On Nov 24, 12:08 am, "Keith Stelter"
wrote:
Is this a personal project that you are trying to restore? My opinion is
that you will have only two options if you want to get this thing going.
Option one is to run an add in local Amityville papers looking for ANY
information about the company. I've done that before with some success.
Sometimes you will actually get a call from someone saying "my dad use to
work at that place and has a big box of old manuals and parts for those dumb
things". Then again you might not get anything. You could also list an
auction on Ebay for one cent offering pictures of the juke (so it's to
Ebay), but really asking if anyone has any info or parts for one. A LOT of
people search Ebay day!
The other option would be to convert it to a different system using video
files on a PC. The hardest part there would be interfacing the controls with
the PC. I've done it on some simple Jamma systems where you put a PC with a
zillion games into an old Pacman cabinet but I don't know how complex it
would be to wire the controls of your juke. If you were going to do it that
way you could use a program like WinCab jukebox and customize the controls
or use a touchscreen monitor to run it. There's a 99.9% chance that even if
you DO find original components they will be shot, and the 80's technology
parts needed to fix them won't be available. And if I'm right about them
being Laserdisc players instead of VCR's you are screwed anyway because you
won't be able to get the discs with the music and videos
I think you will find they were VCRs, but I could be wrong on this. I
agree 1000% on your comments on parts being near impossible to find,
and the chance of them actually working, is that much again, even if
you do find them. Stuff like this was a nighmare even when it was
current, and the music situation even more so. Even if they are VHS,
how would you encode and make the tapes ? it would be hours or days
of work, even if you had the clips already on your PC
Even if some total nut-job wanted to pay $10,000+ to have this thing
working and original as a collectable or something, I would think
twice about it as it would repeatedly come back to bite you on the
arse in future repairs, even if you did get it working.
..
Other than those options I would dumpster it or put an HDTV in the cabinet
and make it a conversation piece for your rec room.
"Bob in Phx" wrote in ...
any thing at all would help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bob in phx
"Keith Stelter" wrote in message
...
I think that I remember seeing some of those at an operators place in
South Bend, Indiana back in the late 80's. I wanna say that they had RCA
laser disc players in them and not VCR's, but I could be wrong. The place
is out of business now or I could have checked it out. I might be able to
find the guy's name and home number and give him a call, but don't hold
your breath.
"Phil" wrote in message
...
On Nov 22, 11:37 am, "Bob in Phx" wrote:
More info...
there is also a
pal decoder board and the amp (solid state) was made in England. So, I
am
guessing that it was some sort of import that used a pal vcr deck.....
Bob in phx.
"Ken In Texas" wrote in
...
Dang John...what juke have you not saw 
I know ive never saw or
heard
of anything like that one
Id like to see that think work
John Robertson wrote:
Post some pictures of the logic board - I might have seen this
before,
but am not certain.
John :-#)#
Bob in Phx wrote:
sorry, forgot the JPG extension...
please try these!!!!!!!!!
thanks in advance.
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke1.JPG
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke2.JPG
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke3.JPG
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke4.JPG
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke5.JPG
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke6.JPG
"Bob in Phx" wrote in message
...
ill fix it !!!!!!
bob
"Ken In Texas" wrote in message
...
me either
Speshul When Lit wrote:
none of these pics work for me
"Bob in Phx" wrote in message
news
I friend of mine has delivered to me, a "video & Sound" jukebox
made
in Amity NY. This thing is over 6 foot tall, contains a 25 inch
rca
Television, coin door and a computer.
first off does anyone have any idea where I could find any
information about the company, or the system.
The jukebox is missing the playback VCR's and the speakers.
From the
plugs in the rear of the box, it appears that the VCR's used
some
sort of 25 pin control system, like I have never seen before.
I'll be posting pics asap
he
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke1
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke2
http://members.cox.net/rbelisle1/juke3
thanks in advance for any information
--
Ken In Texas
http://www.pinballrebel.com
Custom Pinball Cards, Jukeboxes, Drive In's
"Never ask a man if he's from Texas.
If he is, he'll tell you on his own.
If he ain't, no need to embarrass him."
--
Ken In Texas
http://www.pinballrebel.com
Custom Pinball Cards, Jukeboxes, Drive In's
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Nope... Not made in England.... Made in Amityville Long Island, NY
(the place where the "house" attacked those people)... The factory for
this thing was right down off of Sunrise Highway (Rt 27) and Route
110....