Lucky Find... Bit of a fixer upper.

Hey all i havnt been around at all in a very long time. but you might be seeing a bit more of me around, because yesterday something unbelievable happened.

(pictures are BIG in this post)

I was over at my old high school that i graduated last year doin some work on a project for myself, making stickers.
anywho I decided to drop the local pizza place a couple blocks away to grab some food. and as i was walking through the back ally which is the route i usually take and i couldnt believe my eyes.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/ericverdone/cab/cab 001.jpg
http://www.members.shaw.ca/ericverdone/cab/cab 002.jpg
There it was just sitting there in the ally behind the strip of 6 neighbourhood corner stores. It was facing outward so i didnt really have the ability to see inside the cab or anything so i figured it was just dead and everything salvageable had already been ripped out. I went in all the shops and asked about the cab. nobody knew who it belonged to.

so later that night i convinced my dad to go with me behind the store and we yoinked it. we left it at home in the garage and the next morning i took a look to see what could be the problem.
Suprise Suprise!
the owner didnt remove the board
http://www.members.shaw.ca/ericverdone/cab/cab 004.jpg
I have a feeling it is Super dodge ball indeed considering i found the dip sheet to that game inside aswell the board is Technos.

I plugged it in after it dried (it rained pretty heavily that night before we picked it up) and nothing... nothing happens... i have a feeling its the power supply.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/ericverdone/cab/cab 005.jpg
it doesnt exactly look like its in the best shape.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/ericverdone/cab/cab 003.jpg
all in all it aint pretty but i will do my best to restore it... somehow, unfortunitly it is coming pretty close to winter in calgary so I might have to hold off on anything too major.

From what i can tell i think it was origionally a Robotron cuz you can read the text burnt into the screen. the cab was made in may 1982.

all in all i am not sure what to do right now as i have absolutly no idea what i am doing.

If anyone can assist me at all with this project in any way that would be fantastic. i dont even know what needs to be replaced. so i guess i will start there. Anyone know aplace to get replacement parts... and what part i might need to get, possibly in the region of Power supplies or whatever

nice find, Are you sure the monitor is plugged in? get a meter and test the power supply, but its looks nice and clean.

NICE FIND!

Well, my Tech knowledge is complete crap, but that sure is a nice find.

Actually, in an effort to help you out, I am going to move this to the Tech Forum and maybe the gear heads can point you in the right direction.

WOAH, CONGRATS! That is a great find, man!

Whoa! Nice find. And no one claimed it. Cool.

great find, you should replace the power supply even if it works, it looks like garbage.

Have you checked the power supply fuse?

Wow!!!,Great find..Damn that was your lucky day..

I would of shit myself if I ever found something like that..

That is a sweet find!

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Have fun and keep us posted!

Charles