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Hatsune Mike said:
Line? Do you mean on the top of the screen?

...is your marquee light on? because the E2 lets light leak into the top of the tube.
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....probably? I'm sick, and tired. Leave me alone. Hahahaha. Jesus, that line's above the edge of the screen even... IT'S BEEN A LONG FEW DAYS.

Neither of the other 2 do that though, so uh, I didn't realize that's a common issue.
 
heh, it happens. On my astro and E2 I used a little foil tape and did some light insulation behind the monitor bezel. That light leak drives me nuts.
 
That is not a cup holder @rewrite on the Domy, that is for holding a metal flying saucer type ashtray.
rewrite said:
https://imgur.com/a/5MLfrcU

More pics. The Domy, Windy, and one of the Egrets. I thought I took pics of both Egrets, but apparently not. This is definitely the better of the two E2's (minus the weird monitor line).

Edit: I'm an idiot, and that's okay.

I have a few spare 29" tubes in my storage. Hopefully one will fit the curvature of the Windy so 8bit has something better.

Domy
- It has the cup holder! I don't think any cups smaller than those GIANT old 100oz+ McDonald's cups would fit in there though, it's HUGE
- Minor rust through-out
- Real nice CP
- Monitor is 100% burn-free
- Some sticker peeling around the CP area.
- PCB holder has some mold, rest of the cab does not
- Overall nicer than I'd have ever expected for such a big cab

Q25
- mold from about 2.5" from the base down. This makes me agree with Cereth's flooding guess. Above that mark is A-OK
- 100% burn-free monitor
- Lots of rust on the coin return area and footrest
- Has the between-the-speakers marquee but not the big boy one up top
- CP is in excellent shape as are all the plastics

And FWIW, the dimensions on Hard--Candy and AO are incorrect for the Domy Theater.
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Yes I agree with looks like that line is not from Mon at all but above light leaking. Which is good because a dead Mon is common and likely much easier fix than Straight beam across top.
 
Edited my link above to include the Q25 pics.
 
rewrite said:
http://imgur.com/a/nORjmi5


More pics. The Domy, Windy, and one of the Egrets. I thought I took pics of both Egrets, but apparently not. This is definitely the better of the two E2's (minus the weird monitor line).

Edit: I'm an idiot, and that's okay.

I have a few spare 29" tubes in my storage. Hopefully one will fit the curvature of the Windy so 8bit has something better.

Domy
- It has the cup holder! I don't think any cups smaller than those GIANT old 100oz+ McDonald's cups would fit in there though, it's HUGE
- Minor rust through-out
- Real nice CP
- Monitor is 100% burn-free
- Some sticker peeling around the CP area.
- PCB holder has some mold, rest of the cab does not
- Overall nicer than I'd have ever expected for such a big cab

Q25
- mold from about 2.5" from the base down. This makes me agree with Cereth's flooding guess. Above that mark is A-OK
- 100% burn-free monitor
- Lots of rust on the coin return area and footrest
- Has the between-the-speakers marquee but not the big boy one up top
- CP is in excellent shape as are all the plastics

And FWIW, the dimensions on Hard--Candy and AO are incorrect for the Domy Theater.
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@Sphere owns hard—candy, I’m sure he would really appreciate any input ;)
 
@PascalP I'll be sure to get him the dimensions when I get done. Thanks for pointing that out!

The Domy PSU seems good, just need to figure out how to turn it down. The monitor is not getting power though, I pulled the connector and get 0v on AC, so there's a wiring issue to be hunted for.

The Q25 has a gorgeous picture though, and I found the big marquee deep inside.

Update:
Domy chassis gets power now, but no neck glow. So still dead. Still not certain where to turn down 5v and not willing to toss in a board at 5.52v, ha.
 
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rewrite said:
The Q25 has a gorgeous picture though, and I found the big marquee deep inside.
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ppl that have never seen a Q25 picture and knock MS8s have no understanding about that chassis and tube combo at 25", its just a perfect match.

The top marquee is truly a bonus as most were lost over time and why I had mine reproduced for others by FrancoB.
 
brad808 said:
Keep in mind PSU with no load will read high. With PCB will less.
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The problem is how much the Egret II PSU varies under load. It may come as a surprise to those used to low-grade arcade power supplies, but very good power supplies do not have such variance under load.

The New Astro City power supply isn't a perfect lab-grade thing, but the range that mine floats between is so narrow that I have never once had to adjust the power supply. In contrast, a NOS Egret II power supply playing Battle Garegga was unable to go below 5.1V, with or without a 115 --> 100V step-down transformer outside the cab.
 
I think you are underestimating basic power draw equation.

Test plug no board: 5.71V (on not so good meter, but difference applies)
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Test plug cps2: 5.01V... keep in mind no adjstment from psu
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Test plug mvs4000 no board 5.43V
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Test plug mvs4000 cps2: 5.03V again no adjust psu made
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Can do others since many psus will have different drop but you can see from this i think.
 
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