mitsu: I'm going to need a LOT more information on the suggested repairs.. where do I find an IC for these buggers.. I dont know or how to test transitor.. but if the cap kit doesnt fix it.. im burning the machine to the ground.. because I have spent way more money on this mofo then it was worth..
I bought it for $300 with the "understanding" it needed a PSU - to find out that it really needed a new jamma board ($165), another almost $75 in parts for the guns and they still act wonky and I need to look at the pots/gears again as the guns still arent properly registering, $20 in a cap kit and a remote board..
the whole machine working isnt barely worth $600 and im almost at that... oh and probably about $120 in repairs for the first board that i wont most likely recover at this point.
It will cost me at LEAST $100 + to get the monitor repaired by atari jim IF he has time to work on it - which he doesnt.
At this point its not worth saving.. THOUGH a new chasis probably isnt too expensive.. I might throw one in and try to recover the cost of everything by reselling.. I dont know.. a break even would be nice at this point