Newbie tech questions - am I screwed?

**dishpan** · 06-07-2006, 02:51 AM

Thanks thebrokenjoystick for the pictures on your web site. I enjoyed browsing them.

When I think of your handle I think of my first Atari 2600. The joysticks just kept on breaking due to the hard use that they were getting. Ah, the golden years ... when life and the games were so simple.

**thebrokenjoystick** · 06-07-2006, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by dishpan

Thanks thebrokenjoystick for the pictures on your web site. I enjoyed browsing them.

Cool - glad you liked them!

Originally Posted by dishpan

When I think of your handle I think of my first Atari 2600. The joysticks just kept on breaking due to the hard use that they were getting. Ah, the golden years ... when life and the games were so simple.

Yeah - that's similar to why I named the site TBJ - the first coin-op arcade game I ever got was a 4-player NBA Jam - http://thebrokenjoystick.com/pictures/nbajam
and when I got it home the joystick on player 1 wouldn't move left. It was "broken"! I didn't know what to do and searched the net for info and found that the switch was bad. Replaced it and it worked fine (and still does). It's funny now to think that back then I didn't know how to fix a joystick - I have fixed MUCH more than that since then

Brian

Originally Posted by RKnarr01

I would guess a hopper will cost around $30-35 or so. It all depends how much you really want to spend on fixing it up.

If I knew for sure that would fix it I'd probably do it. Rigth now two of the guyts asked for pics so they could figure out which hopper I need so I'll take pics today and send them to them (and post links here too so you guys can see).

Brian

**Angry_Radish** · 06-07-2006, 10:37 AM

It should be possible to jumper the wiring harness to fool it into thinking there is a hopper there, at least that way you can test out the rest of the machine, just a thought...

**thebrokenjoystick** · 06-07-2006, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Angry_Radish

It should be possible to jumper the wiring harness to fool it into thinking there is a hopper there, at least that way you can test out the rest of the machine, just a thought...

I was wondering that myself - anyone happen to know what wires to jumper to do that?

**alstonj1** · 06-07-2006, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by thebrokenjoystick

I was wondering that myself - anyone happen to know what wires to jumper to do that?

wouldn't do it unless you know what your doing that harness has control voltages that run the hopper motor and the wiring for the coin sensor on the hopper (digital signal ) if you cross the wrong two puff the magic blue smoke escapes and nothing works after the magic smoke is gone . really i'd find some one near you that has a similar machine (maker)not necessarily the same machine .... and try their hopper . but most likely its your problem .....especially if some one hit a pot in the recent past and it couldn't pay out .The machine is always worth fixing unless its a pile of kindling just costs a few bucks to get parts is all . Ive resurrected quite a few of these machines recently (bought a few dozen defective machines and repaired them and sold all but 2 i used for parts). there not hard to repair if you get a few under your belt ....but don't look for any trouble shooting manuals or schematics they don't exist the Japanese don't like to share this info (guess they flunked sharing in kindergarten to busy doing exercising i guess). line up a hopper and you'll probably be in business ....Later Jeff