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cica:

--- Quote from: RandyT on May 28, 2004, 11:35:28 pm ---Make a giant number display out of the crappiest old PC and TV set you can find.  
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I wouldn't even bother with a pc or a monitor.  There are small programmable chips known as basic stamps made by Parallax.  http://www.parallax.com  These chips have enough inputs and outputs to drive a display and keep score.  If you know how to program in BASIC, I'm sure they'd work for you.

-Tom
BigBri:
That would be cool, Cica.  On the other hand, i already have an existing computer and monitor...
Here's another q - Can you bend cork?
paigeoliver:
Used Skee Balls are SOMETIMES pricey, but they really  aren't that bad, they are only a fraction of the cost of actually building one. I have seen them go in the several hundred dollar range at auctions.

You see the thing about Skee Ball machines is this.

Everyplace that WOULD operate them, ALREADY has them.

The off place that for some reason wants them, but doesn't have them, is going to want a whole wall of them, not just one unit.

Route operators rarely use ticket games, since that requires a manned redemption center.

So basically, your only competition when buying these is other home owners, and the (rare), location owner who is smart enough to see the value in a spare machine.
usedelectronics:

--- Quote from: jagnogg on May 29, 2004, 11:49:26 am ---Ok. I've slapped together a quick web site just to get some pictures up.

http://tinyurl.com/2kekr

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ooohhh Please, please, please....
Could you take measurements of the machine and post them to your site...
I'd be eternally grateful! :)
BigBri:
Went to the arcade yesterday.  It does seem like some type of leathery material.(ramp)  I was thinking maybe you can use a thin sheet of rubber.  That would  absord the balls.  Any other ideas?
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