So I'm out hunting for vids today. I'm down south a bit for work, and I swing into this op's place who I have spoken too, but never dealt with before. I ask about getting a couple JAMMA boards from him, and he says "Sure, I have a whole attic full of stuff I need to clean out. Get a ladder and see what you like." Sounds good to me. I start scrounging, and come up with: Complete stuff: Street Fighter II - whee. Sky Shark - well, when I get a vertical JAMMA cab ... Rampage Kit - Ebay, here it comes. Atari Firefox boardset - Now this is interesting. And HUGE. Not surprisingly, I couldn't find the LD player or any disks. Stuff that is missing parts or is part of an incomplete set: Donkey Kong, 2 Board set. CPU board missing most socketed chips, Video board complete. Nintendo VS: with a Konami daughter card. Missing lots of socketed chips on the CPU board, daughter card complete. I think it's a Gradius. (2) Williams pinball driver boards. I didn't know what they were at the time, but if it said Williams, I was taking it. :) More Ebay fodder. BattleZone AUX board. Complete, has tag that says repaired in 1985 still hanging on it. :) Most of the stuff he had up there was not video related or new enough that he wanted to keep it. The DK and Firefox made me happy, though. So as I am up there, I notice that in the back corner of his shop is a Race Drivin'. It's #1 on my hit parade right now, so I ask him about it. He says it has sat there for over a year, with board problems. We go over to it, and it has a tag on it that reads "Will not save settings when powered off". "See", he says, "It's got board issues, and I'm out of space." For the price he asked, I didn't dare power it up, lest he reconsider. So add to the haul a Race Drivin'. !!!!!!!!!!!YES!!!!!!!!!! Then he said, "And you can have the boards for cleaning up the attic." I had hauled a bunch of junk to the garbage just so I could physically get to the PCB's. WHOOOOOOOOOOO_HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Sean McLachlan MIS Manager LithoFlexo grafics inc. 801.484.8503
I forgot to ask: Anyone have a FireFox I can test these boards in? It's a long shot, I know. :) Hey, now I can add this stuff to my "Who has what for trade" thread! Sean McLachlan MIS Manager LithoFlexo grafics inc. 801.484.8503 -----Original Message----- From: utvgg-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utvgg-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Sean McLachlan Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:22 PM To: utvgg@xmission.com Subject: [UtVgG] Local boy makes good So I'm out hunting for vids today. I'm down south a bit for work, and I swing into this op's place who I have spoken too, but never dealt with before. I ask about getting a couple JAMMA boards from him, and he says "Sure, I have a whole attic full of stuff I need to clean out. Get a ladder and see what you like." Sounds good to me. I start scrounging, and come up with: Complete stuff: Street Fighter II - whee. Sky Shark - well, when I get a vertical JAMMA cab ... Rampage Kit - Ebay, here it comes. Atari Firefox boardset - Now this is interesting. And HUGE. Not surprisingly, I couldn't find the LD player or any disks. Stuff that is missing parts or is part of an incomplete set: Donkey Kong, 2 Board set. CPU board missing most socketed chips, Video board complete. Nintendo VS: with a Konami daughter card. Missing lots of socketed chips on the CPU board, daughter card complete. I think it's a Gradius. (2) Williams pinball driver boards. I didn't know what they were at the time, but if it said Williams, I was taking it. :) More Ebay fodder. BattleZone AUX board. Complete, has tag that says repaired in 1985 still hanging on it. :) Most of the stuff he had up there was not video related or new enough that he wanted to keep it. The DK and Firefox made me happy, though. So as I am up there, I notice that in the back corner of his shop is a Race Drivin'. It's #1 on my hit parade right now, so I ask him about it. He says it has sat there for over a year, with board problems. We go over to it, and it has a tag on it that reads "Will not save settings when powered off". "See", he says, "It's got board issues, and I'm out of space." For the price he asked, I didn't dare power it up, lest he reconsider. So add to the haul a Race Drivin'. !!!!!!!!!!!YES!!!!!!!!!! Then he said, "And you can have the boards for cleaning up the attic." I had hauled a bunch of junk to the garbage just so I could physically get to the PCB's. WHOOOOOOOOOOO_HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Sean McLachlan MIS Manager LithoFlexo grafics inc. 801.484.8503 _______________________________________________ UtVgG mailing list UtVgG@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utvgg
My current home collection (not including the machines I have at work) can be seen at: http://lycaeum.cs.utah.edu/chris/lair It's not really for public consumption, something I made to show a couple friends.
Atari Firefox boardset - Now this is interesting. And HUGE. Not surprisingly, I couldn't find the LD player or any disks.
The disks sometimes appear at Atari surplus dealers.
So as I am up there, I notice that in the back corner of his shop is a Race Drivin'. It's #1 on my hit parade right now, so I ask him about it. He says it has sat there for over a year, with board problems. We go over to it, and it has a tag on it that reads "Will not save settings when powered off". "See", he says, "It's got board issues, and I'm out of space." For the price he asked, I didn't dare power it up, lest he reconsider.
Not bad! Not bad at all. -Chris
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