ronnie63 Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Thought I would share a story! As I had said in the memorial thread Chris had helped me out no end with trouble shooting many many mpu boards for me, within those emails he had mentioned he has an Ace sidewinder, my ears pricked up as I had not seen one since the 80's in an arcade I had worked in as a teenager. Anyway he said he had accidentaly necked the tube (means cracked the tv screen small end) Sidewinder is a video fruit for those not familiar. And is it was an odd size 16 inch Hantarex rather than the normal 19 inch one's he could not find a replacement! Well seeing this chance to help him for a change, so I set about searching for one posting on the many forums I use for my arcade obsession. I was delighted when I tracked one down in Italy of all places, the guy that replied was a guru on CRT tubes and knew what old TV's comtaind what tubes. So he had one tested and working, Chris was over the moon! The seller was spot on and packed the tube inside an old TV in a huge box with sponge etc, the cost was little shipping not so, as sidewinder was a memory for me also I paid some of the shipping which Chris protested about. This was in 2015 and I was delighted to help him out in a small way after all the help he had given to me and contiinued to give beyond that, Might be a bit of a boring read for others but I remember him sending me pics when he had the screen up and running in the machine, he had thought he would never find another, I'm like a dog with a bone with my OCD when I want something lol. And later he was telling me he was building an MFME machine in a JPM Vogue cabinet, I think that was 2018? I had a couple of bits he needed a 10p and £1 hopper and some coin entry bits, I was never going to be able to give him any tech help lol. I wonder how far he got with that project? Anyway sorry for ranting on! Just some of my memories Thanks Ronnie 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) A lovely and thoughtful story and read it twice. Just goes to show how many unselfish people we still have in this world. Thank you for sharing. Edited September 18, 2020 by Big J 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WibbleWobble Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 What a great story, I remember over at the Mecca there was a thread which concerned Sevens and Melons (or Devon and Melons as per the thread title) Wizard was trying to work out the lamping and someone posted a video that was only giving sound, he asked if someone could convert it so he could see video. I duly converted the video (which showed images on my PC) and posted it praying that the upload would work, as I so didn't want to make a pillock of myself in front of Wizard. Thankfully the conversion and upload worked and my dignity remained intact. Pete 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo1 Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Very nice story, love these insights to the man of mystery. Wonderful thanks for sharing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Many thanks for sharing this nice story Ronnie. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clo06 Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Fantastic story Ronnie, thank you for sharing it with us 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPU_FIVE Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 On 18/09/2020 at 15:33, ronnie63 said: And later he was telling me he was building an MFME machine in a JPM Vogue cabinet, I think that was 2018? I had a couple of bits he needed a 10p and £1 hopper and some coin entry bits, I was never going to be able to give him any tech help lol. I wonder how far he got with that project? Anyway sorry for ranting on! Just some of my memories Thanks Ronnie I found this thread over on Fruit-Emu which has pictures of Wizard's cab that you mentioned above.... it looks as if he did indeed complete it... it looks fantastic! - Wizard certainly was a man of many talents. https://www.fruit-emu.com/forums/topic/56903-thinking-of-building-my-own/ You need to be logged in to Fruit-Emu, to see all the pics but i grabbed one to show you here... I can grab the others and put them here if you think it would be of benefit for the preservation of these pictures (I say that because Fruit-Emu is seemingly a site that is inactive so who knows how long that site will remain up for?) Cheers, Gary. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginge Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 I wonder what was the purpose of all them seven segments on bottom right . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginge Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Just had a read and answered my own question. What a genius, I wonder what plans he would have had for the future of mfme if he was still with us. This Wizard05 Nov 2019 frig, on 05 Nov 2019 - 11:45 AM, said: WIzard...What the hell is on that Veroboard? That is my homebrew Pacdrive and Ipac replacement, connects via USB and does all the LED driving and switch reading. It also drives those 7 seg displays around the joystick. It is PIC based. The joystick is used to navigate around the Manager screen and the 7 segs can display meters or act as a clock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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