Dick Smith Wizzard on Display in Sydney

[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!

[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)

[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

[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!

[Mobsie]

Great Video

[Scouter3d]

Yes, very nice video!