[HN Gopher] Repairing a buggy board arcade machine
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       Repairing a buggy board arcade machine
        
       Author : countrymile
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2024-03-23 07:49 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (philwip.com)
        
       | ThrowawayTestr wrote:
       | This kind of component level repair always feels like magic to
       | me. Great post.
        
       | voiceblue wrote:
       | Nice work, when you write up a post like this it makes it look
       | easy. The reality is often fraught with frustration, not in the
       | least thanks to the excruciating wait for parts to arrive once
       | you've painstakingly found the next fault in the chain.
       | 
       | In the end though, I think it's all worth it, if only for the
       | feeling of getting it done and over with. I've repaired a handful
       | of such machines in the past and it's remarkable how available
       | the schematics and parts tend to be, there are whole businesses
       | dedicated to selling cap kits and parts for old arcades.
        
       | countrymile wrote:
       | This should totally read "buggy boy" not "buggy board", even
       | though the buggy boy board is a buggy buggy boy board, apologies!
        
       | maicro wrote:
       | As others have said, great write-up.
       | 
       | Seeing as this post might draw some useful attention, I'm going
       | to piggyback and ask - does anyone have any resources for finding
       | manuals for arcade machines?
       | 
       | Specifically I'm working with a 2004 Pro-Striker Bowling Machine
       | Game - very similar to the one shown here:
       | https://www.pinrepair.com/bowl/pstrike.htm
       | 
       | I've spent several hours in Google and haven't come up with
       | anything useful... I'd be willing to pay for a copy of the
       | manual, especially if I could post it somewhere others could find
       | it.
        
         | rolph wrote:
         | https://arcadeblogger.com/arcade-manual-archives/
        
       | tanseydavid wrote:
       | Loved this game. Never was quite sure what made it so much more
       | attractive to me than other driving games at the time.
        
       | doublerabbit wrote:
       | Are there suggestions on any guides or what I could read to
       | understand chips and graphics?
       | 
       | I've never worked electronics or electrical engineering for that
       | matter but have always been curious how an enlarged lego block
       | with metal spikes can hold graphics; produce sound.
       | 
       | What's inside the casing of one, I know its something to do with
       | transistors but what are those and what's inside them.
       | 
       | All cool, none the less.
        
         | jeffwass wrote:
         | "Getting Started In Electronics" by Forrest Mims. Start from
         | there.
         | 
         | http://www.forrestmims.org/publications.html
        
         | TheOtherHobbes wrote:
         | From Nand to Tetris explains the principles.
         | 
         | https://www.nand2tetris.org/course
         | 
         | If you want more detail about how transistors and logic gates
         | work, the Art of Electronics is pretty definitive.
         | 
         | https://artofelectronics.net/
        
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