![]() I have a 1980 Bally Pinball "Space Invaders" and when the CPU board went out, there was a modern replacement that will play almost every modern Bally and Stern game out there (90 total). I hope Nightmare Tony can also develop modern replacement boards for these home model pinballs too: ![]() I understand the flimsy original pushbutton on-off switch will be replaced with a modern rocker switch. There will be a new, modern IEC style power connector installed so that modern computer style power cords can be used. The new power transformer box will lose those finicky circuit breakers, the two wire 'cheater' power cord, and the two pin 'interlock power cord receptacle. This will be a re-engineered original power transformer box, so the original transformer box in the machine will be sent back to Tony for credit (core charge so to speak). The other option will be a new transformer box which will contain a new power supply board (with power indicating LED's and fuses instead of circuit breakers) that supplies all the operating voltages for the machine. This will be used in conjunction with the machine's original power supply board still providing the other voltages (coils, switched illumination). One option will be installing a common Peter Chou screw terminal switching power supply to provide the +5 volts for the gameboard. Oh, and one other thing about the Pinball Mind board setup: there will be two options for powering the board. He sure is one smart cookie! I have been assisting him in writing the installation manual for the "Pinball Mind" board. This creation is the brainchild of forum member Nightmare Tony. Here are some pictures of a Fireball home model modified to use conventional playfield light sockets and switch assemblies: Here is a link to the board:Ī youtube video has been posted of the prototype board going through it's bootup self test and attract mode on the score displays: This new board is called the "Pinball Mind" board. However, there is a modern reproduction game board in development right now that will repair these boards and add more functions, sounds, and diagnostics. These machines use custom CPU chips that when they go bad, are impossible to get since they have been no longer available for a very long time now. For those that have the Bally home model pinball machines like Fireball, Evel Knievel, Captain Fantastic, and Galaxy Ranger, there is now some repair information posted over at pinwiki:
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