AtariJim.. rest in peace

[lutesaware]

RIP Jim.  He was a true asset to the community.  I brought him pieces of hacked up vids, mind-bogleing troubled pins, and he always had a fix.  He was rhe best, and what a resource to have at my finger tips when I lived in Valrico.  I was warned early on that he could be gruff, but I was always straight with him and told him when I had screwed something up and I never was on the receiving end of any of his sterness.

[Brtlkat]

RIP AtariJim

[Anastasia Arcade]

RIP Atari Jim       

[tufnel1530]

RIP.

Yah, he was a character but in a good way.

His level of skill and depth of knowledge was pretty amazing...

I don't know how many games I brought to him where he would gripe and lecture me and then by some magic fix the thing and it would never have issue again.

[Ron Donohue]

My deepest condolences to his family and friends.  While I did not know him personally. I have always heard of his expertise and willingness to help.  This is a tremendous loss for our community.

[Sid]

Jim was a solid dude. 
There was never any bullshit with him. 
Everything came straight up, without any crap or drama.
I appreciate that kind of person.
You will be missed.

RIP.
 

[doghouse]

Legend.  He was a truly skilled troubleshooter. RIP Jim. 

[HFK]

Hard for me to process, he was a great person. Helped me out numerous times with my stuff. When I used to work for an aquarium we had a pin setup to take quarters and the money went to the turtles. Jim would actually drive down on his own dime and refused to take any money to fix it a couple of times. He loved fishing but also loved the oceans. I just told my wife last week that next time we were up that way we should see him, sadly that won't happen. Got to see him quite a few times in his short-shorts. 

To me he was always kind and helpful and I will always think of him when driving up by Tampa.

[MilitiaMan]

Terrible news.

I never had Jim do any tech work as he was simply too far away to drop something off and then have to come back and get it later, but I did buy many games from him through the years. It was a pleasure buying games from Jim because you knew they had been "GONE THROUGH" and were going to be solid for some time to come. Ands the prices were always more than fair.

As many have already recounted, it was also just nice to hang out in the garage and talk shop with Jim as he was a true wealth of knowledge (not just about games).

He will be missed, for certain.

Steve
MM

[Old Pin Guy]

Overwhelmed with Grief.

What are truly special person.
Kindness and Generous Heart and soul.

I'll miss you, my friend.

Art

[PinFan4Life]

RIP Atari Jim.

He will always be a legend in the hobby.

[NaplesPinball]

RIP

[paul400]

R.I.P. Jim, watching him work inspired me to get in to repairing games.

[Miracleman]

I never got to use his services but it's good to hear from those that did, and knew him as a person too.

This has been a tough year for losing good people.

[Mamushka]

Jim was a good dude, he definitely was abrasive and quirky, but he knew it and embraced it. I played poker with him a few dozen times at my brothers house, he always liked playing the games that pissed off the real poker players (4,4,4 stands out  ). T2000 on the board has a great story about one of his fireworks shows he put together, I can't recall the specific details, so not going to explain it, but suffice to say, it did not go as planned 

I will drink the shittiest beer I can in his honor based on one of our conversations: Once when we were talking about beer we kept on tap (he had a kegerator at his house like I did) he said: "You're a connoisseur of beer, I'm just a sewer".

RIP Jim.