Black Knight starting soon...Kohout boards...

[ROLLERBALL]

Hey guys well you kow I have a very very nice black knight that I need to put the new playfield in...well have tossed it all around and instead of fixing the old boards Im going to buy a brand new Mpu board...Driver board...sound board and speech board from Kohout...will cost me around $600 delivered....the driver board in my Firepower has never missed a beat....so keen to have all new boards in the BK...

Will get pics of the BK up soon....will get the boards and then I will get started on it..

[illawarra_steelers]

Mate how nice will it look next to your Black Hole and Haunted House 

[Strangeways]

I emailed kohout early this week regarding a display for my Pinbot and they have not responded. I'd make sure they are still around before paying them !

[ROLLERBALL]

Yes all good...he has been sick...but he is back....send him another email.

[Rod71]

New boards are a wise investment i reckon.  Nothing worse than doing all that work to get it happening, only to be constantly fighting with it to keep it running.

[Strangeways]

Yes all good...he has been sick...but he is back....send him another email.

thanks Paul - will do

[RatBag]

Who is this Kohout you speak of

[ROLLERBALL]

Top quality stuff right here....

http://www.pinballpcb.com/products.html

[RatBag]

Cheers mate,I see it still has the interboard connector is it worth waiting till Rottendog release their one for sys7?

[ROLLERBALL]

If you get the driver board and the Mpu board then you can use a pc type ribbon cable to connect the boards....WAY BETTER and thats why Im going to buy both boards..

[RatBag]

Very nice ......I should of read a bit more about them

[Ballywannabe]

I prefer to use original boards - it is part of the challenge for me, and I get a lot of satisfaction getting the old boards working well.  I find with the old Ballys and Sterns that I collect once you have repaired them properly they are very reliable   Williams and Gottelib on the other hand

cheers
Ian

[johnwartjr]

I use the original boards as well. Once you replace the interconnect, reflow solder as necessary, rebuild the power supply, etc, they are good for another 25 years or so :) But, I've replaced some original boards with other original boards depending on condition etc.

But, to each his own - I wouldn't enjoy a restoration without a little rework :) OK, a lot of rework :)

[ddstoys]

I also like to use original boards where possible just for the challenge but if its a game im planning on keeping and actually playing ill buy em new save the whole "is this going to work this time" question.     Good luck paul i wont expect a game of it though as it will be long gone before i make it to sydney again lol

[ROLLERBALL]

Im happy to use old boards as well....but this is a special job and happy to go all out...also I need boards for it anyway and the firepower I have has got the Kohout driver board in it and Ive NEVER EVER had to take the backglass off...well only to show off the pretty lights on the driver board..lol