Yah thanks guys. I know I am not the 1st to do it, and sadly pretty sure I won't be the last. Let's just say don't check and double check after a day's tiling :(

Obviously was too tired to do it right - so was asking for trouble...

I'll get back onto it soon (when the swearing stops) - I still have a worker so I can find which chips (if any) survived, and pick up and get back into it. Also think I will knock up a little test harness with over-voltage protection, to avoid a repeat ever happening. You think anyone else would want one while I am at it?

On a positive note, my IJ is finally all back together, and is in as good condition as it will ever be until I get round to re-decaling it (had some outstanding issues, including the optical flipper switches hacked out with SS style tungsten switches  , Jumpers set to europe, PoA out of kilter, service button dead... and so on ) - anyway, all sorted now.

Was great to have the machine on full song - 3rd game in and got grand champion (after updating the ROMs the memory had been cleared) - and even better, my wife got to come and enjoy some games on her favourite machine, at last, about 6 years after it was purchased (long story :) ).

Soooo, on that note - that is what it is about :) I got to see the end result of it all!

Thanks for the help so far (a HUGE part of this great hobby), thanks for the support, and thanks for the commiserations. I'll dust myself off and get this bloody MPU working - it was never a "commercially viable" option to repair - but now it's PERSONAL :)

Cheers
Jacob