Buying My Old Big Red Back 19 Years Later
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Wow what a blast from the past. Yeah I miss that cabinet. I sold it to get into high end HiFi. Yes I installed the Japanese Sanwa joy sticks and octagonal plates (I was really into fighters) which I imported from Japan. As for the adapters they where made by me and a buddy of mine at my fathers glass shop.
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It's slightly less heart warming when I tell you that I tracked him down to the far reaches of the Internet to tell him about it and direct him to this thread.
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LolIt's slightly less heart warming when I tell you that I tracked him down to the far reaches of the Internet to tell him about it and direct him to this thread.
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I put Sanwa sticks in mine too. American ones don't feel righr to me. They make bat top adapters so they look more original.
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I love seeing posts like these. Thanks for sharing.
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Careful what you wish for…you never know what he calls his lil’ lithy…@lithy can stalk me any time as long as it involves Big Red! lol
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I don't care what I have to do but we are jamming out with our clams out before I move away from Pissburgh!
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Hey Mike, shut the fuck up.
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Let's get that syrup in us and get all antsy in our pantsies.
Multicart or nah, I still have all slugs and an irresponsible credit card that will let me rent a car down my way to da CBG
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This thread has me tempted to try and track down my old Electrocoin 4 slot I sold on here back in 06.
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So I guess this is how things start to become a bit of a problem. But hear me out, I can justify this I promise...
I went ahead and bought a second cab today. Guy had a cab, he was close and it looked reasonably original (has the original joysticks!) and complete (EL marquee panels are the only major items missing) so I figured to get some spares it was worth the $250 he was asking.
(Has the glass, was just removed already so not in the photo)
Mainly it gives me a second monitor that I can work on, get cleaned up, refreshed, recapped, and it will be ready to go instead of needing down time with mine if it ever runs into trouble (knock on wood).
(I didn't take photos of mine when I had it open, but it's definitely a Zenith monitor and WG 7000 series chassis, so pretty sure it's essentially identical)
The monitor currently has some issues which I will have to troubleshoot, but it turns on, once I adjusted the black level back, it had a semi functional picture until some colors dropped out. Still not sure yet if this is a monitor issue or a wiring issue, for a while moving the harness a bit got some color back.
(Left side is as good as I had it looking for just a couple minutes, right is what it seems to have settled on)
It also had an early 4 slot with the JP1 power jumper wire and SW1 reset button which I did not know about until looking into it. Original factory bios, but someone has definitely replaced the battery (holding 1.7V right now). The boards look ok from the top but the bottom of the bottom board looks a little sketchy and it currently has some sort of watchdog error. I put the cart slot board on another bottom board I have that runs ok but with an audio issue and it seems fine, so I think the top board is good. I think between those, I should be able to get one functional board put together with a little effort.
But the actual cab on this one is in a bit of a state. The entire right side is cracked and separating from the rest of the body. Both sides have been painted over black, the red vinyl on the coin door area is faded. To fix it would require completely pulling it apart and at that point it's a total restoration. Might be sacrilege but the plan might be to just get parts off of this, then probably convert it...into firewood.
However this is an early cab and it does have a few distinct differences that I'll document here for anyone else that likes this info.
My cab has a build date of 5-19-91 and I think a serial number in the 10k range (my sticker is scratched up).
I went ahead and bought a second cab today. Guy had a cab, he was close and it looked reasonably original (has the original joysticks!) and complete (EL marquee panels are the only major items missing) so I figured to get some spares it was worth the $250 he was asking.
(Has the glass, was just removed already so not in the photo)
Mainly it gives me a second monitor that I can work on, get cleaned up, refreshed, recapped, and it will be ready to go instead of needing down time with mine if it ever runs into trouble (knock on wood).
(I didn't take photos of mine when I had it open, but it's definitely a Zenith monitor and WG 7000 series chassis, so pretty sure it's essentially identical)
The monitor currently has some issues which I will have to troubleshoot, but it turns on, once I adjusted the black level back, it had a semi functional picture until some colors dropped out. Still not sure yet if this is a monitor issue or a wiring issue, for a while moving the harness a bit got some color back.
(Left side is as good as I had it looking for just a couple minutes, right is what it seems to have settled on)
It also had an early 4 slot with the JP1 power jumper wire and SW1 reset button which I did not know about until looking into it. Original factory bios, but someone has definitely replaced the battery (holding 1.7V right now). The boards look ok from the top but the bottom of the bottom board looks a little sketchy and it currently has some sort of watchdog error. I put the cart slot board on another bottom board I have that runs ok but with an audio issue and it seems fine, so I think the top board is good. I think between those, I should be able to get one functional board put together with a little effort.
JP1 and SW1 on 4-slot, what's their purpose?
Just wondering if anyone knows what these are for. I have searched extensively online but have not even found a reference to the existence of them. Pictures are clickable for a better view. Comments are appreciated. :) Top board with JP1 location JP1 on top board Bottom board with JP1 and...
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But the actual cab on this one is in a bit of a state. The entire right side is cracked and separating from the rest of the body. Both sides have been painted over black, the red vinyl on the coin door area is faded. To fix it would require completely pulling it apart and at that point it's a total restoration. Might be sacrilege but the plan might be to just get parts off of this, then probably convert it...into firewood.
However this is an early cab and it does have a few distinct differences that I'll document here for anyone else that likes this info.
My cab has a build date of 5-19-91 and I think a serial number in the 10k range (my sticker is scratched up).
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I also got an assortment of kit materials, 2 nice clean and bright generic mini marquees, a SamSho2 cart with an audio issue (see Tech Support if you want to help), and what I think was an outer case for Baseball Stars Pro kits? It seems like it would fit 5 kit boxes snugly, but does anyone have any info?
Top Player's Golf dip sheet
Fatal Fury, two art flyers, dip sheet, kit box
World Heroes 2, two art flyers and dip sheet
Art of Fighting 2, two art flyers, dip sheet, and move sticker in baggie
Samurai Shodown, complete art set in baggie
Box with cart label and another sticker on two sides. Nothing else besides just some tape on the top or other two sides.
Top Player's Golf dip sheet
Fatal Fury, two art flyers, dip sheet, kit box
World Heroes 2, two art flyers and dip sheet
Art of Fighting 2, two art flyers, dip sheet, and move sticker in baggie
Samurai Shodown, complete art set in baggie
Box with cart label and another sticker on two sides. Nothing else besides just some tape on the top or other two sides.
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Monitor progress on the parts cab.
After getting a working start button so I could use the test mode I set all the neck board RGB pots. With red all the way down, I got this.
With red all the way up, I got this.
I messed around the the connector on the chassis and at one point more colors dropped out, but played with the wires a little more and got this.
Looks like a good monitor, maybe some touchy wiring.
KOF98 for testing.
After getting a working start button so I could use the test mode I set all the neck board RGB pots. With red all the way down, I got this.
With red all the way up, I got this.
I messed around the the connector on the chassis and at one point more colors dropped out, but played with the wires a little more and got this.
Looks like a good monitor, maybe some touchy wiring.
KOF98 for testing.
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Nice pick up. It's not firewood. Someone will want it, and it's definitely restore-able.