{"id":4094,"date":"2026-08-17T05:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/?p=4094"},"modified":"2026-08-21T06:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:09:06","slug":"pacman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/17\/pacman\/","title":{"rendered":"PacMan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I picked up a PacMan game from Roller Auctions (Check it out if you have never heard of it, pretty cool!) for $30!  The auction said new, but non-working. Me being the know-it-all assumed it was just a bad wall-wart or a blown fuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No such luck.  The wall-wart was dead, no power, I was right there &#8211; but interesting enough it was a 30VDC adapter &#8211; strange voltage from what I understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hooked it up to my variable power supply and set it to 30VDC &#8211; still nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dammit, so much for the easy fix.  So I tore it apart.  Right away when I was inside the back cover I found a small power-supply with a blow capacitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Browed their support site, ordered a replacement power supply and a new wall-wart (Because I feel this one is the wrong voltage &#8211; And blown) to fix it &#8211; Another $30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think someone lost the original cord and found one that fit, plugged it in and BOOM &#8211; blew the power supply!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in 6 &#8211; 10 days, we will know!  Ha ha &#8211; If I have $60 into a simple arcade game, I will be happy!  Let the gaming begin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 229 &#8211;<\/strong> Success is the sum of countless small victories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>TaLi Merchendise<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u2013<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/talimerch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/talimerch.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Custom embroidery, clothing, &amp; more\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your brand isn\u2019t ordinary, your merch shouldn\u2019t be either. Get premium embroidery from TaLi Merch and make every impression unforgettable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I picked up a PacMan game from Roller Auctions (Check it out if you have never heard of it, pretty cool!) for $30! The auction said new, but non-working. Me being the know-it-all assumed it was just a bad wall-wart or a blown fuse. No such luck. The wall-wart was dead, no power, I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4097,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions\/4097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}