Things fall apart, it’s sad but true. The oldest classic Atari arcade units are now 35+ years old, and while they have held-up pretty good considering, sometimes for what-ever reason these lovely machines stop working.
However all is not lost, thanks to those wonderful archivists at TextFiles.com you can now access the ‘The Book’ and a have a fighting chance at getting your precious Atari back in working condition. Better described by its subtitle, ‘A Guide to Electronic Game Operation and Servicing’ these 180+ pages distributed by Atari in 1980 guide readers through electronics theory, troubleshooting techniques, and Atari specific hacks and fixes.
‘Geared for the operator and distributor technician who repairs Atari’s electronic video and pinball games’ this material is dense, but filled with useful knowledge that can help you troubleshoot and repair any retro arcade system.