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Dick Smith Wizzard on Display in Sydney
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:38 am
by amagni
Hi all, I'm a volunteer at the Australian Computer Museum (
https://acms.org.au/), where we've just got our Wizzard up and running.
wizzard.jpg
It has the rubber keyboard, which works quite well, but the joysticks don't seem to be working at all. I'll keep you posted as we work on the system, in the meantime Sydney folks are welcome to drop in on Saturdays to check out the Wizzard as well as many other retro machines!
Re: Dick Smith Wizzard on Display in Sydney
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:14 am
by Scouter3d
Hello and welcome!
very nice system!
Sometimes it is only "broken wires" in the joysticks, but most of the time the plasticmembrane is broken or the conductive traces are worn off with a lot of "fiddling" and silver conductive paint i managed to rescue a few controllers...
Good luck! TOM:0)
Re: Dick Smith Wizzard on Display in Sydney
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2023 1:25 am
by cheshirenoir
Hey Amagni,
Good to see you here
Have a look in the hardware section for solutions for controllers from both myself and from Tom.
If you're interested, I might have some PCBs for the controller replacements somewhere I can mail across. I'll also see if I have enough parts to make ACMS a basic multicart.
(Tom's is much more powerful and useful, so if ACMS buy one from him, you'll get a better solution)
John "CheshireNoir" Parker
Re: Dick Smith Wizzard on Display in Sydney
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:32 pm
by amagni
I made a video showing off the Wizzard and the games we have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2-Xo1sWwoM
Big thanks to Luca for donating the "Police Jump" game!
Re: Dick Smith Wizzard on Display in Sydney
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:30 am
by Mobsie
Great Video
Re: Dick Smith Wizzard on Display in Sydney
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:43 am
by Scouter3d
Yes, very nice video!
