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1  General Category / Comments about John's videos and johnsarcade.com / John needs to come to New Jersey for a video, for EM's sake... on: April 12, 2016, 11:30:47 am
Next time you're in the area, come hang out sometime and I can give you an EM repair guide on video, and then we'll take a ride to the Silverball Museum. Perfect new start to the Bronco series so I can stop wincing a little... Cheesy Serious offer! 13 arcade games and 11 pinball machines to look at, 7 EM. Whenever you're not busy this year man come on down!







2  General Category / Comments about John's videos and johnsarcade.com / Re: How my son feels about Johns Arcade on: July 10, 2015, 09:39:54 am
Your son obviously heard the Tito's rant and got offended Cheesy
3  Arcade and Pinball Discussions / Beginner's Help Corner / Re: Power problem with Frogger on: June 11, 2015, 10:04:44 am
I agree it sounds like you might be measuring the 100V AC with the DC setting, possibly.

If you're getting 5V it frankly doesn't matter if the AC can't be read (which I would say is a meter problem) because that AC is an input for the other voltages, not an output. It is what makes the entire power supply be live and "power up", so if you're getting a 5V reading correctly on the 5V terminal, it sounds like you're fine with the input voltage and that the problem might lie elsewhere. Try testing the 5V on the PCB which can be done by going to the edge of the board and following the 5V trace to a chip or other good test point and see what you get there. The ground on the power supply can still be used or the ground on the board could also be used and is likely a better solution to test that as well if you're getting nothing.

Also definitely test the -5V pin on the game PCB board for voltage and since you're already getting less than 5V off of the power supply, it only gets lower as it goes to the board and you'll need to adjust the output voltages using the knob (if there is one) on your switching power supply. This adjusts the 5V voltage and basically takes all of the other output voltages "for a ride". Make sure they're not too high to too low as you're doing this as well and I would suggest adjusting the power supply with the game board unplugged from the harness edge connector, but you do not need to take any wires off of the power supply.
4  Arcade and Pinball Discussions / General Arcade and Video Game Discussions / Re: NES games on: April 11, 2015, 12:14:31 am
Goonies II?

Also, everything back then was skill based. Now a lot of things are story based with less opportunities to die to lose in a game, and most games today have infinite continues and save points.
5  General Category / Comments about John's videos and johnsarcade.com / John's Basement before it was JOHN'S BASEMENT on: March 05, 2015, 03:23:06 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19AptrB5So

Cheesy , wow, first time seeing this Smiley
6  General Category / Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello from Trier/Germany on: January 29, 2015, 08:58:40 am
Welcome, Stefan! Smiley

Enjoy your stay!
7  Arcade and Pinball Discussions / General Arcade and Video Game Discussions / Re: MAME CAB COMPLETE on: January 23, 2015, 04:57:25 am
Nice job! Was going to bash on the XArcade stick, but aside from probably being pretty flimsy or broken easily (or so I've heard), you mounted it very very nicely. Smiley

Enjoy it all, man! Cool build of it.
8  Other Stuff / Off Topic / Re: best chips on: January 06, 2015, 01:28:57 pm


Oops, I spilled 'em. Cheesy  Roll Eyes
9  Other Stuff / Off Topic / Re: North Korean internet issues on: January 04, 2015, 06:59:30 pm
They might be watching Johns year end video.

Wouldn't be surprised, first Mark Wahlberg, now Kim Jong-Un and his crew he forces to watch with him.

"HEEEEEEEEY GUYS, AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER JOHN'S ARCADE ONNNNN THE ROOAAAADDDDDDD, TODAY WE'RE HEADED TO MY BUDDY KIM'S COUNTRY TO CHECK OUT HIS ARCADE, LET'S GET GOING"
10  Arcade and Pinball Discussions / General Arcade and Video Game Discussions / Re: Wet warehouse on: January 02, 2015, 11:42:04 am
10 years of exposure to weather, and probably quite bad weather too? I don't even know if I'd trust the parts or boards, let alone the cabinets.  Shocked
11  Arcade and Pinball Discussions / General Arcade and Video Game Discussions / Re: Yearly arcade budget on: January 02, 2015, 11:17:09 am
Just don't hurt any classics along the way, Rush N Attack

That's a board / conversion only game Cheesy
12  Other Stuff / Off Topic / Re: North Korean internet issues on: December 22, 2014, 04:45:08 pm
They don't have an internet infrastructure, it's all on our side (well, USA) but they're accused of the attacks
13  Arcade and Pinball Discussions / General Arcade and Video Game Discussions / Re: People are sharing their basements...here is our construction zone on: December 20, 2014, 07:05:59 am
Maybe a darker color? I'd say something like dark purple / plum color but it probably doesn't sound too appealing. Light light green? Blue?
14  Tech and Marketplace / I need help with my game! - Technical Discussion / Re: Tekken 3 Turns on but just a speaker pop and then gets stuck in demo mode on: December 19, 2014, 10:29:03 am
Check the edge connector, might be a grounding issue or a connection issue.
15  General Category / Comments about John's videos and johnsarcade.com / Re: I vote for a certain game to have it's attract sounds off, John! :P on: December 16, 2014, 06:32:31 pm
Pole Position?

Oops, yeah, something like that. Definitely seems racing-esque. Smiley Tongue
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