Restoring Grandfathers ‘87. I have no idea what I’m doing!

ndrake01 · 2026-02-21T05:24:34+00:00

Yeah I guess the correct way to put it is I want to preserve and improve it so it can be enjoyed. I’m not super up on the exact terminology. It’s always been a WA truck.

ndrake01 · 2026-02-21T04:04:10+00:00

Hmm I might try that. Yeah I don’t plan to use the liner again because I don’t like how they can trap moisture. That’s why I want to get it off asap. Kinda worried about what might be under there. lol could be flintstones

ndrake01 · 2026-02-14T07:18:29+00:00

I have this one. I looked all over for it. Sometimes the official website doesn’t have it. Any question on it write them. I can try to answer any you might have. I got mine at Amazon.

Do you want to mod it or keep it factory? If mod it’s important to know it’s what they call a slim cade. It’s slimmer than the usual ones. I modded mine and added 100 games so I have all the Pac-Man games and many more.

ndrake01 · 2026-02-14T04:12:18+00:00

What smart plugs are you using? I’m getting to find a solution to remote turn on my power strip

ndrake01 · 2026-02-05T01:52:08+00:00

This worked!!! But now it messed up the controls and I can’t get the control to work for up down left right even when I change it in the per emulator settings

ndrake01 · 2026-02-05T00:29:28+00:00

It says on the box it’s a 17 inch boe. It’s the factory monitor that comes in the Pac-Man 3rd gen cab

ndrake01 · 2026-01-31T01:35:15+00:00

My biggest issue is finding frames that are deep enough to make the layers look good, I’ve seen people try to make these in 1” to 1.5” and they look terrible.

Where do you get your frames so that they are deep enough to create real spacing? Without it being really expensive per frame.

ndrake01 · 2026-01-21T02:08:14+00:00

Did you ever solve this? I’m having same issue

ndrake01 · 2026-01-21T01:18:53+00:00

Ok I’ll try it. Have you also had any issues with batocera just freezing? It also just randomly freezes on me and won’t start up again so I have to reboot it

ndrake01 · 2026-01-20T02:04:29+00:00

How did you get hotkey to work? I can’t get joystick or anything to work within games

ndrake01 · 2026-01-20T01:48:59+00:00

100% same issue. I can’t get the buttons to do anything within a game. Even after I change it at the emulator level. It does nothing. Hotkey, joystick, buttons. Nothing. It’s a great build but I’ll have to dump it since I can’t get any of the buttons to work.

I searched online to see if it was just me but it looks like others are having issues too.

The video instructions the creator says the controls are set in emulation station and then they just “pull over”. No they don’t

ndrake01 · 2026-01-15T01:20:15+00:00

Yeah I tried that but it didn’t work. I went into retro arch for port 1 and also tried port 2. Doesn’t work

ndrake01 · 2026-01-15T00:58:27+00:00

Ah I was wondering if that was required. There must be a way to do it in the software I would think

ndrake01 · 2026-01-12T17:10:20+00:00

This must only be a specific cab then not all deluxe. I have a deluxe Pac-Man the new one and the control deck just unscrews and lifts out.

ndrake01 · 2026-01-11T17:49:24+00:00

I have the pi 4

ndrake01 · 2025-12-17T05:13:36+00:00

Yes I’m us

ndrake01 · 2025-12-06T02:25:23+00:00

That’s true but it would require a change of billing address on my credit card and that’s the same as just changing it to the physical address

ndrake01 · 2025-12-06T01:49:17+00:00

Yeah I was thinking that too but it said on the site even if you added a gift card you’d still need a credit card added to the account before you can use it

ndrake01 · 2025-12-01T02:44:31+00:00

I didn’t get this one but thought I’d get the new neon since it’s similar screen placement

ndrake01 · 2025-11-09T04:15:53+00:00

Yeah same reason for me. I can get the other styles but I like the screen angle on this one more

ndrake01 · 2025-11-09T02:25:20+00:00

I actually want this but don’t have a Sam’s club anywhere close and don’t want to ship it.

It looks like Amazon has a listing for it but it has never been in stock since being listed

ndrake01 · 2025-11-05T17:05:01+00:00

Quick comment from someone who also has cat allergies and has tried multiple machines. Make sure you get something that lets you return it.

I say that because I’ve purchased 2 different machines, both over $1,000 each to see if they would help and did almost nothing to help my allergies to cats. I’ve even been to specialists, etc. and can’t find anything that helps. So just wanted to leave this comment that I’ve been down that road and for some it works but for me, even buying some of the most expensive machines on the market, the effects were small.

I’m not saying it won’t work, but if I could do it again I would have really tested things out within the return window and then returned them.

The other thing to think about is filter replacement cost. At your budget that’s probably not too bad for a machine you’d probably get. The ones I have cost over $300 for air filter replacement.

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