<p>There's a very large and active collector community for classic arcade games. Between parts suppliers, other collectors, and Google you can find pretty much anything to keep a game running. Even CRT components are readily-available; things that commonly get tricky are replacements for custom ICs and unusual control devices (though many of those are rebuildable or have reproduction parts available).</p>
<p>- skroo.<br>
</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 17, 2013 4:10 PM, "Matt Joyce" <<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
There is a museum in Oakland CA called the made. It focuses on<br>
preserving video game pieces.<br>
<br>
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Stewart Dickson <<a href="mailto:mathartspd@gmail.com">mathartspd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Along these same lines, I noted on my blog on Nov 30, 2012 (re-posted from<br>
> LaughingSquid.com)<br>
> <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/the-moma-acquires-video-games-for-a-new-category-of-artworks/" target="_blank">http://laughingsquid.com/the-moma-acquires-video-games-for-a-new-category-of-artworks/</a><br>
> "The Museum of Modern Art [New York City] has currently acquired 14 popular<br>
> video game titles from the past and present (with a total of about 40 being<br>
> acquired in the future) to add into an upcoming new category of artworks in<br>
> their collection."<br>
><br>
> So, my question is: Who is going to maintain these machines and how?<br>
> Where do you find a Cathode-Ray Tube for a 1980 PacMac? The High-voltage<br>
> section?<br>
> There are a bunch of parts in those things that just don't last very long,<br>
> and there are not many (if any?) still being made.<br>
><br>
> And, this is, like a WHOLE new classification of Art Restoration that nobody<br>
> has thought of before,<br>
> I think.<br>
><br>
> -Stewart, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson" target="_blank">http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson</a><br>
> <a href="http://tech-knowledge.tumblr.com/page/3" target="_blank">http://tech-knowledge.tumblr.com/page/3</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 1/17/13 3:23 PM, B F wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Have you contacted MARCH?<br>
>> <a href="http://www.midatlanticretro.org/" target="_blank">http://www.midatlanticretro.org/</a><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:16 PM, asbesto<<a href="mailto:asbesto@freaknet.org">asbesto@freaknet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Instead of talkin'bout FIREARMS, what about helping an<br>
>>> hackerspace / hacklab / bricolab / museum in the deep south of<br>
>>> Italy, in the middle of SICILIA?<br>
>>><br>
>>> We're building a museum copy of an APPLE 1, using only vintage<br>
>>> components from 1976 era; we have almost anything, but we are<br>
>>> desperately searching:<br>
>>><br>
>>> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS LOW PROFILE IC SOCKETS<br>
>>> 8, 14, 16 AND 24 PIN<br>
>>><br>
>>> for historical and museal purposes, they have to be<br>
>>> EXACTLY AS THIS PICTURE:<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://museo.freaknet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/P1010512.jpg" target="_blank">http://museo.freaknet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/P1010512.jpg</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://museo.freaknet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/P1010513.jpg" target="_blank">http://museo.freaknet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/P1010513.jpg</a><br>
>>> (this is the 40 pin version)<br>
>>><br>
>>> They came in blisters and have a mylar backside. They were very<br>
>>> cheap in 1976 but now they're out of production! Someone can<br>
>>> spot them in some old store or at flea markets or auctions or ...<br>
>>> boh?!?<br>
>>><br>
>>> P l E a S e help us!<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> their product code are:<br>
>>><br>
>>> TI C8408-02 (we need about 20 of them)<br>
>>> TI C8414-02 (we need about 60 of them)<br>
>>> TI C8416-02 (we need about 200 of them)<br>
>>> TI C8424-02 (we need about 50 of them)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> If you want to know more about our project, take a look here<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://museo.freaknet.org/en/apple-1-creation/" target="_blank">http://museo.freaknet.org/en/apple-1-creation/</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> LESS FIREARMS, MORE TI IC SOCKETS FOR SICILY! \o/<br>
>>><br>
>>> (p.s. we also need support, and donations are welcome to pay<br>
>>> bills! :)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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