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My bet to a workmate over the future of cars
That sucks, my bucket of shit 16 year old RTV Ute hasn't even depreciated as much as a 4 year old Tesla https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/18/how-much-my-tesla-model-3-depreciated-in-4-years/ -
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Is It Possible To Make A Homebrew Pinball for under $5000 ? PLAYFIELD AND PLAYFIELD PARTS
Great info there @swinks I did the customer survey at ledsales - some competitive prices there - might help me avoid the dodgy stuff I sometimes get from China.- 1
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Is It Possible To Make A Homebrew Pinball for under $5000 ? PLAYFIELD AND PLAYFIELD PARTS
Lighting ideas -for the Egyptian Columns - you could draw up a column and then put a 3mm channel in the back vertical and run some of the this 2.7mm wide led strip https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005549145092.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.6.629718026Ho531 I get alot of led gear from Lance at Ledsales - real helpful guy, great range of leds locally in Australia (Tassie) - support local instead of going to aliexpress - he doesn't have everything but still a massive range. https://www.ledsales.com.au/ Playfield design - my take is when ever I sketch a concepts like Dukes of Hazzard or Tube Time or Space Invaders - I think about the the theme and what elements would be unique and recognizable for that theme and in the end often steers the design sketches and design to be unique. I tried to take a populated playfield and convert to a theme of my liking and it and/or the inserts just don't fit my vision. Here are a few tools that I created years ago when starting my design investigation and some of it might be of interest and might be handy and they are just suggestions - Italian Bottom layout / dimensions - But in sharing that there are soooo many slight to large variations and some designers like to reduce outlanes to add an extra inlane etc but it gives you some ideas. The next is a scaled playfield to doodle on. Enjoy- 2
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Wildball 2023
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Is It Possible To Make A Homebrew Pinball for under $5000 ? PLAYFIELD AND PLAYFIELD PARTS
By mounting micro-controllers to the whitewood the number of wires needed to connect between playfield and "brain" is greatly reduced. Single serial connection to microcontrollers (USB) Flippers (DB9) Coil power (DC Quick Connector) Electronics power (DC Quick Connector) The cabinet has its own microcontroller for tilt, start, door, features, etc. Note: Flippers connect to playfield to enable the 'autofire' feature of OPP - this makes the flipper very responsive and protects the coils. You could connect the to the cabinet microcontroller, but you lose the advantages. -
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WTB Taito price insert plate for coin door
In search of a Taito plastic price insert plate for Space Invaders coin, like the one attached. Ideally a 20¢ player would be great, but I will consider other prices, especially if you have 2 to match. I did found a 25¢ version on ebay US for $33 plus another $35 shipping which is JUST ridiculous!!! If you have a spare one of these you can sell me for a reasonable price please let me know. -
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The Greatest Arcade Video Games book has arrived!
Nice one Evan. I got mine last week as well and I'm already half way through! The interviews are great. It was nice to read Tracey's insights and hear from the champions and arcade legends in Redelf and DBH. If we play any of the games in the book it should serve as a solid introduction on how to play them as well. Maybe it'll even bring in some new names and faces to the MGL fold. Speaking of which; school holidays start for me very soon which can only mean MGL 59 is fast approaching...*feels the excitement of the impending first coin drop*. 😉 -
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Is It Possible To Make A Homebrew Pinball for under $5000 ? PLAYFIELD AND PLAYFIELD PARTS
Talking the need for multiple white boards that introduced another problem, the wiring. Didn't want to use close to 3 meters of colour coded harness and dedicated pinball board connectors and pins for each white board so I come up with an easy way that used just one set of pinball board connectors with a few D sub style interfaces. It kept the wire usage down to pinball board connectors to D Sub interfaces in the head, (that remained part of the machine), and components on the playfield to D Sub interfaces on the playfield. Commercial D Sub cables were the interface harnesses between the head and the playfield saving around 1 1/2 meters of harness but more the saving was not needing to use another full set of pinball board connectors and pins on every white board. To change a playfield was unplug the D Sub leads at the playfield and plug them in the next and ready to go so no board connectors needed to be touched. Suited me fine, I just had to standardize the coil drives, lights and switch matrix pinouts used by the D subs and every white board I made would plug straight in ready to test using only the wire used on the playfield and some D sub interface PCBs. Heavy current loads such as + coil supply and GI supply would of used a heavier style connectors but again, at the playfield itself.- 1
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Black Knight issues
Have you tried this? Do you get anything at all appearing for Player 1 and 2 when using the diagnostic feature? If not try swapping a confirmed display (3,4) with player 1 & 2 display to see if the display is faulty. "Double-check all connections, plug in the machine, and turn the game on. The LED’s will light up. Pressing the DIAGNOSTIC pushbutton on the Master Driver board will illuminate all segments of all displays. This indicates that all boards and cables in the PINSCORE System are operating correctly. Use the thumbwheel BRIGHTNESS control on the Master Driver board to set your preferred illumination level." I'd also triple-check the orientation of all ribbon cables to make sure they are all plugged in with pin 1 positioned correctly. It may also be bad connection on the pin out from the MPU but if Ken worked on the boards he would probably have verified those on his rig? -
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Newcastle Pinfest 2024
Newcastle Pinfest 2024 - Festival Of The Silver Ball Event Date: Saturday 14th September & Sunday 15th September 2024 Event Location: Club Macquarie, 458 Lake Road Argenton - Main Auditorium Session Times: Saturday: Morning Session – 9.30am - 1pm (TBC) Saturday: Afternoon Session – 2pm - 5.30pm (TBC) Sunday: Super Session - 10am - 3pm (TBC) Tickets: Ticket sales will be available only via the PINFEST website - https://pinfest.com.au/tickets/ Tickets will go on sale as of 6PM Friday 30th August 2024 and will be limited per session on Saturday & Sunday sessions. Tickets bought for one session will not be transferable to another if the other session is sold out. Entry Cost: (To Be Confirmed) SILVER-BALL PASS: (To Be Confirmed) NO TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR! Come and experience Australia’s longest running pinball festival, with 100+ pinball machines all on free play. Not-for-profit event run solely by volunteers with proceeds going to charity. Website: http://pinfest.com.au/ ✅ 100+ Machines all on free play ✅ Proceeds go to Charity ✅ Family friendly event ✅ Dedicated bar serving refreshments ✅ Full Bistro facilities available at club ✅ Free onsite parking at venue ✅ Accomodation on site - if booked early or major hotels in Newcastle/Lake Macquarie area ✅ Airport 35 min by car ✅ Newcastle CBD 25 min by car ✅ Public transport close to event 👀 and much much more to discover !!! Contributors: As always, we will make welcome anyone who is interested in contributing a game to the event. Please contact us via a private message on our Newcastle Pinball Association Facebook page at least 4 months prior to the event as spots usually get taken up quickly. Please visit our section regarding pinball contributions. https://pinfest.com.au/contribute-to-pinfest/ PLEASE CHECK CONDITIONS OF ENTRY TO THE CLUB BEFORE PURCHASING TICKETS Entry to the event will be dependent on the club rules. Newcastle Pinfest 2024- 4
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