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Well, if you happen to have another machine you could always swap the ribbon cable to eliminate that. Have you also rung out all of the traces from the gi string all the way back to the ribbon cable? (schematics are your best friends for this) Always start with the easy stuff first and work...

Ed @ Great Plains for everything if you can. He is a huge asset to the hobby. D

I've never come across a bad triac in my travels. It's always been a header / connector pin issue, cold solder, broken trace, bad fuse or holder etc etc etc. D

Absolutely upgrade to the latest version, but if I recall (and my memory isn't what it used to be) L5 is not the best revision to run, and I cannot recall why that is.. The preferred versions are L2 or even the P7, and for me I would roll with the P7. Here is a comparo between versions for...

An open container of coffee grinds inside a stinky game works wonders. Walt tried many things with one of his stinky games and ultimately it was my coffee suggestion that did the trick. As others have stated above, diluted simple green for the exterior works good. D

Just to be clear, you cannot "always go up but never down" when it comes to caps... When strictly talking about the voltage of a cap, then yes you can always go up but never down. But in the case of increasing the capacitance (which was also part of the original question here), this is NOT the...

+1 I agree with everything Duane has mentioned here. D

And such a promotion would tend to involve a salary increase (at least one would assume) but I highly doubt Gary would be willing to do that at this point. :) D

I'm happy to see the artwork is miles ahead of what the DE artists were turning out in the 90's. D

Sys80, not just an adventure... it's a way of life! lol

Yup, roll with the horizontal one for the banner for sure. D

As I get more entries under my belt I'm sure I'll have a better idea of what pics / and eventually short vids that will help with this section. It'll be a learn as I go sort of thing. I've also been toying with the idea of tying this to a twitter feed, and tweeting repairs... just one of the...

Yep, start with ALL the ground mods first. Sys80's are plagued with many grounding issues that can cause all sorts of wild and crazy behavior. Once all the ground mods are done and if it's still not working correctly, move on to re-pinning connectors. D

Actually, if that's the big bundle of ground returns in the bottom of the cab that is one of the many ground mods that SHOULD be done. There are a number of others that should also be done, and ultimately you could be looking at replacing all of the connector pins to get everything working as...

If the game hasn't had any of the grounding mods done to it, I highly suggest you start there. D

Oh boy... what have I got myself into here? LOL Well, this section has been in discussion since the forum was created and is long overdue. I've been quietly working away on games, taking pic's and trying to document a number of the repairs along the way, in hopes to some day post them all up...

Not cheap... Good thing I know how to solder SMT so I can save myself $6 per. :) D

Re: • PRIZE DRAW • MARCH 31, 2013 Two days late now.... :) D

The lightning flippers have been repro'd but unfortunately not very well, as they have serious durability issues. (they only seem to last about a week before breaking) D

One of the two airports in Orlando (unfortunately I cannot recall which one) had a nice lineup of pins in it's arcade as well. My son and I almost missed our flight because we were too busy playing POTC! LOL D