Re: TECH: gottlieb mibs e.m. , a few problems:(

In article <1696b9da-a33d-45c0-a53e-09050ed364a0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
30 million (scarily said) <who_won@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ive owned this for 8 years or so and finally im getting to it.
here are the problems it has at that point:

1) all 12 of the "500 when lit" lights are on the playfield from the
start and do score 500. these targets and lanes are only supposed to
be 50 points normally, then when you light them they are worth 500.
they are all 500 from the get go.

Actually, that's working as designed. The idea is that all players get
those proverbial ego-boosting high scores and feel like they almost
won. "One more dime should do it."

2) every time you score one of the above 500 point targets/rollovers,
it resets all of the scoring reels back to zero...
3) each time you lose the ball and it hits the outlane/down the middle
trough switch, is resets the score reels back to zero.

Does the score-reel reset happen through a relay on the "control bank"
of lock-in relays (which is typical of 1-players of that era)? If so,
start with the usual control bank checks: properly seated, both wing
nuts tight, good pivot at both ends. If all that checks out, then look
at the contacts on that individual relay.

4) when you click the credit switch on the coin door (drop a coin in).
it starts a game instead of rack up a credit.

That would be normal for a dime slot in a game of that vintage.
--
.................David Marston at MV
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