Restoring vintage technology can be a tricky business, especially without the appropriate schematics and documentation. To this end [Mark] has spent the past twelve months building a comprehensive ...

Jan. 23—The clicks, dings, chimes and buzzers from old pinball machines are music to Paul Hodges' ears — not only because they were the soundtrack to his childhood in Skowhegan, but also because for ...

In the lower level of Ron Barbagallo’s Smithtown home, a quick flip of a light switch powers on more than 25 pinball machines in a high-ceilinged showroom. Godzilla, Austin Powers, Star Trek, Elvis ...

So far, with his special tools and lifelong mechanical talents, he has been able to repair and restore every single one, no matter how old or decrepit. It didn't matter if it was a Ding Dong, or a Hot ...

Great read, thanks Ars. Hope Steve is turning his mind to digitizing all the manuals and schematics and planning to take on an apprentice / inheritor! The pinball market in Canada is minuscule ...

About five years ago, Jay Adelson was restoring an old pinball machine with his teenage son when he had a revelation. “During that process, you learn everything about pinball machines, and how they ...

The retro revision began with the vintage video games on March 1, because Butterfield and one of his brothers already had a ...