Fresh out of the box IT

2 x 23" Dell Ultrasharp IPS panels. Aparently LCDs don't get much better than this, so I look forward to firing them up :)

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My first PC upgrade in years

M5A99X EVO, Phenom II 1100T 6 core, 8gig Corsair DDR3 PC2000, OCZ Agility 3 SSD and a couple of 2 terrabyte backup drives. This thing is going to fly.

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That 'aint no Hantrarex

It's not everyday you realise you have a long forgotten WG6100 colour vector in a long line of faulty Hantarex monitors

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Monitors in hiding

Ive just moved a load of storage crates and found a bunch of 20inch arcade monitors hiding :)

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Neon Glow Gamesroom

Space Invader and Atari signs

Thats the garage neons sorted now :)

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Pacman Neon Installed

Thats almost all of them

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Blue Ghost Neon

Installed and ready for action

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Another sign

Sign 3 of 7 installed

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Pacman Ghost Neon

The gamesroom is looking very cool. 5 more signs to go

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Wiring Neon Number 2

Can you guess what it is going to be?

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Budweiser Neon

Just the thing to brighten up the games room! There seems to be no end to the cool stuff I find in my loft

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Arcade Signs

Also found these on todays trip to the loft. These will look good in the gamesroom

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These look Star Ridery

Player cables must be near

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Unknown Universal PCB

Space Panic maybe?

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More suprise pcbs

Looks like Atari Kangaroo and an unknown Namco PCB

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Todays Loft Fishing

Add Tekken 3 and Gaplus to the "stuff I didn't know I had" pile

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Atari Cabarets

Twin Tempests (1 Major Havoc) and a Centipede (on wheels, hence higher than the other 2)

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Mystery Box

As promised, I uncovered a mystery box that has been stored away for 10+ years. I found a rare Sony RM-9000PR laser disc programmer complete with instructions and memory card. Looks like it is working too! Someone must want to buy this?

Loft Spelunking Haul

Discovered some really great things today! Lethal enforcers control panel and guns; 50meter reel of mains flex for re-wiring cabs; 2 winding heat boardsets; Electrocoin psu brick; Lethal Enforcers loom; and a mystery box!!!

Its far too hot to stay up there so more exploring tomorrow.

Spare Parts Loft 1

The phone only shows a small section, I will have to take a wide angle camera up

Lethal Enforcers progress

Things are going better than expected for once! Now I just need to find the rest of the parts

Lethal Enforcers

Got this on ebay. Seller says it has a slight fault

After Burner monitor fixed

Just need to fix the quiet sound problem now, but at least it is playable

APB Red Fix

The red colour went out on the APB only hours after fixing the monitor. I suspected a neck board transistor at first, but after testing them all as good, I decided to trace the video signal and found the red output buffer on the video PCB had failed. Replaced the failed components and fixed