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I finally checked out that old site about 90s arcade cabinets and it's a goldmine
For years I saw links to 'The Arcade Database' and thought it was just another dead Geocities page. I clicked it yesterday and it's a full guide to like 300 machines, last updated in 2004. The wiring diagrams for a 1992 Street Fighter II cabinet are still perfect. Has anyone else found a site like this that's just frozen in time but totally useful?
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fionarodriguez6mo ago
Oh man, that's the best. I printed out the monitor calibration guide from a site like that for my old Neo Geo cab. The colors are still spot on because that 2001 info was just plain right. Save those pages as PDFs immediately, trust me.
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fionarodriguez6mo ago
My buddy lost his entire CRT repair bookmark folder when his browser profile corrupted. Just gone.
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robin7773mo ago
Dude, you are so right about saving those pages as PDFs. I lost my whole stash of arcade repair docs when my old laptop died, and it was like losing a part of my brain. The calibration guide from like 2002 is still the gold standard for CRT monitors, no contest. I actually print out the really important ones and keep them in a three-ring binder now, old school style. PDFs are cool but if your drive crashes, you're screwed anyway. Better to have a physical copy you can grab without even turning on a computer.
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