Page 2 - Cabinet 2 aquisition and miscellaneous gear recovery
On the next trip back to the spot, I decided to take
this X-men cabinet. Apart from the front horizontal
control panel rest, it was the most intact and sold
cabinet still there.
After evaluating the condition of the Donkey
Kong
cabinet, and seeing that the picture tube was smashed
and glass was everywhere, I decided to strip it and
salvage as much I could from it.
I secured the coin door panel and the entire contro
panel, with a fairly
new looking laminate on the top.
I cleaned out the cabinet of old newspapers and beer
bottles as best I could, taped it all to my handtruck
and returned to headquarters.
Trip #4 - Back for controls and miscellaneous items
Went back to get the motherboard case and
motherboard
for whatever is in the Donkey Kong cabinet.
Now I have two MPU's for Donkey Kong.
What appears to be 3 Mortal Combat
boards total
Unbolted the power supply from Donkey Kong
Got the power supply from the wrecked game
Monitor frame for cabinet 2
Two coin doors from the giant 4 player machine
Removed 2 coin doors from the massive Atari 4
player
game and retrieved $3.25 in quarters and a large
washer from underneath the coin boxes.
Took coin trays and misc wires and switches
The red metal monster proved to be more of a job than
I could handle, and
was too big to move alone. I liberated
the joystick and the buttons from the control panel. I think
I might go back for the coin door machanism in the future; it
looked as if it was in perfect shape.
Went and bought a 2 litre Coke and Black
Forest Pound cake
with the $3.25 in Quarters from the Atari cabinet on the way
back to the Bridge of
G2.
