RASTER:Computer Space CP Rebuild Kits Avail NOW!

The COMPUTER SPACE control panel rebuild kits are finally complete and
available now in extremely limited quantities on EBAY:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=3287129833

Thanks to everyone for your interest and encouragement. I'm happy to
answer any questions you may have. Please email me directly.

Regards,

Steve Winslow

At 05:11 AM 3/6/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>ATTN: ALL (single player) COMPUTER SPACE Owners!
>
>
>After more than a year in the making, I will FINALLY be debuting my
>reproduction COMPUTER SPACE Control Panel rebuild kits!
>
>I decided to take on this project mostly because of my own need for
>these parts to complete a bunch of Computer Space projects that I have
>been working on. I also read with interest, the posts on RGVAC about
>the concept of reproducing Computer Space cabinets and PCB's but I
>don't think anything ever came of that?
>
>Hopefully they will be available soon on EBAY (user ID :
>RETROGAMECONNECTION). The final minimum price has not yet been
>determined but I'm hoping to be able to post them for under $100.00
>per kit.
>
>Since this entire project has already been funded by myself and nearly
>all of the manufacturing is complete, I will not be taking pre-orders.
>If you'd like to be put on a list to be notified when the 1st auction
>is posted you can email me requesting that and I will let you know.
>
>I really don't expect to make a TON of money (I'll probably lose
>money) - but it sure would be nice to be able to get the 1000+ dollars
>I've tied up in this project back out of it and have the parts I need
>for my machines. I hope that these parts will be used by others in
>the collecting community to improve the condition of their Computer
>Space!
>
>These were produced in very limited quantities (25 pieces) and a
>number of them have already been promised to some local arcade shops.
>The kits left over will be available for the public and at this time
>that number is undetermined. The few people that I have spoken to
>about this have expressed a lot of interest and there has been much
>positive feedback to motivate me in finishing it. The time, effort
>and costs put into sourcing vendors, investigating manufacturers,
>pricing, ensuring quality and following through with this project was
>huge. It ended up being a larger undertaking than I had expected.
>Doing another run is probably out of the question.
>
>Here is what the kit will contain:
>
>1 - Reproduction aluminum control panel. Laser cut, clear anodized
>and black silk screened artwork - an exact match to the original!
>
>1 - Reproduction laser cut plexiglass with exact 4-color artwork as
>the original!
>
>1 - New custom cut light diffuser for mounting underneath the plexi -
>as original!
>
>1 - Set of 5 reproduction pushbuttons (4 translucent RED and 1 White)
>- as per the originals.
>
>1 - Set of 5 new springs for each pushbutton - exact replacements.
>
>1 - Set of 5 new rubber grommets for each pushbutton - exact
>replacements.
>
>1 - Set of 5 new washers for each pushbutton - exact replacements.
>
>1 - Set of 5 new #57 (14v) light bulbs - exact replacements.
>
>I may also offer a few kits with a couple of the vacuum tubes (for the
>video section) used in the original GE b&w TV.
>
>All of the work was done by professionals and to exacting tolerances
>(and all of my nit-picking) using excellent condition used original or
>NOS parts. I'd like to give special thanks to the following people
>for their contributions to this kit:
>
>Alan Meyer (THE best in the Arcade/Pinball reproduction business) -
>for the plastic reproductions.
>
>Steve Shatkins (Veteran Metal Shop guy) - for the precision metal work
>and silk screening.
>
>Doug Monte - (Master Mold Maker - check out his credits in all 3 LOTR
>movies) - for the molds and making all the new buttons.
>
>Without their help, encouragement, knowledge and concern it just
>wouldn't have been possible to finish this kit. I am happy to answer
>any questions you may have about the kits via email or on the
>rasterlist. I will also post here when the kits become available.
>Thanks again for all the interest and support.
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve Winslow
>retrogameconnection
>
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