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Amazing stuff Matty. Don't worry too much if it doesn’t boot... you'll know to look at the data & address lines with no ROM in to see if they all pulsing, check RAM has 5.04V, Not-reset is high and look for pulsing on RAM pin 18 (the 2 transistors up cct can cause a no boot as can many things). Z80 isn't too different from other tec at a high level it's just a CPU with clock, rom and ram with a few inputs and outputs... Sorry I don't want to spoil all them nights of fun... then again, it's not so much fun when you don't have a good runner to compare to. The boot is the solid beep of about 2 seconds (first time you'll get the ram clear tone), then reels slowly turn to find position, then spin fast to position then lamps light with a tiny ping & into attract...

I can't imagine ever having the dexterity or skills to do this sort of stuff, but I really appreciate seeing pictures of the work done, from the people who can! It's people like yourself that will keep these machines alive for future generations!

Thanks, Is Andrew96's method, I thought the same when came on here and I saw him doing it. I thought 'wow' and I've still never seen better repairs than his on all sorts of electronics and arcade related sites. It's a great way of repairing battery damage. If you work with tools then you can do it... the skill is just how closely you look (even with glasses) . Anyway, I can't talk this board up too much yet until its actually running 😅 I will curse it. Cheers though appreciate it.

Well back to this one now - being as I already have Lucky Strike £100 version I decided to re-glass this one as £100 Sweep Stake. I managed to get a sweepstake donor some months back and finally just got round to giving this a go. The reels are identical on this machine to Lucky Strike, some messing with the lighting setup and BOOM! Had a bit of a game with the fact Sweepstake was a later version £1 payout whereas LS was 20p payout but finally got that sorted today too. I also managed to find the button panel on ebay (see pic) for £9 so managed to. basically create a full machine in the LS50 cab. Looks good and its actually a cracker to play!! glad I did it now. Just Super Series and Royal Exchange to go for the full set lol Time to enjoy playing it now.....