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i have just had a bid on those. Its a gamble as the disks could be fucked and undumpable but i will take that chance.

!! We have a winner!! The white wire pulled straight out. Sorted now and dropping into the cashbox as it should Many thanks for that

Is there any information on this machine? It seems to be an MPU2 Hi Lights conversion. Starts and plays ok, the display lights at the top are not working and there are a few bulbs out. Is there a fuse somewhere for the top group of lights? There are some old conversion instructions in the bottom of the cabinet.

Collected this ACE conversion from Scarborough on Sunday. A decimal darts-themed game based on a pre-decimal ACE such as Monte Carlo or similar. The lights came on immediately, which is always a good sign. Freeing-off the game timer led to the reels running and stopping correctly; no clutch troubles here. HOLD came to life after a while, and occasional payouts were made. The reel deck contacts will be receiving attention next. There is a darts feature, with flashing scores of 2-4-6-8-10. Changing some bulbs plus a bit of freeing-off has seen this back in action. It appears to be skill, too. ALL of the reel symbols are numbers, on different coloured circles. The feature starts with the darts symbols in any position. There are NO Mills-type fruits on this machine. I'll try and work out how to post some pictures...

I have successfully made a backup of my game card. I used the mpu5 game card eprom, just because I had them to hand but I would use OTP for long term as Andrew recommends. The game rom was only 128kb and the mpu5 are 512kb, same pinout. So I found out from a pinball site that if you copy the bin 4x by using the following command in Windows cmd copy /b "game.bin" + "game.bin" + "game.bin" + "game.bin" "quad game.bin It creates a 512kb file. Tested on my machine with the chr chip that came with the spare board I bought and got the alarm character chip. So swap it over for my original chr chip and the machine came to life. Now with sound after I had changed the digital potentiometer chip. What happens if my Chr chip does fails in the future. Can I phone up barcrest and ask for a replacement?

As above. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125995173020?hash=item1d55e5c49c:g:oIYAAOSwvYdknVk-&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4A163FQUHa%2FL0lG41Gg4HnHe%2FeEBb5cHKGY4ch2j0KwzamOkr5Q8yjF8yCh5D%2Bn6i2FictuTwfTI2gLCaWS0t1r1eRsLLwgfMvPDpu2MkhY3S3MIQvR1PbadkNfrTOOMlvHml40hAte7f%2FIJgT67WOfD%2Bb8LtB4G%2Fta4Q2STO04cnQ3%2BMjZzYN6rmREJ%2FSK7UciVSQMoMLNl%2B0sMo4%2BZGNuLmzz8ZxDxnfMGfAuuiA4pJLbo%2FNYg4wT%2BELWvFTC8tqXr57F3rWKXI3%2F7MPJ4SSY7OUQmN1U9Chm55iyufATo|tkp%3ABk9SR-KJmO-gYg

Pull the override plug (the smaller one) out of the coin mech and check that the wires can't be pulled out of it because the crimps are loose/knackered.

I will enjoy reading this project. looks like you have some major repairs to do on that cab and good luck going forward with that. Top job on the monitor it looks brand new.

Main issue is the feet have gone missing and the base is being pulled apart.there are 3 rusty screws each side that are not doing much,so I have brushed wood glue deep into the wood to seal it and clamped till dry.then I will add new wood each side and fit new screws slightly higher up on sides and up from underside into the sides.then add my new nylon glides.this should make it solid and prevent further wear.the monitor was filthy and has cleaned up a treat.

The characteriser security chip, not available but hacked ROMS are the get-out if ever the CHR fails/is lost…. some very clever folk about keeping the dreams alive! 😊