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22 April 2021

Art scanning paused

Written by S11
So I was really getting into getting through the huge piles of art that need scanning, and scanning everything that arrives or leaves as a priority but unfortunately…. Scanner has started adding strange streaks to scans, it was a...
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Arcade
22 April 2021

Nichibutsu DVD21 DVD system footage (NSFW)

Written by S11
Developed at the same time as the Next Generation system, the DVD21 uses infrared controlled drives the same as the X-Rate rather than serial controlled. I think this was a system aimed at operators who had already invested in...
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Arcade, Games
06 April 2021

Art scanning update

Written by S11
It’s been a while since I posted here, I’ve been so busy with so many projects and not buying much worth showing off.  However the scans archive has quietly (and slowly) been increasing and today it broke the 100 items...
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Arcade
31 August 2020

Cassette tape foam problems – chewing & bad reads

Written by S11
I’ve been dumping a lot of cassette media lately, and I’ve seen this problem enough to consider it a common fault.  On standard computer cassette tapes there is a piece of foam which acts like a tensioner pressing the...
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Games, Tech / Repair
21 April 2020

PLCC84 7064/7096 to Dataman 48UXP adapter

Written by S11
Reading ROMs and other chips can become an expensive process. Even when you’ve obtained a reader which has all the device support you need, it will tend to come with a standard ZIF socket and if the device you...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
19 April 2020

1972 TONY coin-op Mahjong bartop

Written by S11
I was browsing Yahoo auctions recently looking for Mahjong control panels and an IMAX MJ adapter loom, when I came across an unusual little bartop machine, the “TONY”.  The description stated that they’d plugged it in and nothing happened,...
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Arcade, Games, Tech / Repair
24 December 2019

TourVision – display board add-ons finally discovered

Written by S11
I’ve had the good fortune to locate some of the add-on score display panels which were previously only seen in a flyer image, and testing them has helped me learn more about just what the “score” is.  I saw...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
04 June 2019

TourVision HuCard adapters & BIOS 6.x

Written by S11
Well here it is, I’d been planning to make some of these for a long time and finally found the time and energy to do so.  TourVision carts are getting expensive.  I think part of this may be my...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
09 May 2019

Tourvision BIOS tool & updates

Written by S11
I’ve updated the Tourvision BIOS post, there’s a new version of the BIOS decoder tool that offers different output formats including one that tells you what all the bytes actually do, it now supports multiple BIOS versions for comparison...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
02 February 2019

Irem capacitor update & Artemio video

Written by S11
Artemio (@artemio) has made a video discussing the issues with leaking capacitors on Irem and Konami boards (the infamous sound custom).  I’ve updated the Irem games and leaking capacitors article here with the cap list for M99 Irem games,...
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Arcade, Tech / Repair
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