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| DataWest:
What kinds of coin doors do you all use? I'd like it to actually take quarters and trigger a switch that Mame could recognize. |
| MacGyver:
I have an old "Coin Controls" model I bought off ebay, that I refurbished. It has two quarter mechs (coin comparators) in it, I simply hooked the coin switches on the door to my IPAC-2 and when a quarter falls through the coin mech it hits the switches, and the IPAC sends a "5" or a "6" keypress to my OS and Mame. Just remember when buying a used one that you might have to buy locks and keys, light bulbs and/or sockets, replacement buttons, springs, coin bucket, and coin comparators as well as painting supplies to refurbish it. A lot of used ones have dents, pry marks and scratches from would-be thieves trying to get at all those quarters over the years, and nasty bolt holes from the operators trying to keep them out. The picture is of a Midway coin door, but you can get an idea of the "switches", notice the pry mark on the left side of the door. |
| DataWest:
Thanks! Awesome info |
| Donkbaca:
I got an old Asahai Seiko coin door. Its from an old punchout machine, it was in pretty rough shape, but it came with the coin mechs, and I got it for 20 bucks shipped off of e-bay. Refurbishing a coin door is easy, as long as there aren't any big dents in it. The sockets can just be replaced with leds, the comparators just need to be cleaned. The doors are easy to refinish, just fill any holes with bondo and get some rustoleoum hammered finish tectured paint. I like the old doors better, I like the chrome on them. |
| boardjunkie:
Comparators are electronic parts (ICs). I'm sure you mean coin mechs right? |
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