The Welcome Wagon Thread

[jdkmunch]

Get ready for the most addictive site on the internet Greg!!!

Welcome!!

[a69mopar]

Welcome aboard.



Wayne

[CaptainHappy]

Welcome aboard Greg!

I am sure that you will have a great time. Look around and have fun! Prepare to get addicted!

Regards,

CaptainHappy
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[dogwrangler]

Wow, thanks for the warm welcome 

Back in the old days, my first coin machine was a baseball type "press to bat" pinball.  Saw a neighbor that left this big old machine out on the curb for trash pickup.  I went over and bought it from them for a dollar, carted it back, and started overhauling it.  Got it working again in about a month and put it in the fraternity main room to collect donations from the members.  Our group bought a lot of beer with that one...  From there I was hooked.  I got an Atari, a monitor, a coin acceptor, and figured out how to mount the whole thing in a cabinet I built.  What fun!  And multiple games too.  Everyone loved that machine.  More time passes, I move and get a real job.... and I talk my roommate into going in with me to get a Stargate upright machine.  That was alot of fun (after much cleaning).  Had the motherboard go out on me once, but really that was the only major issue.  More time passes, all the old stuff is gone, and now I have nothing.     I always wanted to tinker around with a slot machine.  Really don't know where to start though.  Space might be an issue.  My wife said "honey, if you really want it, we can make room".  She is so sweet.  I am thinking maybe I'll start with tinkering with parts and go from there.  I'm an old hand working on computers and electronics.  The mechanical ones are also very cool!  Thanks again to all the great folks here that share these same interests!

Cheers,
-Greg

[Datacop]

New Member stopping in to say hi 

I'm a professional software developer in Indianapolis, IN.  I don't have a "proper" coin machine of my own.. but I do have the starts to a Mame setup.  The project to build my own mame cabinet is currently on hold unfortunately.

My "deep seated underlying passion" though is for slots.. specifically IGN's Double Diamond series.

I've started a little side project for my own entertainment purposes to try and create a software slot simulator modeled after the DD's...  So I'm trying to gleam as much information as I can about how those machines work so that I can make an accurate facsimile.

While I can't help with game boards, cabinets, controls and power supplies.. if you've got any programming or computer super-geek questions, I'll be happy to help if I can

[Ron (r273)]

Welcome Datacop! We have a few super-geeks hanging around here, so we always need more.    Your expertise is more than welcomed.
I sure more will be chiming in this evening. In the meantime you might want to do a little researching for other geek's projects by using the Search button
above, next to the Home and Help button.

Ron

[tjkeller]

Welcome Datacop!

[CaptainHappy]

Welcome Datacop! 

CaptainHappy
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[a69mopar]

Welcome aboard.

Thanks,
Wayne

[StatFreak]

Welcome to NLG Datacop

We have members who have done what you intend to do with other slot games; you should be able to pick up some useful information from reading past threads.

Enjoy the forum.

StatFreak
  Global Moderator

[Datacop]

Thanks for the warm welcomes!

I've searched (rather browsed) through a good number of the forums (oddly enough spending a lot of time on the IGN S+ slots forums )

@Statfreak:  I got your spread sheet.. I'ma gonna do'a sumtin' with it   I'll get back to you once I've got a proto-type up and running

[StatFreak]

I think that you might mean IGT, not IGN.

[stayouttadabunker]

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music, cars, sports, babes, comics and gear.

[jslots]

Another newbie that just wanted to say hi to everyone out there  .I've been a member for some months now & have just been lingering in the background. I have already gotten some great info off of here & wanted to say what a great site this is.

As far as slots go I started with the Jennings first then moved to Ballys & then a few IGT S+ machines &  I just recently picked up a few sigma UV 1700's that I'm playing around with.

My wife thinks I'm crazy  , but hay it keeps me off the streets at night.So again just wanted to say hi & thanks for all the great info so far.

Jslots

[a69mopar]

Welcome J,
   You should fill in your profile, when you get time, so that other members will know if you're near them.  It sounds like you'll fit right in here with our addiction, I mean hobby.

Thanks,
Wayne

[Ron (r273)]

Welcome jslots! Feel free to jump if you have any questions or knowledge you can lend. As you know we all are willing to help each other
with our addiction. Most of our wife's seem to think the same.

Ron

[StatFreak]

Welcome to the roster of active members jslots.
I hope that you will share your Sigma projects with us as they progress, as well as any cool pictures or info that you have about all of your machines. If you have a game room, you can post pictures in the Home Game Rooms thread. I, for one, would like to see pictures of any Jennings machines that you have. 

StatFreak
 Global Moderator

[jslots]

Thanks for the welcome guys. I will try to get some pics of the game rooms up soon.The problem is the rooms are kind of small & there is so much in them it is kind of hard to get a good pic of it, but i will see what i can do   

Thanks again
Jslots

[tjkeller]

Welcome Jslots....uhhhh.......rather a belated welcome from "some months ago".
Clearly if you've been here that long, you already know you don't have to hold out on this forum!    

Good to have you on board!  



tjkeller  
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[Bobodude]

Hello everybody! New to the forum and what a great forum it is.  You seem to have a heck of a lot of experience here and most are willing to share.
I am a retied electric utility worker living in Holbrook Jct, Nevada where gambling is king. I love the casinos but like to have some of that action in my own home.
So I have a IGT S+ going on the third game kit. Got it in a local fireman's auction and have enjoyed it ever since. I have it in my theater lobby along with a Wurlitzer
CD juke box. We entertain a lot and the neighbors enjoy the slot. Hope to graduate to a I Game + that opens the door to some great games. Jim, from Blue Ridge Slots has
already given my neighbor a helping hand with his I Game + so thaniks all and hope to visit on a regular basis.

[tjkeller]

Welcome to    Bobodude   

[Ron (r273)]

Welcome Bobodude to our humble forum where everyone enjoys slots and we have a little fun on the way.
You know if you leave that S+ in the dark it will multiply. It has happened time and time again. 
And who knows in might birth a I Game +.

Ron

[a69mopar]

Welcome aboard, let the addiction begin..

Thanks,
Wayne

[CaptainHappy]

WHAT THEY SAID^^^^^

WELCOME!!!

CaptainHappy
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[StatFreak]

Welcome Bobodude   
Jim at Blueridge is a great guy and can get you set up with whatever new games suit your fancy.

Enjoy the forum, and don't be shy about posting questions or offering help.

StatFreak
  Global Moderator