Altair - A different perspective

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Fri Aug 14 21:12:55 1998

Bob Wood wrote:
>
> gets hot. Actually, I was troubleshooting the 6800 based
> MPU boards on Bally pinball machines as early as the late
> 70's. Just never had any interests in computers per se.

I wonder how many other people on this list have worked on pinball
machines/video games (coin ops)? My first pinball machine was acquired
in the early 70's just after Atari Pong and Tank made such a splash. As
a hobby, I ended up repairing games for a couple friends of mine who had
arcades and games out on location. As an extension to that hobby, I had
at one time somewhere around 45 arcade games in my garage, back porch,
shop, and almost anywhere else I could put them :). No, I did not put
them out to make money with, but rather kept them around for the fun of
playing and repairing them. Shame I didn't have the foresight to keep a
few that already are starting to become collectors items (Pong, Space
Wars, BioRhythm, etc.)
Received on Fri Aug 14 1998 - 21:12:55 BST

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