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Title: Name that part...
Post by: tkmkid on October 12, 2008, 12:33:57 PM
I have a part in my machine and I am not sure what it is or what it does attached are some pictures....
It appears to have 2 fiber optics ports.
Part# 75420200 Rev. A
IGT S+
My guess is some part of a Progressive display.


Title: Re: Name that part...
Post by: Op-Bell on October 12, 2008, 07:23:52 PM
Not for a progressive - it's an early SMIB. IGT back-end systems used to have a fiber optic local network in the pre-Ethernet days. Those HP opto couplers were the standard interface.


Title: Re: Name that part...
Post by: bobn on October 16, 2008, 02:10:29 PM
Interesting. I would like to take one of those apart. I would have guessed a progressive as well. Thanks for letting us know what it was Op-Bell. Something new learned already today and it's only 9:00 AM :). Karma to you knowledgeable one.


Title: Re: Name that part...
Post by: Foster on October 16, 2008, 03:04:34 PM
You can remove it without any issues.


Title: Re: Name that part...
Post by: tkmkid on October 16, 2008, 06:11:41 PM
Thanks all for the responses :)


Title: Re: Name that part...
Post by: stayouttadabunker on October 17, 2008, 11:29:32 AM
I have a couple of those too.
What is an "SMIB"  :103-?
What can it do?


Title: Re: Name that part...
Post by: Op-Bell on October 17, 2008, 02:28:34 PM
I have a couple of those too.
What is an "SMIB"  :103-?
What can it do?
Sorry! "Slot Machine Interface Board". It connects a game to a slot accounting system. Back in the day this was a very simple interface, basically just a few bytes pushed out of a serial port, which was about as much as the simple CPU boards could cope with. The fiber optic link was a short daisy chain hookup to a concentrator in each slot bank - a small computer with a fiber interface to the slots and ethernet to the main servers.


Title: Re: Name that part...
Post by: stayouttadabunker on October 19, 2008, 02:29:05 AM
Thanks Op,
I had checked the manual and saw it after I posted.
Thanks anyhow!
I know one thing...cant use 'em in my garage! :72-  anybody want 'em? :103-