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CiDeRmAn

Quick question,
Aside from Ronnie, what are the best places to go shopping for a Candy?
I see Ronnie himself has an Astro and a Exceleena 2 up.
How often does he get new deliveries in?
Or is it a case of watching and hoping?

I'd email him,
he has more.I know he has New Net Cities
Not sure how often he gets stuff in

o1s1n

urbanledge wrote: »

I'd email him,
he has more.I know he has New Net Cities
Not sure how often he gets stuff in

Yeah he always has more in stock than advertised. Best thing to do is to email and see.

And dont be afraid to haggle!

Dude111

 

CiDeRmAn

o1s1n wrote: »

Yeah he always has more in stock than advertised. Best thing to do is to email and see.

And dont be afraid to haggle!

I've emailed him.
He has an Astrocity but reports that theirs some burn in on-screen.
Would this be typically the case in a cab of this vintage?
Or would I be better waiting for a better example?
From looking about the machine is priced pretty keenly.
Pity there aren't any examples for sale in Ireland, as I've access to a man with a van!

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I've emailed him.
He has an Astrocity but reports that theirs some burn in on-screen.
Would this be typically the case in a cab of this vintage?
Or would I be better waiting for a better example?
From looking about the machine is priced pretty keenly.
Pity there aren't any examples for sale in Ireland, as I've access to a man with a van!

It's definitely possible to get cabs with no burn. Both mine are a good bit older than an Astro and they've no burn at all.

If you want an Astro, maybe just ask him to send you an email when one with no burn in on the screen comes available.

Astros are nice, but they're a bit of a pain to get into your house as you can't easily remove the control panel. Is that definitely what you're after yeah?

Steve X2

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I've emailed him.
He has an Astrocity but reports that theirs some burn in on-screen.
Would this be typically the case in a cab of this vintage?
Or would I be better waiting for a better example?
From looking about the machine is priced pretty keenly.
Pity there aren't any examples for sale in Ireland, as I've access to a man with a van!

I wouldn't touch a machine with screen burn in. It depends on the person but it would drive me feckin mental.

o1s1n

Steve SI wrote: »

I wouldn't touch a machine with screen burn in. It depends on the person but it would drive me feckin mental.

Pretty much. It would be a 'cannot be unseen' thing with me too. If you're going to spend that much money on a cab, there shouldn't be any unfixable monitor issues like that at all.

TechnoFreek

Image burn would annoy me too but then again I have a big enough curl in gemoetry in one corner of my image and I've learnt to put up with it.

At the very least expect a step down converter from Ronnie for nowt.

Ive got light burn on both my machines,
on the blast its a football pitch radar in the bottom middle and cant make out what it is on the e2.
Only noticeable on a full white screen.
it must be bad if hes pointing it out tho.

on another note,
I seen this post on one of the Irish motorbike forums I frequent

Bike/general transport
I came across this Guy by complete Mistake , in Fact he was doing
work and Delivering to me .
Since then i have used him , to pick up , Engines , ride on lawn mower ,
Bikes , and Just today , he delivered a Load of Car parts to me from
Swansea.
He is a One man operation and can only handle so much , but i have never
waited more than a fortnight ..

This is one of the Good Guys , Based in Korean
Primarily Pick up in UK delivering to N.Ireland. But can do all Ireland
pick up deliveries ..

His Name is Russ ,,, 0044 798 154 5952 .

No Connection to me other than a Satisfied customer ,
Just trying to give one of the good Guys a wee Boost.
The picture will give you an Idea of the Size of load he can take.

unky chop chop

My astro from ronnie was stated as having minor burn
Its a small logo..again it can only be seen on pure white which is never really(attract screens really)
Doesn't bother me in the slightest.
His Astros are cheap...but if you factor in a 2p CP,tri-sync monitor and delivery it was still around a grand

CiDeRmAn

It works out quite well tbh.
If I buy the one he has up it'll come out at about €650 or so, I already have a beefy stepdown and the 1p CP doesn't bother me too much, to begin with anyway.
I can upgrade to a 2 player CP later on.
Right now I'll be the only one playing it....

Time for this again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOS2vOxuXE

unky chop chop

Tis a great deal..that's 650 delivered?
Get him to send you pics of screnburn,if it ain't bad and u cThat's ve with it I'd jump on that offer.
Thats with 15k monitor? Even if you want an upgrade you can get chassis of Jeff in digital systems yourself.that's where he got mine before he fitted it.

TechnoFreek

unky chop chop wrote: »

Even if you want an upgrade you can get chassis of Jeff in digital systems yourself.that's where he got mine before he fitted it.

Am I reading this right? Ronnie needed a chassis which he got from Jeff? Dafaq?

Steve X2

That electroluminescent panel I got to backlight the arcade artwork came with the wrong PSU and thats why it was a bit crappy and not bright looking at all. So they are posting me the proper PSU today

o1s1n

Excellent! Looking forward to seeing the results.

For some reason my airlink transformer has stopped the marquee light coming on again. So it looks like it wasn't the wall socket but the step down afterall. :mad:

MrVestek

o1s1n wrote: »

Excellent! Looking forward to seeing the results.

For some reason my airlink transformer has stopped the marquee light coming on again. So it looks like it wasn't the wall socket but the step down afterall. :mad:

You need to get a step up to your step down.

o1s1n

E2 and E3 for sale over on AO.

http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=24336

Pretty expensive though (€1200 and €1000)

TechnoFreek

Steve SI wrote: »

That electroluminescent panel I got to backlight the arcade artwork came with the wrong PSU and thats why it was a bit crappy and not bright looking at all. So they are posting me the proper PSU today

Awesome Steve. Looking forward to seeing the results. Can you provide a link to the panel you bought?

1200e for an E2 is about right

o1s1n

urbanledge wrote: »

1200e for an E2 is about right

Does your E2 have that 30mm hole punched in the side too?

no hole,
mine is a "minter"

well it would be if I cleaned it properly,
and got a new set of side art!

Pyongyang

She's gone...

Andrew76

You were mad to let her go man.

safetyboy

Ouch!

Jack burton

I hope she gets replaced soon

CiDeRmAn

unky chop chop wrote: »

Tis a great deal..that's 650 delivered?
Get him to send you pics of screnburn,if it ain't bad and u cThat's ve with it I'd jump on that offer.
Thats with 15k monitor? Even if you want an upgrade you can get chassis of Jeff in digital systems yourself.that's where he got mine before he fitted it.

Delivery has jumped to €225, which pushes the price to 725 for an Astro with a single player CP and some screen burn of unknown quantity.

Might just wait a while, see what else comes along.... unless Steve passes on PurpleC's machine.... then I'm in like Flynn!

KeRbDoG

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Delivery has jumped to €225, which pushes the price to 725 for an Astro with a single player CP and some screen burn of unknown quantity.

Might just wait a while, see what else comes along.... unless Steve passes on PurpleC's machine.... then I'm in like Flynn!

But that one has chassis issues. I will keep a lookin'

o1s1n

Currently trying to work a deal out for Ibara...fingers crossed!

safetyboy

I'd love Ibara but the cave SH3 boards don't work right through my namco - jamma converter. booooomba!