Reset
We started afresh with the frustrating monitor.
On the floor we set up a Power supply (ATX) with JAMMA harness. We used an adapter to connect to a real Namco Midway Galaga board. We tried the monitor again. Green was still missing so everything looks too blue. While we were testing I smelled smoke! We cut power and check all the connections.
Something on the monitor burned up! I can’t find it yet, but we moved ahead with a back up monitor. We pulled the 13” G07 we use to test almost everything. It worked! Then I pulled the Scramble monitor, it worked.
There we sat, on the floor, considering our options. I think we are going to gut the cabinet and put this rig in place.
That means this Galaga will have:
On the floor we set up a Power supply (ATX) with JAMMA harness. We used an adapter to connect to a real Namco Midway Galaga board. We tried the monitor again. Green was still missing so everything looks too blue. While we were testing I smelled smoke! We cut power and check all the connections.
Something on the monitor burned up! I can’t find it yet, but we moved ahead with a back up monitor. We pulled the 13” G07 we use to test almost everything. It worked! Then I pulled the Scramble monitor, it worked.
There we sat, on the floor, considering our options. I think we are going to gut the cabinet and put this rig in place.
That means this Galaga will have:
- New Glass Artwork
- New CPO
- New Buttons
- New Joystick
- Namco / Midway Galaga board
- New Power Supply (ATX Style)
- New wire Harness (JAMMA)
- Newly Capped Monitor
- It will be a top condition unit when completed.