Im going to assume you can solder so try jump starting it. Desolder T59, and R79. That disconnects the reset line from the board. Now plug power , reels, opto and alpha display back into the board. sit the board on a chair behind the machine or something like that so that the cables reach. get a crocodile lead and put one end of it on the 0v test point. (crocodile leads readily availible from maplins etc, ebay) put program card in.
Switch on, wait 5 seconds then touch the other end of the crocodile lead to the /R test point.(R with a line above it, not R/W). That will manually fire reset - does the board start?
Good morning,
Thank you for getting back to me, it is great to have contact with you. I am a complete novice, I purchased the machine for a few pounds and the previous owner had said when they first had it it worked. I had done a few very basic things like replaced all the fuses and replaced the blown light tubes. It now lights up and the LED display is a bit hit and miss, sometimes it comes on, sometimes not. When it does it does not display any error details letters or numbers.
If you place the chunky old style 10p's in the slot they just go do nothing, you press the reject key and it goes through the machine, the same with the tokens. I replaced the mother board battery a couple of months back. But as commented I have not done much more as full time work has gotten in the way. So basically it is sitting in my garage as a playground for spiders. I have no clue about electronics tbh.
If you were willing to take it on board I could remove and post the motherboard to you?, more than willing to pay for parts and your time, it would be cool to have it up and running again. Maybe somehow I could give you a call.
Thank you again
SC
