The Welcome Wagon Thread

[AD_KING]

www.rudysdeals.com. Free manuals... You can find it there!
Also welcome to the forum!

[channelmaniac]

Just signed up... more into arcade games and pins than slots etc. I do some of my own repair work, and for others, but not exactly an expert yet
cheers
/Tim

Hey Tim, welcome to the forum!

RJ

[JCnBOYS]

Hi, I'm JC and I'm a ForumAholic.

My dad gave me a few gaming machines that needed a little tender loving care. 
That is what brought me here.
I'm hoping to get these back up and running.

I have a pretty cool game room set up for my 3 teenage boys.  I can just envision the the parties they have while the wife and I go out of town.

I'm a retired commercial/industrial electrician.  Mostly installs of high voltage transformers etc.
If you guys have time, please help with any info you have to get these back to running condition.   Yaaayyyyyyy!!!!

[Neonkiss]

Hi, I'm JC and I'm a ForumAholic.

My dad gave me a few gaming machines that needed a little tender loving care. 
That is what brought me here.
I'm hoping to get these back up and running.

I have a pretty cool game room set up for my 3 teenage boys.  I can just envision the the parties they have while the wife and I go out of town.

I'm a retired commercial/industrial electrician.  Mostly installs of high voltage transformers etc.
If you guys have time, please help with any info you have to get these back to running condition.   Yaaayyyyyyy!!!!

Welcome JCnBoys.
Post your questions about your machines in the correct forum section and I'm sure someone will help you guys out. Get those teenage boys to help you in the repairs. It will be a good learning experience for all.
Do you know the manufacturer of each machine? Take them on one at a time to avoid confusion. Also pictures are very helpful. Then describe what symptoms the machine has or is missing.
I'm sure you will get them up and running.

[fiero1988gt]

Hello to everyone.  I am new to this site.  I have three slot machines and have a slight problem with the Bally 6000 machine.  Searching for answers I found this site.  I will navigate around and see if I can find answers before I bug anyone.

[Ron (r273)]

 

You need to move them closer together so they multiply faster.

Hope you find your answers. 

Ron (r273)

[stayouttadabunker]

Welcome to NLG fiero!
Take a look in the Bally threads...you might get lucky there...if not, feel free to start a new thread in the Bally threads
and I'm sure you'll get all the help you'll ever need to get your machine up and running you want! 

[Razzy]

Good morning from Florida!
Now if I could only get this error 41 to go away on my E-1000 Bally.

[goldendragon]

Hi everyone,

Another Newbie here.
I just got a "Bally Double Dragons And Diamonds" machine.  I don't know anything about the internal workings of a slot machine, other than....helping the next lucky person that takes over my machine and wins the monies I have deposited.
Someone refered me to this site, to help me expand my knowledge in the ownership off a slot machine.  Looking forward to exploring this site.
I guess i'll start by trying to obtain a manual for this machine.  Would someone be so kind to point me in the right direction.   I tried the search function and wasn't finding a manual or a download.
Hope everyone has a nice day today, and
Thanks In Advance on any info you may send my way,
Tim

[mo00op]

Greetings from Michigan! I found your site while looking for info and old slot that's been in my parents basement forever.

Great looking site! I can't wait to start exploring!

[Tech12]

Hi all: I'm from the UK & just found your excellent forum. I used to be A Field / Workshop tech for an Arcade company but have been out of the game for a while. Hoping to get back into things after Christmas.




Andy

[MonsterBash]

Damn.. I just spend 8 hours reading Channellmaniac's repair logs.  kinda feels like getting beat in the head with a baseball bat

Needless to say I got some probing to do tonight.  Me wanna play some ZooKeeper!!

[jhk]

Hello MonstarBash - Where ca I find channellmaniacs logs? Thanks, JHK

[Tech12]

Hi: If you click on Forum index to get into the main section & then scrool down the screen you'll find the section for NLG members who host their own repair logs, Channelmaniacs Arcade components Old school repair logs are there.

Hope that helps: Andy

[NZRick]

This will be a placeholder until the official thread gets moved over...

To quote gcmommy from the archived forum thread:

ok, i may not be the most technical person on this board, but hello anyways.  this topic is for you all to come in and let us know who you are. are you a master tech.? a minor tech? or like me and not a tech at all? let us know a little about yourself. we like to see lots of posts. questions, answers, or just chit chat. if you like you can even write to us and tell us what a bad job we are doing here. as long as you post. you wont hear a lot from me, except when you dont post. then i have to come on here and put in my two cents.only because i have to live with the site admin. so please, if you dont want to hear blah blah blah from me, please post!!! thank you all for your time   

[NZRick]

Greetings To All My New Fellow Members

I am new to the sight and have been involved in restoration for many years . One thing I have learned about learning is the more you learn the more you need to learn. It never ends and that is the beauty of it all and what stirs and fuels our common interest.

Many thanks to New Life for having me on board and very much looking forward to hopefully being a useful member  to the group

Be well all

[Ron (r273)]

  NZRick

Be sure to fill in a little bit on your profile so we know where you are from, state or country
and your interests.

And tell us a little about your games you have restored.

Ron (r273)

[NZRick]

Hello Ron

WIll do just having a bit of a time trying to figure out yoiur format here I also have the added dilema of an almost unusable net connection pages keep freezing up and typed characters crawl with the speed of a slow glacier.

Hopefully will have all ammended very soon
Many thanks for all
Cheers Mate

Be sure to fill in a little bit on your profile so we know where you are from, state or country
and your interests.

And tell us a little about your games you have restored.

Ron (r273)
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[matter2u]

Hello! I am soooo thankful to this site!! I was drivin here because I decided I wanted a slot game room...and I am cheap so my first machine ended up being broken (atronic cashline). I am a certified computer engineer so not much of what is in a machine I have not seen. I am learning that this is a whole different animal, and I am not sure where to get the equipment to work on these machines...I am at the mercy of a somewhat local repair facility that I think is trying to take me for a ride!! I sent my atronic boards in for a clearing(I dont have the clear chips) they called 2 weeks later and said we cleared it, reprogrammed and now get an error with the graphics board. I know this machine worked fine before the eprom battery died...They want me to trade it in for a measly $150 credit towards one of their refurbished machines...nope I want my boards back! So that is what led me here and now I am concidering opening a repair shop for these if I can aquire some of the equipment to fix them

[DF777]

Hi,
    My name is Dave and I live in Ohio, south of Cleveland.
I have just  purchased an IGT S+ Red,White and Blue 25cent single payline built in 1997
I am in the process of cleaning it up for the wife's Christmas present.
I am also building a stand with a power switch on the side so we don't have to open the door
to turn it on and off.
I must say I am impressed with the build quality and the availability of parts.
I have Googled looking for a few questions I had and ended up on this forum, so I decided to sign up.
Thanks for your help so far.

[Ron (r273)]

    matter2u and DF777

matter2u hope you find the info you need on your Atronic machine. Sorry to say there are not many members that have them.
But you never know untill you ask your questions.

DF777 Years ago I built several stands with switches on the side for my machines. They are handy if you don't want to turn on all of your machines at once (Oh you will be getting more because they multiply in the dark).

Ron (r273)

[ann_828]

Hi there,
 I'm new to this forum and recently started as a tech in a casino so I thought it might be wise to start checking out these forums to help me out if i get stuck somewhere where i can't figure out on my own how to get out. (which happened to me already

[jhk]

 HELP!  I have a IGT S2000 that is showing an error. It states - call attendent, closure M, hopper empty. Hopper is not empty. What is closure M? Thanks, JHK

[jguy]

Hey... Just found this site and joined. Looks like a wonderful resource for sharing info and just making friends with the same interests. I live in Vermont and have been restoring and collecting jukes, pins and a few slots over the past 20+ years. Always looking to learn something new. Just acquired a nonworking Bally s5500 Black & White and an Autoslot. Sounds like the Autoslot will be a challenge!!
All the best to everyone in the New Year 2013!!
---Jim

[Georgetown]

Hello, I am new to both this site and the slot machine world. I am in Pennsylvania and looking forward to learning from this forum. I am not sure I am posting in the right place or not. I seem to be having a problem finding where to post new questions.

I have lots of questions and would appreciate any advice as to where to post the questions.

Thanks and Happy New Year to all.