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Thanks ,,, On with the next one now ,, A/L it’s always great to see them spring back into life after many years just left,

Looks like a good bit of work.nice one.

Druid now dumped and uploaded on DIF. https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/topic/18144-mpu3-rom-dumps-druid-5p-£150-big-game-291fl-lucky-strike-101/

Nice job Phil

I've cut and shaped the wheels,made 48 long pins and just starting the 24 short pins.also started assembling the 3/8 pitch drive chain.now measuring for the drive shafts and bearings that mount to playfield. Note the wheels are slightly tapered to help the ball go through lose hole.

Thanks Bob I will check that out and report back

OK, then next thing would probably be the sensor inputs. Check out the inputs to IC5 pins 10 - 14. I think they should be HIGH until the lamp hits the sensor when they should go LOW. Reel B should be pin 4 on the green plug which is pin 11 (PB1) on IC5.

Trouble is it will report reel B with no reels plugged in, the machine I'm testing with has no issues Thanks Ronnie

Sounds like a reel opto problem to me

i get the seme error if i want to reed or replay on the forums if somone can help pls sent me a PM, or else i cant reed it. thanks greeds NorthStar

i have old barcrest fruite machines. noordstar and a supermatch. i love the mpu3 tech, and repair them . im active on other forms to. greeds ,NorthStar

First thing to do in cases of these type of faults is to swap the motor and sensors plugs over to the next reel and see if the fault goes with it.

Going back to this board again sorry, it had been working then the reset failed I managed with help here from Bob and Andrew to rectify that thanks guys but it's alarming with reel B error straight away no reel twitch or anything, I changed the 4 reel drive B transistors but the alarm persists! Any ideas guys? Thanks Ronnie

Still getting materials and tooling.its a scratch build so quite involved.should hopefully start this weekend.unlike my other veneered cabinet this will have a solid oak cabinet.

Yes much too much time! Still pleased to have got there.

This sounds brilliant and Very tempting all 3 volumes would be a really nice Christmas present to myself for being good this year 😁

After a clean up of the glass, it actually come up very nice. However, the lock area was severely damaged from forced entry and the bottom was very damp and had swollen sides too. As these cabs are very common I picked up another cheap cabinet (sheik yer money) and broke this up. This was a shame, as it’s a game I enjoy but had a quick play first on it anyway. As they’re the same cabinet you’d think the wiring would follow similar paths and that things would be a like for like swap. This wasn’t the case, and even payout shelf was a different length. The wiring would follow different paths between the machines, making the loom which had been cables tied at factory not reach certain areas and it was definitely a lot more time consuming than anticipated. Anyway, I swapped the top door/lid to the donor cabinet and plugged everything in. Was very pleased everything worked first time including things like hopper dump switches and refil key etc which can be easily missed. Even things like the reel housings needed to be re positioned as the reels didn’t match the window between the games all up and running now and all that’s needed it to swap the blue bumper over between top doors, as excising one was already damaged. Also, obviously I’ll be doing button panel, Will I make money from this? Probably not, or nothing worthwhile with hours put in - but like I initially mentioned, I’m a fan of machines not just their price tag I’ll get some more pics,

So. Normally I wouldn’t put too much time into something like this… however, it’s a very rare game and I was intrigued. When I got it (yes, it was free) it was covered in bird shite. And the pics don’t do that justice. The top was filthy, and the back filthy but I don’t have pics of those. It’d Been in a barn for about 15 years untouched, and the more you zoom, the more poo poo you find.. contrary to popular belief (and wanted belief) I actually enjoyed machines waaaaaaay before it ever become a business for me. I’ve had them since the age of 12 in my parents house. I do travel to arcades now and still play too, so I wanted to save this one as I believe it MIGHT be the only one out there left…There may be others, but if there is; not many. here’s a few pics to start with… Suprisingly it booted…

This looks great, a lot of time must have gone into doing this, good stuff to all involved 👏

Looking good greg 👍

I've now completed and ready to send to the printers the first 3 volumes of fruit machine flyers. These will be printed to the same high quality with gloss.paper and laminated cover as the video games and fruit machine flyes. I was particularly keen to do these because unlike video games and pinballs where there's loads of books available.there's absolutely nothing printed for fruit machines. I've collated the flyers into volumes by year and jackpot value as follows: Era Jackpot Pages 1978-1986 £1-£3 328 1987-1989 £4 384 1990-1995 £4.80, £5 384 Also, unlike the video game and pinball flyers although there are a large number of flyers included, the compilations are by no means comprehensive but do include a significant number of machines. I plan to do further volumes to cover machines up to mid 2010s when they all became digital but this won't be until sometime next year. I've attached some example pages from each of the volumes. Ignore the grey backgrounds as this is just where I took pictures on the computer. I'll be placing an order with the printers in a couple of weeks time, so please let me know if you would like any of these. It’s highly unlikely I will do another print run so it's now or never I'm afraid. Each volume will be £25 each and postage £6.50 which will cover all 3. Payment as usual by PayPal, robotgreg@yahoo.com, friends and family. I also have a small number left of the video game and pinball flyer books but do not have all volumes. I can combine postage subject to being less than 10 Kg, So do let me know if you are interested in any of these or if you have any questions on the Fruit Machine Flyer books..

Hello Just bought a 1980 JPM Super Dice fruit machine as a project. I hope to get it to work again. Since this is all new to me I really dont know where to start. Not many here in Sweden that’s into these types of machines. So I don’t have anyone else to ask really. I think its a Dutch machine, they guy who had it didnt know anything about it more than his father had it in his garage for 20yrs. It looks very original and untouched. But when I turn on the power, just the lights turns on and nothing more happens. I have checked the fuses and sprayed contact spray in all connections. What would be next step? All suggestions are welcome, also if someone had a manual?? I think this is a SRU system 4K? Greatful for help!!!

Hi from Sweden! I found this forum thru Facebook. I just bought my first fruit machine a JPM Super Dice from 1980. Its not working, so it will be a winter project. I have much to learn about these things. Here is a picture, if anyone know where I can find a manual let me know!