Best Arcade advice you received?

[DanP]

Best advice I've got over my collecting days;

1) Check the power is right first.

2) The Mark 1 eyeball is the best/first tool to use when fixing PCB's

3) Don't neglect the basic checks first. I still forget this one, so many times I've assumed a complex reason for something not working and it's turned out to be something simple that I forgot to check.

4) Learn to solder/desolder on something you don't mind destroying. It takes time and practice to get any good at it.

5) Whatever game it is, it WILL break down sooner or later. Assume you'll have to fix it (cos that guy who fixes the game now will have gone by the time you need him).

Dan

 

[ocb]

So far (I'm 1 year in) it has been "horizontal + vertical cab + favourite dedicated".

I agree completely with the "ignore the missus, there's always space for 1 more cab"

She's just lucky that the chance of a couple of vector Atari fell through....

 

[ColinD]

Oll said to me... don't be scared of vector machines and monitors.... ;-)

 

[LAZORIAN]

"If the picture is wobbling, it's a power issue..."

I then moved the iso transformer away from the back of the monitor where it had been mounted..

The wobble went away

 

[strykr]

"get out of the hobby" Its full of idiots spending thousands of quid on old crap.

I then became one of those "idiots".....

 

[tb lilley]

3. Never ask TB Lilley to help you change a monitor chassis:

Ha!

Need another flame pic. I burnt 2 in under 10 mins iirc ...