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Archive for July, 2006
The Cash Hopper
Jul 21st
This hopper can hold 250 x £1 and can payout 4 coins a second.
It is far superior to the electromagnet tubes that were original inside the fruit machine and requires a lot less power when paying out.
Counter Script
Jul 14th
Last year, I released a php script called CounterScript.
It purpose was to generate extended statistics about the visitors to your site.
The script stores all the data about the visitors in a mysql for later analysis.
Check it out: http://sourceforge.net/projects/counterscript/
Sir Bones Lives!
Jul 13th
I've finally taken a picture of Sir Bones put together, and looking quite smart.
Coin Mech
Jul 11th
After looking for the pin outs for this unit discovered it was made by Mars Money Systems and that they had the technical sheets for this product.
pin outs for MS111
- Coin 1 inhibit
- Coin 2 inhibit
- Coin 3 inhibit
- 0V
- +12V
- Coin 4 inhibit
- Coin 4 Output
- Not used
- Coin 3 Output
- Coin 2 Output
- Not used
- Coin Output 1
- Output Common (12V)
Sir Bones
Jul 11th
For some strange reason I've always wanted to try put two cameras into a skull. It wasn't until I was on vaction in Eastbourne with my girlfriend Sarah, that I saw the perfect skull for the project.
As luck would have it a magazine came out called "Funny Bones", that was available weekly. The first issue had the bottom part of the skull.
Meet Sarah and Sir Bones
Fruit Machine Rebuild
Jul 11th
I bought a non-working fruit machine on eBay, for not lots of money. I'm sure most people have bought something silly or different from eBay at one time or another.
Cheap method for Logic Inputs
Jul 9th
I've been thinking about ways to get signals into and out of a computer without too much fuss. My soldering skills are average, but when it comes to complicated projects I prefer to buy them pre-made. Trying to locate parts to make some of the interfaces found on the internet is next to impossible living in the UK on a tight budget. More >
