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My Garage Arcade: Coming along
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Saturday, June 9, 2012. I got a chance to spend a little time with the Asteroids today. Turns out I had a spare 2N3055 transistor, it was part of the Williams power supply get well kit. Since I have gotten rid of the Williams games (Defender and Stargate), I made good use of it in the Atari AR1. Now I have my Asteroids board working with the proper Audio/Regulator board, on to fixing the monitor. August 11, 2016 at 3:16 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The hunt is on! View my complete profile.
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Ideas from the Computing classroom: Programming maths games in Scratch
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Programming maths games in Scratch. Having used the programming software Scratch. A lot recently I have come to realise just how much it compliments work done in maths. I believe it really helps develop key mathematical concepts such as logical reasoning as well as more obvious, specific skills, such as reading coordinate positions. With this in mind and after reading this. Excellent site by @BaggiePr. I have been helping some year 5s with making their own times tables games. In their Kagan groups. Ie wh...
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My Garage Arcade: The hunt is on!
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The hunt is on! The parts came in! So now I have 2N3716 and 2N3792 replacements for the power transistors that drive the vector monitor yolk. These are the ones mounted on the case in TO-2 cases (metal). I also had MU-07 and MU-57 on hand, and Mouser had MSP8098, it's a replacement for the TIS98 that is used throughout the deflection amplifier circuitry. No joy, the monitor is still dead. So at this point I have done the following:. August 11, 2016 at 3:16 AM. The hunt is on!
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My Garage Arcade: It's alive! Sort of...
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Friday, June 8, 2012. I had some time to work on the asteroids game. I've pulled it all apart, cleaned it up some, and assembled it on my "work bench". You can see in the upper right corner my Zektor ZVG. I use it to drive a 19V2000 vector monitor so I can play all the vector games using VectorMAME. This is also a convenient way to test monitors out with known good signal sources. Atari Audio Regulator 1. August 11, 2016 at 3:16 AM. Always old is gold checkout this arcademaverick Games. The hunt is on!
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Bright Lights Bumper City: Toronto Pinball Blog: Ghostbusters Pinball
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Well, I have a limited-run Ghostbusters poster framed in my living room. A 16-inch Stay Puft toy and a diecast model of a 1959 Cadillac hearse, the very same model as the Ecto-1. When Stern made the official announcement of Ghostbusters. I jumped clean out of my seat and I think my announcement post. And knowing that this table was going to be good, if not one of the best. I posted in the Toronto Pinball Crew. To tell the operators in the Crew that we need Ghostbusters. This is o...
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Bright Lights Bumper City: Toronto Pinball Blog: Florida Arcade & Pinball Expo Part II
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Monday, April 25, 2016. Florida Arcade and Pinball Expo Part II. Par for the course, here I am with Part II of my trip report for Florida Arcade and Pinball Expo several months after the fact. At the very least, here it is! In Part I of my Florida APE. Trip report, I covered a few of the unique tables at the show, The Champion Pub. One table I was quite excited to see at Florida APE. Was Swords of Fu. LION MAN LION MAN- ry. Last time I saw this table was at the 2013 Ottawa Pinball Expo. I talked about SoF.
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Bright Lights Bumper City: Toronto Pinball Blog: Florida Arcade & Pinball Expo 2016 Preview!
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Monday, February 29, 2016. Florida Arcade and Pinball Expo 2016 Preview! Boy, do I have a surprise for you. So, I ended up heading down to Florida this month for a little R&R and I just so happened to find myself at the Florida Arcade and Pinball Expo otherwise known as APE! I was really impressed with the lineup at APE. There was a great selection of pinball and arcade machines from all eras which meant that a few of my old favourites were available to play. Now, dig that! And The Champion Pub. I really...
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My Garage Arcade: Asteroids Cocktail
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Thursday, June 7, 2012. So I've started the restoration of the Asteroids cocktail. I purchased the cabinet with no mother board (and I didn't notice at the time but missing the Audio/Regulator board as well), with the assurance that it all worked. I had no belief it would work given a new board set, and regardless I want to strip it down, clean it up and do a proper, if not exhaustive, restoration job on it. Location: Chatham, NJ 07928, USA. August 11, 2016 at 3:17 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Bright Lights Bumper City: Toronto Pinball Blog: Mousin' Around at Leisure Lanes
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Monday, May 9, 2016. Mousin' Around at Leisure Lanes. Has been getting a bit more bold in their selections at Leisure Lanes. In Oshawa. For the longest time, there was a mix of Sterns but in the last few years, all sorts of classic tables have been appearing at the Lanes, like The Getaway. Now there is one helluva throwback in the form of Mousin' Around. TCE has overhauled the pinball selection at Leisure Lanes, upgrading the usual pair to a trio of tables with the latest lineup being The Sopranos. The o...
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Bright Lights Bumper City: Toronto Pinball Blog: Sunday Afternoon Hangouts at Cabin Fever
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Sunday Afternoon Hangouts at Cabin Fever. It was another snowy weekend in April here in Toronto. Just when we thought we had escaped the winter hellscapes of January and February, Old Man Winter hit us with one last blast. The weather didn't stop a couple of folks from the Ottawa Pinball Scene. And House of TARG. From swinging by Cabin Fever. For an afternoon of pinball! Were having their first End-of-Month tournament so we had a great showing of the Toronto Pinball Crew. Speaking...