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I like metal, human rights and pinball. It's disputed if I'm better at brewing beer or drinking it.

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2026-09-17 15:28:48 UTC

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During my search I also ran into some unbranded replacements and mixed reviews. Consensus was that XPin is the gold standard for aftermarket boards... too bad they ceased operations now. I bought mine at The Pinball Wizzard and apparently it was the last one in stock, it disappeared from the shop immediately.

2026-09-17 11:52:09 UTC

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It amazing how much more compact the new board is. Just look at the big ass heat sink on the original board - which was no precaution and actually warming up quite a bit after a while.
Unfortunately this issue persists and more investigation now is pointing toward an undervoltage on the +18V DC which may be caused by the large capacitor on the botton left corner.
My multimeter is not precise enough, so I need to get a better one from friends to continue to investigation.
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2026-09-17 11:48:59 UTC

My 1993 Jurassic Park #pinball by Data East recently ran into issues that let the flashers to blink an frantic frequency.
The initial troubleshooting found an undervoltage on the +12V DC on the power supply board which supposedly got the clock generator on the CPU board out of tact.
After considering repair options on the old board I decided to go for a replacement board by XPin.
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2026-08-05 14:06:55 UTC

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To my understanding the virtual pinball community uses the original ROMs. You might want to try to grab them there.
Just a random example: https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=1340

2026-06-12 14:24:15 UTC

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Thanks for the detailed explanation, I truly hoped using standardised connectors would be more sturdy than just soldering shit together.
In some time I'm looking into getting another game and was probably looking at some more modern one. Well, luckily the Stern Star Trek 2013 is pre Spike ^^

2026-06-12 13:47:56 UTC

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Any idea why this is so fragile? I always expected that this a proper message bus is more robust than a wire matrix. Is it the daisy chaining of power as well?

2026-03-23 11:41:41 UTC

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Ist das authentisch wirr oder bloß Bait, damit jemand das Plakat abrupft und die CDU ihre Statistik linksgrünextremistischer Terrorangriffe pimpen kann?

2026-02-03 16:57:20 UTC

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https://archive.org/details/allyourbase

2026-01-22 18:17:15 UTC

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That silicon is scary

2026-01-15 18:39:44 UTC

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Apollo 13 is among my favourite movies, would really love to play A13 one day. Unfortunately, they’re all too far away, so I have to wait for the matching trip.