Seeking Pre-1995 Mikohn Hardware and documentation

[fiddlefarter]

Welcome Tom, this is one of the friendliest sites I have ever been on the guys are always quick to jump in and help.

Regards Sharron 

[John Acres]

Hi Tom, If you do find any original manuals or equipment, I am very interested in purchasing it. So far, not much has turned up from pre-1995. I guess that's just too long ago to be found.

Your photo shows some great-looking Caille games. Are they yours? If so, I am jealous!

John

[John Acres]

Ok - Thats I had read to hook it up..... Just thought there might have been more good stuff to know.

Here is a question you might be able to answer....

What is the serial port for on the ChamI (LED4/5) when these are link devices ?

I apologize, I thought I had answered your question about the serial port earlier but perhaps I simply did not post it. When the Cham1 was originally developed, I was not sure of how big the market might be. The serial port was put on there in case we ever wanted to sell the display for general signage. THinking back then was to allow a standard computer to attach to the display and program it.

We soon found ourselves very busy with gaming applications though but the serial port remained for a very long time.

John

[jay]

I don't get any response from the port when I connect it to a computer.
Was there ever a guide or a program that was designed to talk to this port.
I have procomm which is capable of sending out strings with non printable characters and the like.

[Tomba]

Well John, just give me some time but whatever I will find is yours and please don't think I will charge you for anything. Just wish me luck and some spare time to look for them.

Tom

[Tomba]

By the way John, those machines are not mine. My old boss has one of the biggest collection of Juke-Boxes and Slots in the world. (to be honest, he collects everything even up to all types of radios, whiskey's and so on.) I will look up his adress and I will put on this forum.

[TZtech]

Hi All

Bit off topic but when John mentioned what the machines were in Tombas profile pic did a search and came up with this.

http://www.danielsantiques.com/vintage_antique_slot_machines.asp

Wow - Wish he had some pics of the internals but it looks like some real workmanship in those machines.
Makes me wonder what slots will look like 100 years from now (Direct to brain download  ?)

Regards
Ian

[John Acres]

I don't get any response from the port when I connect it to a computer.
Was there ever a guide or a program that was designed to talk to this port.
I have procomm which is capable of sending out strings with non printable characters and the like.

I suspect there is no longer any code within the software to support that port. I could be wrong though. So much time has passed, it is hard to know what's been placed into newer software and what's been removed to make room for the new features. There wa code written for the port originally but by originally, I am talking 1985-1987. I'm guessing you won't get very far with the port. Sorry I couldn't be of help.

John

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[John Acres]

That's quite a collection.I am no expert but I went to a slot auction a couple of years ago and a Caille Roulette game like that off to the right went for around $200,000. That triple Caille wheel would probably go for around that too. Triples are pretty rare. They are beuatiful pieces but played slow compared to today's games and could not handle any appreciable volume of money.

They were often rigged to not strike certain awards too.

Still, they are great examples of late-19th centruy craftsmanship and are ingeniously designed. I couldn't even begin to  think in terms of how to implement a game without electricity.

[John Acres]

Well John, just give me some time but whatever I will find is yours and please don't think I will charge you for anything. Just wish me luck and some spare time to look for them.

Tom

I do wish you luck but it would be unfair to take something you took time and effort to acquire (and find again) without compensation. Anyway, let me know if you find anything pre-1995--especially if it is pre-1990!

Thanks,

John

[knagl]

My history in gaming goes back to 1972 when I was 18 and worked part-time at a little casino called Mr. Sy's while  stationed at Nellis Air Force base is Las Vegas.

Allow me to bring back a couple of memories...


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[John Acres]

Allow me to bring back a couple of memories...

Those are great photos. I have not seen fun books, or Mr. Sy's tokens for 30 years. I appreicate the signage photo too. Do you have higher resolution versions available?

THanks,

John

[PWRSTROKE]

Interesting post-I never seen this one.  Caught my eye because I am to pick up/purchase a good bid of mikohn "equipment" from some one that worked there for years and I went to grade school with.  Hopefully there will be some older stuff there as well.  I have a lot of the newer and somewhat older mik. stuff and "dabble" with it and use that term loose -Hope to get some interesting data/tools and componets.  Will post status soon I hope.  B.

[edski]

Click on (Source) under the first photo!

Very neat stuff!!

Ed

[knagl]

Those are great photos. I have not seen fun books, or Mr. Sy's tokens for 30 years. I appreicate the signage photo too. Do you have higher resolution versions available?

Hi, John.  Unfortunately, what you see on the post is all I have.  I had been looking through the slideshow from "WhenTheMobRanVegas.com" and had seen that first photo just about a week ago -- when I stumbled on this topic and saw that you said you worked at Mr. Sy's, it rang a bell in my head that I had just seen a picture of it not long ago.  None of those photos are mine, rather just what I found on the Internet in a quick search.

Click on (Source) under the first photo!

Indeed, that site has a lot of good old pictures of older Las Vegas.