Games For Your Intellivision Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I have a friend in NY, NY that is trying to get D2K going, but his Intellivision has crapped out. It got me thinking...... Maybe the so called 'INTV Brotherhood' should start 'repair centers' for the Intellivision where we can take broken Intellivisions to either donate for parts, or to get repaired for a reasonable amount? I have a bunch of broken machines that are good for parts, and I have repaired a number of my own units and put them back in service. We could have volunteers in every major city in the world that would be a 'repair center'.....ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebelhaki Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I think it's a great idea. I can try and help people with their intellivision in my area, Bloomington, IN. I can also fix colecovisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) Fixing power supply issues and replacing the ribbon cable are common repairs that could be done easily. The trouble is supply of spare IC parts for the logic board, where there are several points of failure. You'd have to start hoarding broken consoles to part out. A service that parts out Intellivisions would be useful. I have an Inty that I am sure has a logic problem, but unsure if it is with GROM, EXEC or STIC, nor how to pin it down, and don't have parts to swap out to troubleshoot. - J Edited April 15, 2013 by HunterZero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Yes, that is the larger issue with classic console repair, where to get dependable replacement electronic components. It would seem to my limited understanding that an entrepreneurial company could start manufacturing replacement chips for all the old consoles and possibly make a profit on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 luckily there are several million units out there. so after rev and cmart took their million units, there are some units left for the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 I seriously doubt there would be any profit manufacturing replacement parts for Intellivisions. How many people actively use them? 30,000 tops? Most people toss them in the garbage or use them....there seems to be no in between. I have multiple backups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Yes I'd say the market is too small and parts too hard to get cheaply that would make this purely a hobbyists exercise. - J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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