Dead Ingersol Refurb.

[Carlos]

I have just completed a quick project to do something with a junk Ingersol Tennis TV game that has been laying about for a while.

It was purchased for £1 at a boot sale on the off chance that it would work. It was in a poor state, one controller was missing and the battery cover was absent. Cosmetically it was messed up by some old parcel tape residue that was used to hold the case together.

A while ago I have tried to fire it up, there was sound but no picture,The pcb was in very poor condition with many dry joints and flaky components.

I hate to give up and throw things away so I left it. I have previously made a pong game and wanted to do similar by refurbing the machine with a velleman kit, my previous project was digital up/down paddles so I did not bother as it would be a step down to add this to a analogue rotary game. However last year the kit had been superseded to a paddle type so I decided to go for it.


I assembled the Kit, I left some parts off that I knew were not to be used in the case, the battery connectors were replaced with wire that would run to a battery holder, the function switch that handles game mode and on/ off was replaced with wire as was the LED signal. I also fitted a switch over the PAL/NTSC mode so it could be toggled rather than fitting the link wire.


I fitted a brighter LED and soldered it all together before re-assembly, I used hot glue to mount the board into the case. Two new holes had to be made to give access to the RCA sockets, this was done with a hacksaw and a file.



The cups for the controllers were cut to allow good grip to the new rotary controls they were turned the other way , it was a compromise that had to be made to allow the serve button to be operated by the player.
The controllers were sealed up with hot glue.

The whole project took a day, the cost of the kit was £15
It was pleasing to make use of a kit for an application like this, it gives the kit a nice finish.

Its just a shame that things do not last forever, I would always prefer to use the original item in good working order.

more pictures in my blogpost.

[TrekMD]

I don't think I've ever seen this machine before.  Very nice.

[Carlos]

I don't think I've ever seen this machine before.  Very nice.

They are not seen very often, a shame it was so shabby really.

[onthinice]

I like it! Great Job!!!!

I have never seen one before either but glad to hear it has a new lease on life.