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castlesteve:


Actually, from my understanding... he and his partner had a running arcade with this system in place.  They broke up and split a lot of machines.  So all the machines are already prewired for it... i just dont know what he may be missing... and if it isnt there, then I wont know what brand it is supposed to be  :)

cyapps:
Every system I see in my area (Kansas City) is made by Sacoa (at Dave & Busters and PowerPlay). From what I can tell they come out of the machine using ethernet and all hook up to a switch which routes them to what I am guessing is a server. I haven't been able to find much on the devices from the manufacturers. Do you happen to have any pictures or any details on the system your friend has?

I am about to recreate this whole thing on my own using an arduino development board and a ethernet shield for just under $100. This of course is more about getting experience with the arduino rather than making anything permanent. Would be fun to give a card to my nephews and nieces and only have there card active if it is in a certain time frame.

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: Ken Layton on October 18, 2009, 08:51:09 pm ---Those systems are a big waste of time and effort IMO. Personally, I would NEVER patronize an establishment that used them.

--- End quote ---

More and more of the establishments are using them now.

From a business standpoint, I think they're as brilliant as the token. Quite a few people don't use up their credits and the cost of the card is probably much less than any number of tokens. It's a recipe for pure profit.

Looking at the SVCS I've seen, they don't seem to cut into existing doors, they appear to be direct drop-in replacements. From what I can tell, the installation of the readers appears to be reversible as described in this article. I would hardly call carving up the coin door a reversible process.

I'm old school and prefer the tokens, but the reality is that these things are going to be hitting the collectors market soon enough and there's going to be an entire generation of kids who consider these readers the norm.  Also, despite any restores I have in the tubes, networking my cabinets is on my ToDo list. It isn't a much bigger step to add in card readers.  :dunno

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