Atari Tank Raid Restore!

[Gaming Heaven]

Hi all

I am posting this on several forums!

Someone really generous [Alpha1, massive thanks again Olly!] gave me an Atari Tank project machine

I am aiming to restore it, no idea on time frame [might be long term] but here are a few shots:

Update now is I have already been offered a marquee which I am very grateful for.

So I now need:

Marquee retainers [although could make some]
marquee surround and instructions
advice on the right substitute 24" CRT

Any advice or comments is gratefully received

I have almost finished cleaning it so will post some more pictures soon

Keep an eye out for updates!

Gaming Heaven2015-11-09 23:26:06

 

[LAZORIAN]

Awesome stuff glad you took this on it really deserves to be brought back to life.
Good luck with the resto.

 

[aeroflott]

Can't argue with free. Looking forward too seeing progress on this one!

 

[Gaming Heaven]

cheers guys it has to be slow burn as it will come out of storage every time I need to work on it but I would like to see this through

 

[Equites]

Phwoar! Lovely bronze age Atari shizz.

 

[virtvic]

I would guess that the original monitor would have been a Motorola 23" (like in my Death Race)

I remade the red buttons if you need some new ones (top red bit only)

 

[Gaming Heaven]

thanks Virtvic I will check on condition, they seem like they work fine though

 

[forcefulfil]

whats up with the monitor?or whats missing?

 

[Gaming Heaven]

sorry for the delay missed the post

the entire chasis [and neck board also I think] is missing!

I need a replacement monitor, does not have to be as old, as long as it takes the inut and outputs black and white!

 

[Gaming Heaven]

no suprise at the screen burn with this game:

cleared the old rubber matting as it was shot, so will then fill the dinks and glue some new matting on

cleaned up the CP notice the historic repair

more than 36000 plays:

remove pcbs:

the components on the other side are clearly suspect

notice the left board, there are 2 black components [just below the top left hand corner massive capacitor, are they resistors or diodes?!] that are causing the scorching:

original marquee secured as below, but I need the bezel surround with instructions

Gaming Heaven2015-11-15 16:17:37

 

[philmurr]

2 diodes and a resistor.

Fairly standard scorching from games of this era, just need to replace them all with something a bit more modern.

If they're the same as in Breakout, I've just bought some RL257 (2.5A) diodes and have a spare couple if you want them?

 

[Gaming Heaven]

thanks that would be great, I have no idea at this stage though how to tell what value they are

I found the schematic but it is hard to read

 

[philmurr]

From the schematic they look like MR501's which are quite high current (at least 3A)

You might want to consider converting to a switcher which I think might be more reliable for this board.

 

[Gaming Heaven]

thanks good suggestion

cab is now in stoage for the moment due to space but can get it back out for testing, just doing one thing at a time

 

[Gaming Heaven]

massive thanks to Pman original marquee...

Gaming Heaven2015-11-16 23:19:46