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[Nudgeman]

Ok the clock is ticking, time to test the technical knowledge of Fruit Emu.

Q. I have a Flashback fruit machine. There is a switchable % key, but alas it was supplied with a non switchable stake key. The stake key is a 9 hole D plug. At the moment a 'piece of coathanger' is soldered from hole 1 to hole 5.

Note: There is probably some electrical standard way of describing this, but I don't know it. So you have five holes at the top and four at the bottom. I'll call the top holes 1-5 from left to right. The bottom holes I'll call 6-9 from left to right.

Hole 1 to hole 5 is 5p play and £5 jackpot. This makes for rather slow play. I do not have an EPOCH manual, so the question is really

"What is the best way to resolder the coathanger for 20p play/£5 jackpot and also 20p play/£15 jackpot?"


I picked up a stake key today and it was the wrong sort, pin to pin. ARRRGH!! I was all ready and set to get some exciting 20p per spin action, but now I'm all GRRRRR!!! BAAAAH!!! BOOOOOM!!!

I've tried pin 1-3 and all I got was an invalid setting alarm. WOOOP! WOOOP! WOOOP! WOOP! I don't want to hear WOOOP! WOOOP! WOOOOP! again, so bar disconnecting the speaker, I throw the question to the good community of Fruit Emu.

I'm now going to eat a jackpot potato and some chicken madras. Hope that helps. Cheers. There will also be peas.

[ady]

lol, I know a 'coathanger' is deffo triangular Nm

I'm sure there is an Epoch manual over at DADs mate...actually I uploaded One.


Also (sorry not asking to 'suck eggs') but you are surely aware the Mecca could answer that.


Now this clock thingie?

[RB]

there is an epoch manual also a scorpion 4 manual that describe pin by pin the D type percentage key, i think it is on the repro or maybe dads.

[fruitman69]

Some stakes and prize options might not be available even with the key dont forget that

[Nudgeman]

Cheers people, I will hop over to Repro. I'm rather insular in terms of fruit emu sites, I really need to get 'out' more.
When you say Mecca, it conjures up images of the 'MPU Mecca' which I thought was your snakes and ladders and Line Ups from years gone by, hence I didn't think to ask over there.
I'm registered at DADs, so I'll drop by and have a look over there after the repro.


Edit: It seems the Repro isn't working. I sign in as a guest and then go to the guest's folder, but any advancement up the tree of files after that point is met with an 'Internet Explorer cannot display this page'. My connection is fine and other sites are working.

Edited by Nudgeman, 09 December 2008 - 10:46 PM.
Additional text to inform non working Repro

[Nudgeman]

Well I found a link on Dad's to a great site that has pdf copies of various tech manuals available to download. I now have the EPOCH manual downloaded and I'm sure it will be useful.
Alas, whilst a lovely table is provided for the % change key, it merely suggests that there are different keys available to change the stakes and prizes.
So next stop will be The Mecca, to see if any kind souls have such bizarre information to hand. I guess M1adness would be worth a look as Epoch is the tech that replaced m1a I believe.

I enjoyed reading about The rise of the Big Shot btw DAD, just goes to show you have to know your onions when meddling about with ancient machines.