Hey there, hi there, ho there. I haven’t posted here in many moons. Not sure if anyone is reading here anymore, but just in case I figured I would post this here. I have had very little time for this hobby of late.

While I still love it, I’m tripping over games, and only play a couple of them every once in a great while. So, it has come time to thin the herd:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=225923

Imagine all the games I can haul in this. If only I had somewhere to put them!

Hey there! I haven’t posted in ages. This is a quick post to let you know what I’ve been up to.

I got rid of my old pickup truck a few months ago. It was sitting semi-dead on my lawn for awhile.

I have been wanting to get another (newer) truck for quite some time but can never seem to save the money long enough to do it. I decided when I sold my old one that I would get on the ball and get a replacement soon. I’ve been spending most of my free time selling loads of stuff on eBay to put towards it. Check out my current auctions.

I’m about 80% of the way there. I’m hoping I’ll have another truck in a month or two. Then I may be able to pick up some more games that I won’t have any room for. Stay tuned…

Hey there!

I haven’t had much to write about lately. I sold 3 games that were in my way in the garage. Now I have a bit more room in there to finish up Mappy, Pac-Man, and my Donkey Kong. Mappy is on deck to be painted very soon. I also sold my old pickup truck that was sitting dead on my lawn for quite some time. I have nothing to haul games in, but I also don’t have any room for more games right now. I’m saving up for another truck, and have been listing a lot of stuff on eBay.

We went to a great flea market in Mansfield CT. It’s held in the lot of a still operating drive-in theater. While there, we picked up these 2 stools for the arcade:

I didn’t realize it, but these are all over eBay. You can get them brand new in any color for about $100 shipped for a pair. Search eBay for “bombo stools” and get yourself some.

Hey there. This a quick note, mainly geared towards helping other people who might be Googling for the same info I was just a few nights ago. I was looking in vain for an answer to this question:

Q: If I install 8GB of RAM in a Gateway GM5664 desktop will the computer’s BIOS recognize it?

A: Yes

This computer came with Windows Vista 32bit, 4 DIMM slots, and 3GB of RAM as follows:

(2) 1 GB chips

(2) 512 MB chips

If you do a lookup on this by model # at just about every site that sells memory it will tell you there is a max of 4GB total, and a max of 1GB per slot. I believe this is because with Windows Vista 32bit installed by default, if you were to install 4GB, Windows will only see 3.5GB. In order to keep people from complaining after popping in more than 4GB and not seeing it in Windows, they must have listed the max memory as 4GB. However, if you upgrade to Windows 7 64bit and pop in (4) 2GB DIMMs it will recognize it and boots fine.

8Gb is probably overkill, though my computer is running faster than it was.

Here’s the exact RAM that I have installed:

http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=BF123C48A5CA7304

Note: I’ve added a poll to the right hand side of the site. Please vote after you read this.

Here’s some more flea market finds. I did not buy these, though it was tempting.

Here’s a Charlie McCarthy type doll/puppet/zombie. It looks like it lost its clothes long ago, shortly followed by its head. Some kind soul secured the head to its mid section with some good ol’ masking tape.

I can’t decide if this clown is more sad than creepy, or more creepy than sad. I think creepy is winning at about 58%.

Finally, we have a mixed item masterpiece. Up top is a stuffed deer head with a badly damaged and taped up nose (masking tape to the rescue again). Below is a demented version of Ronald McDonald. While you can click on all the pics above to view them larger, to get the full impact of Ronald I present to you this closeup:

1. His right shoe is untied

2. He seems to be missing his butcher knife

3. His whistle makes him look like an evil taskmaster. I bet he blows the whistle every time the fries are done.

4. Why is Grimace in his pocket?? That defies physics.

5. What in God’s name is up with his hips? He has child bearing hips!!!

I don’t think I will be able to sleep tonight.

I just got the TELEPHONE plexi sign from Brian at GameStencils.com. It is beyond awesome:

Here you can see how the white is 3D. It sticks out about 1/16″:

Here’s some pics of it lit. My camera doesn’t do it justice:

I decided to leave the top open, so it is a bit like a sconce. Now I just need to restore the phone and I should be done with this.

I finished building my Payphone enclosure! In case you didn’t read my last post, here’s a 3D mockup I made before building this:

Here it is mounted on the wall:

I designed a TELEPHONE sign in Illustrator for the top. Brian Jones from GameStencils.com is turning it into a real plexiglass sign that I can back light.

The phone was converted for home use before I got it. It does not require money to call out, but I’d like to change that if possible. I’d also like to put a bell inside so it rings on incoming calls. I have no idea how to work on these, so if anyone has any resources please let me know. The dial sticks, which I think I can probably fix by taking it apart and cleaning it up.

Here are a few shots of the build:

Hope its as cool as the old one. Here’s a clip from its predecessor:

Hey There! While I have no idea how I managed to fit these into the house, I picked up 2 driving games this weekend:

They are currently a couple of feet off the back wall. When I have them working we should actually be able to walk by them.

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