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Worst hack/repair you ever saw.

By mcclad

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    #313 9 years ago
     
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    Someone "repaired" a piggyback at a system 80 board.... also notice the tag glued on the driverboard connector....

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    Another piece of art.....

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    Quoted from Ronnie1114:

    On a Batman Data east... It works fine too LOL

    Very nice

    I notice your Batman has a REV2 CPU board (Secret Service ~ Phantom o/t Opera). Your slingshots and popbumpers are probably not working. REV2 boards use special solenoid inputs, at REV3 boards these are controlled by the switch matrix.

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    #1499 6 years ago
     
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    Maybe she was very busy with this one:

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    Quoted from Billc479:

    May be the beer - why the two diodes on the back of the board?

    It is a trick to lift the +5V a bit in order to prevent resets. The execution however will not win a beauty contest.

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    Quoted from gunstarhero:

    Dsuperbee showed me this beautiful hack he found on his JP that he's fixing up:
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    Looks like someone just got a new cordless powertool for his birthday and was desperate to try it......

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    #1556 6 years ago
     
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    Off topic: That spirit of '76 seems to be a very early Sample game (#1042)

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    Quoted from Bakerman:

    Anything that I should look for to confirm this?

    It would be nice to add it to the serial number dbase. So far the earliest machine has serial #1159

    http://www.ipsnd.net/View.aspx?id=2293

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    Take a look at this heart warming quality repair on a power cord from a Black Rose I am currently working on...

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    I am giving it a 10 for the effort

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    Quoted from aeneas:

    Interesting to see how opinions change over the years, now this is a hack, 15 years ago the jumpers were considered a must.

    For me it is a hack. Even 15 years ago. It might be effective in some cases but it looks like ****. When plated holes or VIA's are busted I create new ones by drilling 1mm holes on strategic places and create new connections by soldering small pieces of solid wire to top and bottomlayer traces.

    A few hacks/creative fixes I encountered last weekend....

    A nice new link ……

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    Edge connector repair on a system 80 CPU board out of a Devil's Dare game...

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    Working as a volunteer in a pinball repair shop; some encounters with creative repairs…...

    A repaired coil stop with some help from an Allen bolt....

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    Notice the cracks in the crappy "enforced" Suzo coilstops. I do not recommend to use these "extra strong" coilstops.

    Classic Bally / Stern rectifierboards could have a thread on their own….this one I met in a Flight 2000.....

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    Fuses are for wimps….

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