{"id":523,"date":"2008-09-06T12:41:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T20:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driph.com\/words\/?p=523"},"modified":"2008-09-06T12:41:33","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T20:41:33","slug":"restoring-tron-side-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driph.com\/words\/2008\/09\/restoring-tron-side-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring Tron &#8211; Side Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Side art application was similar to the previous pieces, just a whole lot bigger and a little bit scarier. The inner art required a bit more work, as it&#8217;s not cut by the printer, so I had to trim it to fit around the shape of the cabinet structure. Some restorers will build paper templates for this part and then cut the artwork before placement, but I eyeballed it and <em>carefully<\/em> trimmed as I went. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3001\/2827234726_209c104f35.jpg\" alt=\"Tron restoration side art\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next I stripped down and cleaned up the light fixtures, painted the reflectors white, and replaced the starters. Note the yellow zipties I used with the wiring. I didn&#8217;t realize until later that they fluoresce, <em>brightly.<\/em> There&#8217;s also a shot of the new power cable and plug I wired up, as the original had exposed wires in several places. Glad I didn&#8217;t figure that out the hard way back before this project started.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3101\/2833376287_acf2834fd3.jpg\" alt=\"Tron light fixtures\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also replaced the ni-cad battery on the power supply board. These batteries were put in place to retain high scores while the cabinet was powered off, a nice feature, but the particular battery choice was shortsighted on the part of the hardware designers. After a number of years, the ni-cad batteries often go bad, and when they do, they have a tendency to take the board out with &#8217;em, leaking acid and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madocowain.com\/Arcade\/OmegaRace\/omegarace_board.html\">corroding the pcb<\/a> in the process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3106\/2833329439_c1359a1c1a.jpg\" alt=\"Bad battery, bad.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lithium battery conversion kits sell for a few bucks, and the soldering requirements are very basic (read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealbobroberts.net\/midway.html\">last two paragraphs here<\/a>), so if you&#8217;ve got a Tron power supply board with its original battery, swap that thing out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3047\/2834168144_3c6b643dbc.jpg\" alt=\"New battery, good.\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Side art application was similar to the previous pieces, just a whole lot bigger and a little bit scarier. 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