone has heard of this or if they have it can share that 1 rar file?
  ...

  • Channel: M.A.M.E Emulation Projects and Discussion

  22nd May 2020, 07:02 PM
• Does Ken still fix boards?

  by sriley50

  I have a system 11C board that has a dry joint somewhere, and I want to get it fixed, does anyone have his contact details?

  • Channel: Pinball Technical and Repair Questions

  22nd May 2020, 11:57 PM
• Claw Machine Repair

  by Audacious

  Hi Everyone,
  
  My first post here, after lurking around for a little while.
  
  I have purchased two claw machines that I know came from Magic Mountain and are 20c machines, have been sitting in storage for a very, very long time.
  
  This is my first time doing this...

  

  3 Photos

  • Channel: Arcade Technical and Repair Questions

  Yesterday, 08:23 PM
• Creature DMD randomly turning off

  by goodolddays

  Hi all. The DMD on my Creech (original ) has started randomly turning off and then back on during gameplay. 5V is pretty maxed out due mods but havent added any mods for ages. Passes display test ok. Reseated connector on back of display and ribbon cable (both ends) because that is quick and easy but...

  • Channel: Pinball Technical and Repair Questions

  22nd May 2020, 09:50 AM
• Gottlieb flipper leaf switches

  by kimbleseven

  On my genie someone has chopped off the female spade lugs and soldered the wires direct to the terminals on the leaf switches for the flipper.
  I have purchased new leaf switches and wanted to know should I solder the wires back on or crimp lugs back on?
  Where can I get these small lugs?...

  • Channel: Pinball Technical and Repair Questions

  22nd May 2020, 08:55 PM
• pixel rgb marquee arcade

  by graf

  Hello,
  Has anybody built a Pixel RGB marquee for a arcade cabinet ?
  It looks so cool.
  I had a look around on aliexpress and not sure where to start . There are so many of them.
  I wanted to know if it is easy to connect it to a retro pi , or run everything including the roms (retro...

  • Channel: Prototyping

  23rd May 2020, 01:27 PM
• Multimorphic P3 now online! Head-to-head pinball gameplay over the internet

  by solar value

  Multimorphic is proud to announce head-to-head internet gameplay support for P3 owners around the world.
  
  See full announcement text here: https://www.multimorphic.com/news/he...-the-internet/
  
  Let's all get together and play some head-to-head Cosmic Cart Racing over the internet...

  • Channel: New Pinball Discussion

  22nd May 2020, 06:19 PM
• hello to all

  by Hans

  I'm an Apple 2e enthusiast and found this amazing site when a did some research on a A2M6021X colour monitor . I appreciate the detailed write down by Arcade King and others . It gave me the courage to try to get mine going , as the games are not very nice on a green monitor . Retired from my electrical/electronic...

  • Channel: Introduction Forum

  21st May 2020, 06:00 PM
• Arcade Polo monitor white color screen only, can it be saved?

  by telonio

  Hello all,
  
  I have this Polo arcade monitor and it was working fine for many years now. Today when I turned on the machine, immediately I smelled a burn and I cut instantly the power. Now the monitor shows only a white image. I have removed the pcb from the cabinet but I don't see anything...

  • Channel: Monitor and Chassis Repair Help

  21st May 2020, 02:52 AM
• 1965 Chicago coin Par Golf

  by ddstoys

  Dragged my next pig project out to storage today it’s a 1965 Chicago coin Par Golf
  
  Needs a cabinet respray the paints literally falling off,
  
  All the steppers are seized and one is broken also the score motor has been butchered and is mounted weirdly which needs further...

  • Channel: EM (Electromechanical) Pinball Restorations

  20th May 2020, 08:52 PM
• Nice little Project

  by asalza

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xinJW0uZbg8

  • Channel: Arcade

  Yesterday, 09:00 AM
• Daytona USA Model 2 CPU boards

  by Bigpanik

  Hello,
  
  
  I need you help to repair some SEGA Model 2 CPU boards used with Daytona USA.
  All boards has been tested with fully working Video, ROM and communication boards AND good power supply (5.2V).
  
  CPU board #1:
  
  Blue screen at startup with « Backup...

  • Channel: Arcade Technical and Repair Questions

  Yesterday, 08:46 AM
• 3d printing pinball parts/mods

  by dmeca

  Hey all,
  
  Can anyone recommend a 3d printer and software to make pinball parts/mods/toppers etc?
  
  Thanks
  -Dave

  • Channel: Prototyping

  21st May 2020, 10:23 AM
• 3d printing mods/ parts

  by dmeca

  Hey all,
  
  Can anyone recommend a 3d printer and software to make pinball parts/mods/toppers etc?
  
  Thanks
  -Dave

  • Channel: Pinball

  21st May 2020, 10:22 AM