Asteroids DLX Cabaret

[tb lilley]

Picked this up today (pics on location, not my house):

Not working (well, I suppose not working, I've not plugged it in yet). And a bit rusty in places:

Irish cab:

All complete, and mostly unhacked. The on / off switch had been bypassed; speaker wires soldered direct to AR board; but other than that it's untouched.

Monitor looks clean enough:

Base of cab minging:

The crap in the bottom is mostly bone dry, and has now been hoovered out. Some very slight dampness in there, but it's pretty solid really.

Struggling to get the transformer assembly out (screws stuck fast). I'll strip the cab right down. Get it good and clean. Test stuff. Stick stuff back in.

Will do a resto thread on this one.

 

[Guests]

Nice cab, i was checking one of these out on Thursday....lovely little dudes these

 

[DanP]

I've got one of those, very tidy little cabs. I'm pretty sure the CPO's were reproduced last year too so you should be able to make it look pretty nice.

Dan

 

[tb lilley]

Nice cab, i was checking one of these out on Thursday....

Hope it's not the same one!

This located about 25 miles south of York. Very remote location. Next to a small airfield used by light aircraft, in a now mostly defunct motor sports club house.

Interesting place. When the club was active it had a few hundred members and they forked out for a nice little cab. Place has been in steady decline ever since ....

 

[Guests]

Nice cab, i was checking one of these out on Thursday....

Hope it's not the same one!

This located about 25 miles south of York. Very remote location. Next to a small airfield used by light aircraft, in a now mostly defunct motor sports club house.

Interesting place. When the club was active it had a few hundred members and they forked out for a nice little cab. Place has been in steady decline ever since ....

No, not the same cab James....both nice though. They pop up all over the place even now!

 

[tb lilley]

I've got one of those, very tidy little cabs. I'm pretty sure the CPO's were reproduced last year too so you should be able to make it look pretty nice.

Dan

Yes, CPOs were done last year off the original Atari films.

Atari did actually make side art for their cabarets. Very very rare indeed. The art was an option when buying the cab new, and no one every bothered. But it was available. So far, only one Atari cabaret has had the art reproduced. Again, off the original Atari films. Small run. May not be repeated. Currently available ......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASTEROIDS-DELUXE-cabaret-mini-side-art-screen-printed-from-original-films-RARE-/160747973501?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256d536b7d#ht_500wt_922

 

[DanP]

I know years ago Archer was considering (he may even have done it) producing some full on side art like the UR for a lot of the cabaret cabs. TBH I prefer the wood grain how they were meant to be

Dan

 

[tb lilley]

Yeah. The cabaret art is stuck on though. And its not a full wrap. So you still get the wood grain. And is is proper Atari. Years back Archer mocked up full side art for a Missile Comand cabaret. Impressive work, but looked horrible!