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Gobsgraham · 03-30-2009, 03:58 PM

Is there anyone here with experience repairing or building Golden Tee or other arcade machines? I am looking for advice and or a tech that could come over and help me get things going and teach me a few things along the way.

I just picked up two GT 2005 cabinets and need some expertise getting them both working. One has a monitor issue (I think I turned a dial I shouldn't have and now can't get it back). The other is missing a chassis and I have to test the monitor and PS still (board and HDD work fine).

I also got a Global VR - PGA Tour PC with them but he didn't have the cables and adapters to put this into a Golden Tee cabinet so I don't think I will be able to do anything with it.

Thanks

Bobblehead · 03-30-2009, 04:03 PM

Where did you get them?

I would like to find a deal on an old classic like those sometime.

Gobsgraham · 03-30-2009, 05:38 PM

Kijiji

I got a pretty good deal and I think I will be able to get both GT's working for very little money.

Engine09 · 03-31-2009, 01:00 PM

Have you searched for schematics on those units, any luck?

Gobsgraham · 03-31-2009, 01:46 PM

Ya, I have all of the schematics and reference voltages. The monitor is doing some pretty funky stuff so I am trying to decide whether I do a cap kit, buy a new one (or chassis) or buy a CGA to VGA adapter and turn it into a portable unit that plugs into my plasma.

ken0042 · 04-01-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobblehead

Where did you get them?

I would like to find a deal on an old classic like those sometime.

A while ago Costco had some 99 in 1 machine that had everything from Frogger to Pac-man; pretty much every 80's game in the original format. It was a decent price; something like $1000 or something.

Low enough that I was really tempted, but high enough that I really couldn't think of a good way to explain it to the finance committee when I got home.

Bobblehead · 04-01-2009, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

A while ago Costco had some 99 in 1 machine that had everything from Frogger to Pac-man; pretty much every 80's game in the original format. It was a decent price; something like $1000 or something.

Low enough that I was really tempted, but high enough that I really couldn't think of a good way to explain it to the finance committee when I got home.

That would be cool, but I've always figured the controls would be screwed on a cabinet like that. Of course things that primarily just use the joystick and a button wouldn't be much of an issue, but other games that used different controls would be an issue. If you start doing these all in one things then it may be time to consider a nice mame set up.

Yeah_Baby · 04-01-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

finance committee

Polygamist?

Hack&Lube · 04-01-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobblehead

That would be cool, but I've always figured the controls would be screwed on a cabinet like that. Of course things that primarily just use the joystick and a button wouldn't be much of an issue, but other games that used different controls would be an issue. If you start doing these all in one things then it may be time to consider a nice mame set up.

The ones at Costco were always broken and really they are just mame machines that are properly liscensed and thus the cost. IIRC, it did have a trackball built into it (I was playing Centipede) but not the pinball buttons on the side like some X-Arcade mame setups do. I was using the trackball because kits had pushed the joystick into the console and it was unusable.

Gobsgraham · 04-01-2009, 06:44 PM

I saw those too but the only Golden Tee they had was 2000 or something really old. They were also pretty poorly built. You are better off to buy a Tankstick from X-Arcade and build a MAME machine.