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| ChadTower:
Pins aren't fragile. Within the first 5 years they stand right up to full time commercial use just fine. After that, they fail. They are designed to only last about 5 years. If you get a pin and thoroughly shop it, make some connector upgrades/etc, it will be fully reliable again. I am almost done with Laser Cue, yes, and then I have several more pins sitting waiting for the same resurrection. I have no plans at this time to build my own, and if I were going to do it, I'd probably use existing boards and just design a playfield layout that matches an existing ruleset. |
| Witchboard:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 09, 2006, 10:38:12 am ---I have no plans at this time to build my own, and if I were going to do it, I'd probably use existing boards and just design a playfield layout that matches an existing ruleset. --- End quote --- Wouldn't the easiest way be just to convert an old beat-up EM pinball? I mean, it's already just a bunch of switches. Hook those switches up to a keyboard encoder and run a script where switch=sound effect. I guess this is more simple than what's being discussed in here though. Don't think I haven't been looking at my Jack in the Box and thinking, "That would make a cool Naruto theme." |
| ChadTower:
No, not really, especially since an EM is "just a bunch of switches" about as much as an SS is... you really wouldn't want to remove all those stepper motors and relays and such. |
| Witchboard:
I wasn't talking about removing anything, except for the bell chimes. I was talking about adding for sound effects. No lighting or anything else, thus the "more simple" statement in my previous post. |
| ChadTower:
In that case you wouldn't have to add switches, you could probably just add lines to the existing switches in most cases |
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