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The "Today I received" Thread

Trophies for Sunday have arrived. Below is a picture of last years trophies, except this year it looks like they've upped the height of the top bit so third place / best lady / best junior are about the same height as last years first place (shown on the left), then second place is higher still and first place is even higher. They are probably amongst the tallest pinball trophies awarded in the UK... :eek: :thumbs:


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Finally found my own reasonably priced copy of Electronic Pinball Electronics for Pinball Mechanis by R.A. Hornick for considerably less than the usual $100-200 or £150+ pricetag this book seems to attract :D

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I now need to return the long overdue copy I was lent but a bit confused who sent it to me?

@Jay Walker, was it you?
 
I finally did it I bought a multi meter, even after tireless hours with @Matt Adams and also hours upon hours with @pinballmania this bag of horse **** Star Wars still doesn't work!!!
@mufcmufc very kindly talked me through the issues but got the point of needing a multi meter so finally the day was upon me, still got no idea how to use the fooker ;)
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Will said:
I finally did it I bought a multi meter, even after tireless hours with @Matt Adams and also hours upon hours with @pinballmania this bag of horse **** Star Wars still doesn't work!!!
@mufcmufc very kindly talked me through the issues but got the point of needing a multi meter so finally the day was upon me, still got no idea how to use the fooker ;)
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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:Oh this is gonna be *GOOD* :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
Got my Pinball Browser fully licenced today , and have set out about changing some of the songs / sounds on my Stones :cool::cool: As first quick test replaced one of the duller tracks on there with 'Jumpin Jack Flash' :clap::clap: Code updated , all working. Let the tinkering commence :thumbs:

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Will said:
I finally did it I bought a multi meter, even after tireless hours with @Matt Adams and also hours upon hours with @pinballmania this bag of horse **** Star Wars still doesn't work!!!
@mufcmufc very kindly talked me through the issues but got the point of needing a multi meter so finally the day was upon me, still got no idea how to use the fooker ;)
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Hi, Will,

Firstly, the leads aren't in the right sockets; the black lead should be in the 'Com' socket, while the red one is only used in the 10A socket to measure on the 10A scale. Mostly it's used in the r/h (Volts/Ohm/diode) socket.

Then you need to select what range to use. Going clockwise, there are 2 Ac voltages ranges, 5 current ranges (including the special 10A), diode tester, continuity beeper, 5 resistance Ohm scales and 5 Dc voltage ranges.

Dc voltages are measured against Ground, with the black Com lead placed on Ground and the red lead on the component/pin/lead/trace to be measured.

Resistances are measured with the device power Off. The two leads are placed one each side of the component and the resistance between is shown. But the results can be skewed by other, unwanted, parallel circuits unless the component is in a simple circuit, or removed (even partially) from its usual circuit.
 
Jay Walker said:
Hi, Will,

Firstly, the leads aren't in the right sockets; the black lead should be in the 'Com' socket, while the red one is only used in the 10A socket to measure on the 10A scale. Mostly it's used in the r/h (Volts/Ohm/diode) socket.

Then you need to select what range to use. Going clockwise, there are 2 Ac voltages ranges, 5 current ranges (including the special 10A), diode tester, continuity beeper, 5 resistance Ohm scales and 5 Dc voltage ranges.

Dc voltages are measured against Ground, with the black Com lead placed on Ground and the red lead on the component/pin/lead/trace to be measured.

Resistances are measured with the device power Off. The two leads are placed one each side of the component and the resistance between is shown. But the results can be skewed by other, unwanted, parallel circuits unless the component is in a simple circuit, or removed (even partially) from its usual circuit.
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I've got to say these things have intimidated me since technology lessons at school but you've actually made it sound simple enough that I'm going to buy one now, cheers Jay!!
 
Sgt GrizZ said:
Got my Pinball Browser fully licenced today , and have set out about changing some of the songs / sounds on my Stones :cool::cool: As first quick test replaced one of the duller tracks on there with 'Jumpin Jack Flash' :clap::clap: Code updated , all working. Let the tinkering commence :thumbs:

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This is cool. I now have 'You Can't Always Get What You Want ' playing as the Game Over / hi score display theme. Pinball Browser is ace :thumbs:
 
That DASH 35 board from TwoBits.com looks interesting, @rockhouse. Unless I'm missing something their website only lists complete boards for $329. Where's the kit option?

Also, any idea why the "close-up" image on the site doesn't look like the thumbnail or the board you've got? Yours looks like a replica reproduction of the original AS-2518-35 MPU, even down to all the parts numbers being the same and the same layout. The "close-up" seems to show a modern re-design with the "GAME ROM", battery pack and DIP switches:

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I've just worked it out...

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It's a daughter board mounted on the J5 connector that uses the AID port to get the CPU to load the ROM images via J5 instead of from the U2-U6 sockets. Have you got this daughterboard @rockhouse or are you going to put the VECTOR ROMs direct in the MPU?
 
Sorry @rockhouse. Didn't mean to cause panic! The boards look great, I just wanted to know where they came from, how much, etc? I see eBay is our friend again!

That eBay listing has a link to the daughter board I highlighted. It's from TwoBits.com and is called the FIXIT: http://twobits.com/fixit/ Clever little gadget but NOT needed for your new MPU board. You can do as you planned which is populate it with all the components, drop in the VECTOR ROMs and Voila! you've got a brand new MPU.
 
Have you produced a shopping list for your components ?

Would maybe be interested in doing similar but id guess the costs might make it cheaper to just buy a complete board.
 
Moonraker said:
Ebay link provides a list of components...
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So you expect me to read these things before i respond ? :D


Saying all that, there is no mention of price.

I'll wait patiently while Pete provides the link with the cost that I should have seen, or better still he cross references them to RS or CPC and totals them up, buys them and sends them to me (might be a long wait) :rolleyes:
 
I would estimate between £40-50 in parts to populate that DASH35 MPU board. Resistors, diodes and most of the capacitors are mere pence each. Costs start to rise for parts like the four DIP Switches (about £1 each), the DIP sockets, header pins. Most expensive parts are the chips though. The CPU, 2 x PIA, RAM and SRAM are all about £5 each to buy individually (all obsolete). The EEPROMs are also about £5-8 each. Couple of folks on here can burn them (@Paul, @myPinballs) .
 
Nedreud said:
I would estimate between £40-50 in parts to populate that DASH35 MPU board. Resistors, diodes and most of the capacitors are mere pence each. Costs start to rise for parts like the four DIP Switches (about £1 each), the DIP sockets, header pins. Most expensive parts are the chips though. The CPU, 2 x PIA, RAM and SRAM are all about £5 each to buy individually (all obsolete). The EEPROMs are also about £5-8 each. Couple of folks on here can burn them (@Paul, @myPinballs) .
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Yes i can program any roms for these games onto new 2732 ics (Not pulls) £16 a set. I also have a good reliable supply of 6821 PIA's for £3.50 each and some, but not loads of the bookkeeping 5101 ram ics.
 
rockhouse said:
that daughter board looks interesting ;) i wonder!!
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Yeah, the FIXIT does look interesting. I guess it depends how much you anticipate using it's ROM swapping or test features. If you're only putting that DASH35 together to create a new MPU for VECTOR, then not worth it, but if you've got a whole line-up of Bally solid-states then the diagnostic functions of the FIXIT could be very useful.
 
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