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Latest update… Firstly, happy new year & thanks to everyone who left words of encouragement for me. I’ve done nothing until a couple of days ago when I sprung into action… IC3, 4, 5, 6 now socketed with new 6821P’s IC11 also socketed with a new LS138 C28 & C39 and D43 replaced Continuity tested everything, tidied up everywhere with a fibre pencil, and mopped up with IPA. Feeling confident I connected up just white power/yellow/aux1/red/red/green leads and powering on I got absolutely nothing… just flo tubes lit. So I unplugged it all and made a brew. My first thought was scrap it, enough is enough. I do need a 10p solenoid, another machine has an iffy red lead, and a spare PSU and reel driver board will always be good to have etc. But within 10 mins I snapped out of it & started probing about. I discovered a load of pins high on IC9 which had apparently died. Another mpu3 curve ball. Dropped in a replacement for IC9 and connected up… this time reels stepped then spun, well A, B & D did, and C just jammed then alarmed… but I’d never been so happy to see a reel alarm as this surely meant it’s fully booting and no longer stuck in reset!! I checked the reel driver transistors first and thought it was T49 but replacing it gave no improvement. Probed IC13-IC15 and pins 1 and 3 on reel C’s IC14 were dead. Removed IC14 and fitted a replacement 74LS04 in a socket, and guess what… FullSizeRender.MOV

Thanks, and an unblocked gamble would be brilliant. Also removing the £2 cap on exchanged nudges would make for interesting gameplay!

So if I compare Royal Exchange to my MPU3 Lucky Strike is the difference (apart from the theme) the fact you can exchange for nudges, a bit like line up? oh and the bonus spin at position 3? I also see you can bank money (save) whereas on mine its an immediate payout of every win. Progression of tech lol

Awesome another classic saved - you cant scrap that for spares, great game - result !! Nevertheless they are frustrating as hell but its all part of it I recon. The brew made all the difference lol.

Great result, and well done for sticking with it, certainly something I wouldn’t have been able to achieve! I have to say, I’m certain mine will nudge in bigger wins than £2 but I would need to go and play it to be absolutely sure 😕

Thanks for clarification chaps. I guessed just from the video and images but have never played one - do love my lucky strike, great to play as you say but had I played them in real life I am not sure I'd have been as keen as my beloved adders and ladders clubber lol - we all have our favourites of course and the nostalgia is as addictive as the gamble was back in the day lol!

On 5p setting its £10 and 10p play is £20 max gamble

Yes I think your right there Martin 👍🏻

Brilliant result and well-done for getting her going. Must dig.mine out sometime..now if anyone can unblock the gamble I'd be very interested to hear from you !

Very well done, amazing what a cup of tea can do lol it’s seems that reel transistors (this was my fault) or the chip ic14 seem to be a common fault ??? seen a fair few now. Pleased for you I really am it’s a nice feeling when you see her work again isn’t it! One thing I’ve learnt so far on my journey is don’t give up 🤣 it took me months

Sounds like Eachway Shifter. Can't remember the manufacturer - might have been Coral Haze or Associated Leisure, although the ones I recall were around in the late 80's, £4 token jackpot. Three melons were the jackpot, you could gamble wins up a ladder, and the 'shift' feature came along at random. Actually they were by CMS - see pic, left-hand machine. MDM did their own version around 1999 but it was pretty shit. There was also a game PCP that was actually called Sidewinder which had the same 'shift' game mechanic. Hope this helps 😀👍

Great news it's all working.im sure banks still accept old coins.

Hi all, new member here, not sure where to start, 49 years old and an avid arcade machine (and retro console) collector, also now a new (very old) fruit machine owner! Not sure what I've taken on, I got the machine for free and so far it looks like I will be on the hook for 3x new locks, a new coin mechanism and possibly a new main board (so maybe the "free" fruit machine won't be so free). Looking forward to getting tons of good advice :P

Wow and i thought I had problems with mine ! I got to admire how much effort you are putting into getting this fixed. I hope that you do get it running, don’t give up just yet you maybe on the verge of solving it 😃 There great machines I love mine (when it works) 🤣 The joys of an old mpu3