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Strange salvaged pinball part
« on: June 02, 2008, 11:29:39 pm »
Quite strange. Anyone need this before I make a steampunk clock out of it :)

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Re: Strange salvaged pinball part
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2008, 09:48:37 am »
I think it would make a great steampunk clock.  Go fo it.
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Re: Strange salvaged pinball part
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2008, 11:02:15 am »
That must be from an old bingo machine.



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Re: Strange salvaged pinball part
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2008, 12:10:16 pm »
The bingo database at http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/ shows bingos into the late '70s so it's possible.  I see the words "MAGIC LITES" on the circuit board; these features were often called things like "Magic Squares" or "Magic Screens", although I couldn't find a specific reference to "Magic Lites".
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Re: Strange salvaged pinball part
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2008, 10:53:40 pm »
Keno maybe?
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