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    Repair log: Johnny Mnemonic (Williams, 1995)

    Williams Johnny Mnemonic 1995 Repair log

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    I've never met a Johnny that didn't have issues with the Cyberglove assembly. This one was no different. It's an awesome mechanism, but finnicky. This one was having issues with the motor that drives the hand forward and back. It would randomly lock on, sending the glove forwards or backwards until it crashed into the end of the worm drive, blowing a fuse.


    So, time for a full rebuild. Disassembled and cleaned. Gearboxes cleaned and lubed. Encoder boards serviced. Turns out, the issue was faulty optical switches on one of the encoder boards. They were oddball optos that were not the correct part, and there was some hackery on the board. Installed new optos, new connectors, new transistors, and we're good to go again!


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    TCXPO (Trading Card Expo) 2026

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    Last weekend, Fiona and I headed to TCXPO! We attended this event last year, and had a good time! So, we decided to bring three different machines to the next event. TCXPO is focused heavily on trading cards rather than other types of collectibles, so we weren't expecting them to be the biggest part of the event. Nevertheless it's a great event to promote pinball and make it accessible to fandoms that may otherwise not have any exposure to it.