Mrhide
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Time to start my own thread 
Got a msg from a friend (@Barth0lin0 !) with a link to a marketplace add, with an Egret 29 in it, with a "3 digits" price on it.
2 seconds later, I had sent a msg to the seller.
4 seconds later, because he wasn't answering, I was checking our local "arcade night thread" and finding out there was a noami universal that somebody had already snatched.
8 seconds later I found that somebody gave some info which allowed me to google and find the phone number to the place (an arcade Bar that was closing) . Calling it gave a "no service at this number.
12 seconds later, went back to the thread and the Noami guy gave me the seller's cell number.
16 seconds later, Called and she answered! " so you've got an egret for sale"? " Yes" " Ok I'll take, I'm on my way, be there in 30 minutes.
30 minutes later, I was there to pick it up and while taking to the seller, who said "Yeah there is a tv and a computer in there but it does't work so that's why I want it gone for so cheap"... "but you're lucky to be here cause I was about to increase the price".
"did you buy it from a french guy?" I asked. "yeah I paid a lot more" he said.
(notice how I didn't say anything about the price increase !)
so I knew about that egret 29 in Montreal from way back in 2019 ... when a guy was trying to get rid of it for initially 5000$ but finally was sold for ..3000$. I had even called "dibs!" when he posted about the sale!
I posted about it in the old "for sale" thread and that's when the old seller msg me about the missing back door which he might have. To be confirmed in June when he comes back from abroad. finger crossed.
The "TV" and computer that were in it I didn't care about so when I put the game it the trailer, the "chassis" which I guess wasn't attached properly made a "crunch sound":
No big deal.
For the computer part, I plugged it in and it went straight to hyperspin so ok, bonus! It even had 2 usb keys attached to it with DATA from the bar, including the bar publicity video and the entire documentation for "Battletech Firestorm", (I'll see if I can share this later) which they had a big place with a bunch of pods. A really nice setup, close to Ubisoft's office... then Covid hit and business went dead with everyone working from home.
The "TV" has this tube, which appears to be compatible with WG U2000 chassis. (anyone has such a chassis ? )
The setup for the display was ... a mess.
HD 4870 with calamity 15hz drivers, with a DVI to VGA adapter
Vga connects to this ultimate Scart adapter board
then scart out into this SCART TO Y-U-V adapter and the Y-UV to the "tv"
like I said, I nice mess.
After 2 weeks in the shed,
she was brought in yesternight and .... and I don't know if it's the move, the shock from the cold to the heat or just something that I didn't see ( but I would have ) but once down, I saw this:
and the other side is weak and could/will do the same any second now
little bit of a shock but hey, what can you do but look into the best way to fix that. If anyone has experiences with something like that, let me know please. Friend mentionned "Bondic Liquid Plastic Welder" yesterday?
The other "booboo" on the cab is the "ô so magical and nice idea of drilling wholes for external buttons in a cab that has 3 doors" ... " and while why not, I won't even put them in a straight line."
All in all, still a phreaking good steal of a deal after having researched how much it would cost to build a metal cab!
Got a msg from a friend (@Barth0lin0 !) with a link to a marketplace add, with an Egret 29 in it, with a "3 digits" price on it.
2 seconds later, I had sent a msg to the seller.
4 seconds later, because he wasn't answering, I was checking our local "arcade night thread" and finding out there was a noami universal that somebody had already snatched.
8 seconds later I found that somebody gave some info which allowed me to google and find the phone number to the place (an arcade Bar that was closing) . Calling it gave a "no service at this number.
12 seconds later, went back to the thread and the Noami guy gave me the seller's cell number.
16 seconds later, Called and she answered! " so you've got an egret for sale"? " Yes" " Ok I'll take, I'm on my way, be there in 30 minutes.
30 minutes later, I was there to pick it up and while taking to the seller, who said "Yeah there is a tv and a computer in there but it does't work so that's why I want it gone for so cheap"... "but you're lucky to be here cause I was about to increase the price".
"did you buy it from a french guy?" I asked. "yeah I paid a lot more" he said.
(notice how I didn't say anything about the price increase !)
so I knew about that egret 29 in Montreal from way back in 2019 ... when a guy was trying to get rid of it for initially 5000$ but finally was sold for ..3000$. I had even called "dibs!" when he posted about the sale!
I posted about it in the old "for sale" thread and that's when the old seller msg me about the missing back door which he might have. To be confirmed in June when he comes back from abroad. finger crossed.
The "TV" and computer that were in it I didn't care about so when I put the game it the trailer, the "chassis" which I guess wasn't attached properly made a "crunch sound":
No big deal.
For the computer part, I plugged it in and it went straight to hyperspin
so ok, bonus! It even had 2 usb keys attached to it with DATA from the bar, including the bar publicity video and the entire documentation for "Battletech Firestorm", (I'll see if I can share this later) which they had a big place with a bunch of pods. A really nice setup, close to Ubisoft's office... then Covid hit and business went dead with everyone working from home.The "TV" has this tube, which appears to be compatible with WG U2000 chassis. (anyone has such a chassis ?
)The setup for the display was ... a mess.
HD 4870 with calamity 15hz drivers, with a DVI to VGA adapter
Vga connects to this ultimate Scart adapter board
then scart out into this SCART TO Y-U-V adapter and the Y-UV to the "tv"
like I said, I nice mess.
After 2 weeks in the shed,
she was brought in yesternight and .... and I don't know if it's the move, the shock from the cold to the heat or just something that I didn't see ( but I would have ) but once down, I saw this:
and the other side is weak and could/will do the same any second now
little bit of a shock but hey, what can you do but look into the best way to fix that. If anyone has experiences with something like that, let me know please. Friend mentionned "Bondic Liquid Plastic Welder" yesterday?
The other "booboo" on the cab is the "ô so magical and nice idea of drilling wholes for external buttons in a cab that has 3 doors" ... " and while why not, I won't even put them in a straight line."
All in all, still a phreaking good steal of a deal after having researched how much it would cost to build a metal cab!
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pretty please with a cherry on top kind sir?
