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My Williams Phoenix Pinball machine uses (roughly) 200+ Watts of power when on. Translated: Some components can get very hot. Especially if the pinball is left on 24/7 as it may be at an arcade or a bar. To the right is a photo of some General Illumination power resistors (click to enlarge). As burned . . . → Read More: Phoenix: The Lamp & Switch Matrix Williams pinball machines use several different circuit boards, all tied together in some way shape or form. In the back cabinet of Phoenix, there are three: The Power Supply Board (right), the CPU Board (left-top), and the Driver Board (left-bottom). Standard molex connectors are used throughout the game. Most are 9-pin connectors going from the . . . → Read More: Phoenix: The Dreaded "Interboard Connector" The day after I thought I had fixed my Phoenix Pinball’s problems and had a working machine, that solenoid fuse blew again. This time, however, I could work around it by removing the fuse before I powered on the game, and only inserting it after powering it on. Not having a clue as to how . . . → Read More: Phoenix: The Blanking Signal The Phoenix pinball machine, before it is even playable, needed working flippers and solenoids. After I purchased it, in all the excitement, I decided to just power it on and see what happens (the previous owner did power it up in his garage for me, so I knew nothing catastrophic would happen). The CPU booted . . . → Read More: Phoenix: Getting it working I recently purchased a ‘non-working’ 1978 Phoenix pinball machine by Williams. The previous owner said it was blowing the solenoid fuse on power-up and the left flipper didn’t work. Also, the backglass was flaking pretty bad, and the machine shows tons of signs of wear and age. As this is my first pinball . . . → Read More: Pinball: Williams System 4 "Phoenix" There are lots of Linux distributions that have a ‘Live CD’ that allow you to rescue your system or try before you bu… install. Let’s take a look at Knoppix. It is one of the most popular Live CD’s. In the CD structure of Knoppix there is a file that contains the root file system . . . → Read More: Using cloop in FreeBSD After working with Visual Studio 2005 since before its release, I have compiled a list of “issues” I have encountered with it, and in some places compare these “features” to that of other similar products I’ve used. Note that some of these may have been fixed/changed in Service Pack 1 (but all are valid in . . . → Read More: Visual Studio 2005 w00t! I finally got the Postfix MTA running on my home network! I was using qmail on my old faithful Slackware 9.0 router, decided against using it again since it was a bit complex for my needs. Postfix is simple, very configurable, and lets me use a MySQL database for all of my virtual e-mail . . . → Read More: Postfix It really sucks when all of a sudden your digital music player just goes belly up. My iPod mini did just that Friday evening. It had a good life from 8th June 2005 until 16th February 2007. Of course, I’m pretty sure that I was the direct cause of its demise. I had the mini . . . → Read More: Dead iPod Or at least it seems to house some of the dumbest people ever. The first on that list would probably have to be Howie Carr. What a tool. The only exception to the Mass-holes would have to be Tom and Ray Magliozzi – they are cool. Howie has written a poor excuse for News & . . . → Read More: Boston, Massachusetts – Dumbest city … ever. |
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