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INSIDE those OLD pinball machines (www.youtube.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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First, wear your dust mask. Who knows where these machines have been?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My god, if you understand how these systems work, I'm impressed.

I'm good with DC stuff of this era (switches, relays, etc) and man I have to work hard to visualize these things.

I'm seriously impressed with the engineers who designed these crazy complex electro-mechanical systems.

I have some older relatives who were aircraft engineers back when these types of systems were used... Aircraft up through the 70's. I've read some of their manuals... Staggering complexity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well, I'd say I understand enough to get by but I did also grow up building RC cars and later working on electronics/computers, so that definitely helped. That said, there's been more than a few times I had to break out a wiring diagram and consult with folks online because I was too scared to break something.