Keep trying Ingo in Europe. It took a bit for him to respond, but he did after the holidays and I have a board on the way. It's been about 3 weeks so I should have it any day. Will post on how the install goes.

Hi,

Check his site, the contact formular is at the bottom of the page.

http://www.german-pinball-modular.de/final-tz-clock-pcb-english.html

And for the installation :

http://www.garrett-jess.com/tz/ikclockinstall/Clock_Installation

Is this the best board for TZ ? How about Rottendog or any others ?

The Rottendog board seems to work fine. Ingo's new board is getting great reviews also, but ordering / shipping from Germany could be a challange.
You should be fine with either.
BTW, welcome to Pinside Apollon.

I can't speak for the Rottendog board but, Ingo's board is solid and worth the investment. I had zero problems with getting it shipped here. The blue LEDs look great as well.

I recently made a thread about the ultimate clock board I ordered from Ingo (http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ingo-kramers-tz-clock-board-rev-17-impressions). So yes, he is still making clock boards. I got hold of him fairly quickly via email, so I can only suggest to mail him again: [email protected]
I don't have experience with the Rottendog board, but so far the Ingo board has not given me any problems.

Ingo's board is top notch. I have had it for a few years now, no problems in the slightest.

I'm using Ingo's board also. It is well engineered and has been working great! Shipping from Germany didn't take very long to Illinois. I've had no problems with it.

I installed the Rottendog board about a year ago and it has worked flawlessly.

I've had a few of Ingo's boards and they are brilliant build quality - plus you can choose which colour LEDs to put in, or get colour changers which are awesome.

He's been very busy lately, so may take some time to respond, but highly recommend them

Same here Tony, I'm hoping he replies so we can get some TZ boards to Ohio

Ingo isn't in the business of selling boards. He's a pinball enthusiast and board design is just a hobby. I think he is actually a lawyer. I would agree that if you were trying to buy the board from a vendor it should be easy, but in his case he's just a guy doing something he likes and we get the side benefit. You should consider giving him some time; his board is, hands down, the best on the market right now.

Go for ingo, he is The greatest. Get Also the colour changing LEDs, awesome

He has Paypal so ordering can be very simple if you can communicate via the email on your wishes and price. This is how I did it. Doesn't matter if you are in Europe or US, that's for the mail to sort out

No response for me either but I am waiting patiently.

Ingo shipped my board 2 weeks ago and I still haven't seen it yet. Should be any day now.

I did sent out an email with a link to this thread but no response either (yet)

His last contribution on a german forum was 26th january. Perhaps he is on holiday or ill.

I know that he was on n extended holiday until 1-15. I emailed him about my board possibly ring lost in the mail and haven't heard back. Hopefully he will respond soon.

Hi guys,

I will answer all e-mails still today. I cannot answer all e-mails within 1 day, though I try to give my best, but my job as a lawyer takes me very much occupied.

Best regards

Ingo

So, all e-mails are answered now. If I should have forgotten anybody, please contact me again.

@zucot:
Everything is OK. I think, you will get the board very soon in the next
days. The package has left germany on 01/22/2013 from Frankfurt airport.

Installation guide VERSION 2013 (updated version of Garretts guide):

http://www.german-pinball-modular.de/tz-clock-instruction-english.html

Well worth the wait for Ingo's board! I put mine in last night. It was a breeze to install and looks awesome. Thanks again Ingo. You da man.

Just a follow up and a bump for Ingo's board. It was a breeze to install. I have a problem with my clock connector so I didn't actually install the board with the clock in the 12 o'clock position. No issues. I ordered mine with blue LED's which look great and Ingo even sent the white ones along with it. Nice. Super good quality build and red diagnostic LED's on the board. Nice nice. And a last little nicety, which I didn't know and Ingo just informed me of, when the machine is off, the clock keeps real time! Really? Don't know how that works and I haven't confirmed it yet because of my connector issue but if that's true, way cool.

Keep in mind Ingo is a lawyer and does this as a hobby, not a business, so imo he is helping us, not us helping him. Also, he is half way around our world so his timeframe is different as to when he responds back.

I don't know anything about the Rottendog board so I can't compare and if you need a board immediately then buy local but if you can wait a bit, go for Ingo's board. You will not be disappointed. And as an added bonus, it comes packed in german newspaper. Affengeil!

This board is so good; You will never be sorry. The worse part is trying to get a hold of Ingo. I choose this one over the rottendog, because of the redesign. The problem with rottendog is it just uses those same troublesome optics, with sub-number. You wont be sorry. If he had a proper setup, he could sell a ton of these..

Thanks for posting this Tony. Mine is ordered.

Bill

My clock board looks/works great as well. Ingo is the man. Buy with confidence!

Yes, this boards are the best ! Specially with rgb-led (optional) it is just WOAHHH. Before I bought an other clockboard and the optolegs where too long, it was a nightmare.
Ingo´s board is really plug´n play and works great !!