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Dominos pinball information
jennifer:
Jennifer carefully choses her words here... But... I cant see where that would matter much to someone with some experience. Any service girl worth her salt would have bins full the crossbred parts its made up of anyway making the engineering and design more of a match and patch. effectively making the manual less and less usable at every turn of the screws, a baseline for supplements at best.... To some sorcery I would suppose but it is just another machine after all. .
Mike A:
People that fix things for a living don't want to have to hunt around for information any more than necessary. Time is money.
Judging by the knowledge Ken displays in his posts, If he says that stuff should be included I would go with that.
jennifer:
--- Quote from: Mike A on November 27, 2018, 05:36:41 am ---People that fix things for a living don't want to have to hunt around for information any more than necessary. Time is money.
Judging by the knowledge Ken displays in his posts, If he says that stuff should be included I would go with that.
--- End quote ---
I don't understand you dude, People who fix things for a living know considerably more than the minimum necessary, anyone worth there salt would know EVRYTHING possible about what is their livelihood, And the more they know the more time they save...What Ken is alluding to I would assume, would be it would be nice if that machine had a manual, a prop rod, and was closer to his shop, because he does know its a crossbred machine made up of parts from different manufactures, and reality would dictate as with every Mame machine ever built is that manual would be impractical and of little use anyhow...Once he gets past the fact, its a ugly machine to work on, And He will, and will do it well most likely, He will also posses the knowledge of more than just getting by, and be one of the chosen few on the subject....Go buy a welder and get to work!
Ken Layton:
This Dominos machine is a completely new hardware system to me. I've never seen a Spooky machine before. There were no schematics at all. The manufacturer didn't even have a coil chart. What if there were a coil problem? What driver transistors would I be looking for? What wire colors would I be following in the harness? What connectors would it go through? A complete manual would save considerable time not only for me in troubleshooting/repair, but also in keeping costs down for the customer too. Although this particular customer didn't care what cost was, other customers don't have money to burn.
Over at Pinwiki, all that had existed for repair information on Spooky machines was one sentence: "Spooky uses the PinHeck system." That really doesn't help much at all. So that's the reason I took a crap load of pictures and started writing down a bunch of stuff. I put together as much information I could from my own experience on the Dominos machine and what I could get from the manufacturer's website. Go take a look there now:
http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Spooky_Pinball_Repair
I did all this in hopes that it would help someone else in the future who has to work on a Spooky made machine. Now I see that the newest Spooky machines (Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle and Total Nuclear Annihilation) now use another completely different hardware system than what Dominos and Jetsons has.
Ian:
This is all I could find...
Lamp Matrix
https://www.spookypinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Dominos-Lamp-Matrix.pdf
Switch Matrix
https://www.spookypinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Dominos-Switch-Matrix.pdf
Wiring Chart
https://www.spookypinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DOMINOS-WIRE-TO-BOARD.pdf
My point still stands. Spooky has a reputation for quality work. Sure a couple of his older machines I am sure are a pain in the butt. Ben Heck made a hacked board to do what he needed to do to run Americas Most Haunted. That is what the Pinheck system is.
I assume the newest games don't have that board set anymore because Ben Heck doesn't work for Spooky anymore. I am sorry you are having problems Ken. Did you try their customer service?
For tech support help, contact Chris at service@spookypinball.com
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