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Megatouchmike:
Had VIPS running on a Radion long time ago.  Got enough hardware together to at least get it running.  There are actually 2 machines on Facebook marketplace right now non-working.  Wish I had the time to travel and fix one up.

Dazzzzz:
Very cool seeing it running on a different set of hardware, ive never that software release at all.
To be fair I only ever saw Force machines out in the wild here and they were few and far between.
Thats been a problem with documenting the software releases and trying to find out where everything fits, here in the UK I just dont seem to have access to any of the more unique machines and the custom software releases that they included.
Oh well I guess the search is half the fun.

thanks again for sharing the information, its much appreciated

MasterOfNone:
I have the VIA mobo's, so I could try out touch2play here if I had the image and knew which I/O it likes. Also have a complete original Aurora GT, so will copy the image for the library.  I've reluctantly passed on a lot of Boardwalk stuff, only because I felt like I had to draw the line somewhere on this collection..., but looks like I'll eventually be establishing a public arcade museum as part of an arts center that's being built here, so will have thousands of square feet to fill... Definitely want a Mr. VIP's, but I like the more streamlined one that's on the cover of the manual. :)
I'm guessing the second key in the Entertainer was part of an online play requirement?

Megatouchmike:

--- Quote from: MasterOfNone on May 06, 2022, 07:57:33 am ---I have the VIA mobo's, so I could try out touch2play here if I had the image and knew which I/O it likes. Also have a complete original Aurora GT, so will copy the image for the library.  I've reluctantly passed on a lot of Boardwalk stuff, only because I felt like I had to draw the line somewhere on this collection..., but looks like I'll eventually be establishing a public arcade museum as part of an arts center that's being built here, so will have thousands of square feet to fill... Definitely want a Mr. VIP's, but I like the more streamlined one that's on the cover of the manual. :)
I'm guessing the second key in the Entertainer was part of an online play requirement?

--- End quote ---

I'm pretty sure I still have the image.  You need the T2P I/O which I haven't seen in a long time...it's pretty small, like half the size of a hard drive.  I used it to fix another T2P with a bad amplifier and now regret it because I've never been able to find another.

The second entertainer key was used to tell the software it was ok to enable the jukebox.  It had some odd pairing with the other security key - if you booted the machine with 1 key and not the other, you would get a specific message about a missing "ES key".

MasterOfNone:
I've seen some typical looking ion evo's with 2 keys, so that probably indicates a machine was used for juke too..., which goes along with what I read about the second key being related to an internet requirement, since jukes have no option for offline operation..., well, unless you're as talented a hacker as someone I know! :)

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