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1  Nintendo Talk / NINTENDO VS. FORUM / Re: Re purposing a Red Tent on: June 29, 2013, 10:04:59 am
I actually never did put an lcd in. I've acquired two spare chassis and actually hope to have 1 monitor by the end of july. Damn those monitors are hard to get.
2  Tech and Marketplace / For Sale / Wanted / Re: Parting Out a Red Tent Sell/Trade on: December 14, 2012, 06:40:53 pm
None of these item are available. if anything I'm trying to rebuild it now. Regretting selling the boards etc in the first place.
3  Nintendo Talk / NINTENDO VS. FORUM / Re: Re purposing a Red Tent on: June 18, 2012, 02:06:00 pm
The project has actually been down played a bit from the first post. Due to my need to beable to play zapper games. I will be staying with the CRT screen on one side, perhaps both. My ambition was out weighted by practicality.

I will no longer suppoert 4 players. As I was going to use a fourscore as the interface to then wire it up to the control pannel. However, I may just use the original nes controllers. Sort of defeating the principle of a control pannel. Since the original control pannel maynot be saveable. Its very rusted and such.

I am also in the process of getting a Dual Screen PC-10. Which has a bad wire harnes. I have a spare Single Monitor PCB. So i'm hoping to find a Single Monitor Power Supply and original wire harness locally, as I already have a led on one. If so I may convert the iners to a single monitor. Then keep the second monitor in place, hook it up to a small computer. Which would display Game Genie Codes. This is all on the bases that I can get one of those Nes Cart adapters to PC-10. To do the whole PowerPak thing.

I don't know what Games are coming up with this PC-10, but I assume I will end up having doubles. Once I have figured that out. I will list them.

Back to the Red Tent. Once the body work is done I will start to post. Sorry no pre repair pictures. Didn't think that far in advance.
4  Nintendo Talk / NINTENDO VS. FORUM / Re purposing a Red Tent on: May 25, 2012, 09:22:50 am
I have my Single Monitor PC-10 Its all great and dandy. However I like the lazy approach of being able to sit down and play at an arcade machine.

So I am currently in the process of taking everything out of the shell, as noticed in the B/S/T section. My next process will be to take every single part of the housing apart. I will then have a friend, who knows how to properly do body work, take out all the dents, surface rust etc. Then will repaint it, to look New.

I also, will be having new control panel Face plates made. As the repurposed Red Tent will still support 4 players, but will not need the 4 buttons on the end. The CRT's will be replaced by LCD.

I have been continually poke at by my other friends in the local arcade community. Because I am putting a RGB Nes system into it, with a retrousb Powerpack. The siginal will be amplified and split to go to the two LCD tvs. So side A will have players 1,3 Side B 2,4. That way Adults will have more space to play. Plus decade screens.

I also need to have new covers made to go over the control pannel and the coin mech faceplate.

Most of you maynot agree with what I am doing but I hope you can apperciate it.

Also, does anyone know of a good place to get 19inch LCD tv's with a 4:3 Ratio?
5  Tech and Marketplace / For Sale / Wanted / Parting Out a Red Tent Sell/Trade on: May 25, 2012, 09:06:27 am
I figure some people who would benefit from this part out, vs me putting it on ebay. When I have the chance I will add pictures after work.

I bought this in a lot with some PC-10 stuff, but nothing has been tested by me personally. So everything is AS-IS.

All Items will be shipped Expedited. It can be expensive for superheavy items (powersupply), but it comes with Tracking and insurance.

List
1. Powersupply
2. Wire Harness
3. Speakers x2
4. PCB Mainboard w/ 2 sets of CPU, PPU rp2c04-0002
w/ golf (mds-gf4, all 6 roms), Daughterboard mds-exp2 & Castlevania (mds-cv)
5. Registration Plate (till I check, I know its in the High 9000 range)
6. Coin Mech, including the Face Plate that says Nintendo and wiring.
If intrested I will included the funnel thing.

I stripped a few screws, so next week I'm going to be taking those out.
7. Controls and faceplate, cosmetically, they have seen better days.
8. Some type of Counter x2, its underneath the coin box.
9. Switch unit x2 that sits on top of the coin box (one is not intact)
Monitors have already been parted out.

Parts I am keeping:
1. The Shell it self. I have a friend that would be doing some much need body work and a new paint job.
2. Glass, bezel and holster

Feedback
aflowthai on ebay.ca
gaetz on Cybertron.ca (Transformers website)

Feel free to ask any questions
6  General Category / Introduce Yourself / From New Brunswick, Canada on: May 25, 2012, 08:16:49 am
Only new to the Arcade world in the past few months. This website has been great resource. Now Id like to share back. If and when possible.

For those of you that are like New Brunswick? Its just next to Maine.
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