OT collecting old Pinballs

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Wed Oct 4 14:34:01 2000

Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com> wrote:
> Anybody else have pinball machines of the more than 10 years old category?
>
> I have just one, a Williams Blackout, mostly in perfect shape, but needing
> some work (never forget to press the reset button when you let the memory
> battery go dead). I need to replace some resistors on the display board
> (think of them as fuses, a common problem I hear), a new thunker from not
> pressing the reset until the old one fried, and who knows what else (I
> haven't looked inside in close to 10 years).
>


Hi
 These are computers as well. As I mentioned about VCF, I
had three at CA Extreme. Most all of mine are about 20 years
old. I like collecting the early computerized ones. Most
of these used 6800's but I also have one with 6502 based.
My machines:

Gottlieb Genie
Gottlieb The Games
Bally Super Sonic
Bally Night Rider
Bally Baby PacMan ( combo vid/pin )
Stern Stars
Atari Middle Earth

 Most of the skills one learns working on other classic
computers relate vary well to these machines. There is also
the mechanical parts to deal with and hundreds of light bulbs.
I'll have to admit that I enjoy fixing them more than playing
but playing is fun as well.
Dwight
Received on Wed Oct 04 2000 - 14:34:01 BST