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It was a fun project for sure :)

@tcurtis49 everything on that board was marked for easy replacement. Now days you be lucky to get any annotations on a pcb

@@theboz1419 Yeah they were nicely labeled back then, for sure!

I think it stopped working and just ended up in a junk pile.

A dedicated group of enthusiasts are still adding courses to PGA Tour and running tournaments and leaderboards. It’s a lot of fun.

He was really cool in the end. Just doing business :)

Thanks! Hopefully I can keep finding fun stuff to work on :)

Thanks!

I’m glad you liked it. I’m still working on fun projects and hope to share more :)

My wife bought it for me on ebay. It was from a guy called jollerancher who bought a bunch of Nintendo protos from a former employee.

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You can order it online. If you look up cosmic carpet or bowling carpet you’ll get lots of options :)

It's a mess :)

Tell her I'll try to do better :) And there is a softer music version of the Tron video I remixed. Thanks!

Thanks!

It was definitely confusing but I always tried a couple of games when I went to the arcade.

Glad it worked for you. I'm going to try to strike a better balance in future videos.

Yes, that's absolutely a good way of doing it. But I like to have fun trying different things and in the end it wasn't too bad to repair. Thanks!

Much appreciated!

Thanks!

Please come take a few things to help open it up more :)

Thanks. It turns out he was a great guy and has followed the project. I also talked with the other guy trying to buy it. So it seems weird but all good in the end :)

Good eye. It’s the server me and my friends played on around the original launch. Couldn’t pass it up and it’s an amazing piece of history.

@@tcurtis49 Very very cool! In a way its the most unique thing I saw and in a way it's just another server blade. Shame they didn't ship them fully functional with the server software installed but it's pretty easy to under stand why they wouldn't. Very cool either way.

I was surprised they left so much hardware on them. Almost worth more than what I paid at auction back then for it as a collectible.

Or I’m a glutton for punishment :) I hope you watched the rest to see how it turned out.

@@tcurtis49 Yup even subscribed to your channel and if you were in northern indiana I'd probably even switch which dentist I goto =P

Haha!

Thanks! And I agree :)

Probably would be more immersive…especially if I started glowing!

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Thanks! My only trip there and it was extremely short :) Maybe I’ll find something else there and make a return trip!

I appreciate that but definitely know when I have to get advice from those who do this all the time. But I’m trying :) Thanks!

Haha. Thanks!

Thanks!

Pretty much done with one project that is more video game related and the video is in late-stage editing, well over the hump on a major arcade restoration, and early in on a third project that is currently torn apart and scattered across my garage. I have to wrap up everything before it gets cold and I need the garage for my truck…so I’ve got my hands full :)

Thanks! Working on interesting projects right now so hopefully several more videos this year. If I can ever get them done…always new challenges :)

I’m glad you enjoyed it! I had no idea how many people had fond memories of this game like me but it makes me very happy to rekindle them :)

I believe you are exactly right. That’s what I’ve heard since putting out the video as well.

I have never tried that :) Next time I need to clean a record I’ll give it a go!

​@@tcurtis49 Oh yeah, spread it on thin on the spinning turntable so it'll dry in a few hours. I actually have a white plastic disc I put under it. I bought it for transparent color records to make them more visible but it works great for not getting a mess on the platter. It will be clear when dry. Spread on too thick and it will still be yellow a whole day later. I use a flexible credit card. You want to not use the edge so much but use the card more like spreading icing on a cake. When it's dried clear, you get an edge with your fingernail and pull the whole thing off with a zip kind of sound. Cleans the record great. It might be the best thing for cleaning a record. Plus you get that nice "glue record" when you pull it off. 😁 If your record still doesn't sound good after that then you might want to find another one.

I’m really not, and I only do a couple of major restorations a year, but I do try to do them in the best manner I can. It’s just a hobby but I have picked up a lot of knowledge over the years, and I try to keep experimenting with new techniques. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the kind words :)

That would be awesome :)

I took some chances with it but in the end it did work out really well, and still looks great. I don’t fault anyone for just cutting it out and patching in new wood but I’m happy with the outcome. Thanks so much!

That would be so cool but so much work keeping the games going, Maybe someday!

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A lot of people would, and you can buy this cabinet pre-made if you like. I'm curious why you think it will deteriorate over time. When properly restored and kept in a normal environment (like a home) there's no reason for it to spontaneously rot. Especially given that the most problematic area would be the base and I've replaced it with maple. The previous damage was due to water getting into the base of the cabinet once it was no longer off the floor (due to missing leg levelers) and stored against concrete. I have games I restored in the late 1990s that look exactly the same today, so if that means for the next 30 years I have nothing to worry about, I'm good :)

The tin will protect the copper as well, and is useful for the edge connector pins that do have to stay exposed. So I had some and thought I'd give it a try. Some people will cover that with green nail polish, much like the solder mask. In this case the area I'm covering is part of the ground circuit and it really doesn't have to be covered at all, but was good practice to see what would happen. If I were doing board repairs more often I might get the solder mask. Thanks!

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