Quoted from arcademojo:Man, Off to a bad start at Allentown this year.
I sold my last game I had ready to take to the show the night before. I still wanted to bring a game to sell so Was up all night shopping out my Close Encounters probably didn't get to sleep until 3am. Made it to the show and sat up the pin.
When I turned it on I was getting all 00000 across the displays. Reminded me of the slam tilt issue they're know for or the coin door wiring.
I had this game running perfect. Repined everything, ground mods and disabled the tilts so it could never get the tilt issue.
After about an hour of playing around with it. Some dude walked by and offered some help. Took a couple minutes and he points out I forgot to hook up the J6 connector. Talk about feeling like an ass. I'll blame it on lack of sleep. Game is back up and running smooth again.
PS. To the guy that pointed it out, Just want to say thanks again for the help.
And to everyone else, make sure to stop by and play a game.
Maybe it's all in how one types it but that sounds like a great start for Allentown. A restorer sells out before the show even opens, but to support the show he steps up and pulls an all-nighter to get another game ready to exhibit in free play. When he hits some complications while setting up the game a member of the community offers to help and the fresh eyes ID a simple problem that is an immediate fix. Said restorer posts public kudos for the anonymous helper. Here's another example: I rolled in around 6:00 PM to start setting up my booth and I think I had 10 people offer to help with the setup. This show and the people who come to it are just awesome!
And just to keep my post somewhat on-topic, instead of saying what about my hotel has me posting before 6:00 AM I'll simply invite this great community to browse (and buy stuff!) in my booth! I'm between Rich from The York Show and Dave with the two Playboys, the HUGE CoinStar booth pictured above is right behind me and there is an impressive selection of free play games facing me (e.g., family guy, Iron Maiden, IJ, Bad Cats, ...) This show is full of energy and off to a terrific start!
-Rob
-visit http://www.kahr.us to get my daughterboard that helps fix WPC pinball resets or my Pinball 2000 H+V video Sync Combiner kit