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just to have one of the type of the machines in the pictures would be a dream maybe one day

This picture reminds me of an early job I had to do in the Blueroom arcade. They were redoing the bingo and had used equipment sent down to us. A lot of the control boards were faulty so we devised a simple test setup with croc clips, micro switches and bulbs. I would connect each board, power it up and cycle through the 1 coin=1 card/2 coin=2 card then remote reset sequences and find/repair the fault. Mind you, this was all running at 240volts and in a careless moment, a board came to rest upon a croc clip. The blinding flash and explosion jarred me to my bones......then I realized it had gone quiet and dark. Dark, well OK the workshop breaker had tripped but why the quiet ? I staggered out of the workshop door to see about 1/3 of the arcade dark and Big John Craig (senior tech) running towards me lol. I had tripped a whole phase to the arcade. Needless to say, a revised test setup was produced and all boards were eventually repaired and put into service. https://www.seasphotography.org.uk/gwc/y8xeul5e0yt68g8nqdzgv4j2o2qb53

Here you go Joe, as promised! Although it took me a day longer 😂😂 Brown wire passes through the board and solders to an earth pad on the rear! I hope this helps.

Hi guys its been a while since i have posted over here at MPU mecca .... its been a funny old year ... with C19 and loss of Wizard, some serious bad shit this year just to cap it off for me, i ended up testing positive 3 weeks ago, although im now on a full recovery it was not enjoyable, But on a positive side im hoping this will prevent me getting it again if my antibodies can break through the red wine in my bloodstream So firstly i would like to wish everyone a happy new year ( its got to be better than the last pile of poo ) anyway the reason for posting here was i was over at another forum that deals with vintage mechanical slot machines and some one posted a link to the George Wilson Arcade photo collection, i have never seen this before and found it fantastic ... so thought i would share it with you guys, if you have already seen it great, if you have not ... then you will love it here is a taster photo here is the Link to the collection https://www.seasphotography.org.uk/georgewilson Enjoy ... all the best ... Dicky

some true classics there for sure i wonder how many of them ended up in private collections 😁

They are still available (I think) either from Mouser or Digikey but they have to be imported from the States.......... Just checked and unless you buy about £5k worth you're out of luck. I do hold a small stock and can sell 10 for pound which is pretty much what I paid for them. Let me know if you are interested.

Great stuff. Reminds me of my many trips, with mates to the Kent coast from South East London. A couple of adults with Family Railcards and 8 - 12 kids all going for £1 on the card and trips to Herne Bay, Westgate, Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate. Margate were our favourite days, because of the amount of arcades and the theme park. Broadstairs our least favourite because I don't think there were any arcades or maybe just one, but Margate was like Blackpool, littered with them. As ever also, reminds me of the old days at Butlins at Bognor. I remember when it had a large bingo area and the rest of the arcade, was 3/4 full of arcade cabinets, Carnival, Bomb Jack etc.. and a quarter full of MPU3, Sys 80's etc.. and the Cromptons Cake Walk. 5p/10p play was far too rich for me to play though, as we were a one parent family, so I watched more than played and put pennies in the Cake Walks.

Stunning photographs from a golden age of fruit machines and amusement arcades how they were love it thanks Dicky

Thanks Dicky for sharing these amazing pictures! Now thats an arcade, not what you get on the sea fronts nowadays, and as said in previous comments everyone young and old playing for fun, not to try and win (and lose) a months wage like they do today. Thanks again for sharing these, it really is how I remember arcades, man I miss decent machines. And more importantly, hope you're feeling better as I imagine it wasn't pleasant! Thanks again Dicky 🙂

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