Spare change please?
Friday, 30th July 2004 at 9:28AM (1575 days ago)
My coin mechanism arrived this morning! It looks way better than I thought, and it's the same coin mech that was used in the classic Australian arcade machines. Nice and simple it is with a polished stainless steel face.
I'm going to rig up a basic frame for it this weekend and wire it up to the iPac. Internally you can adjust the coin mech to accept different sized coins. You simply adjust a screw to suit your needs. The coin mech itself is very simple, it's a mechanical one rather than an electronic one which means no additional power is required. The coin drops when inserted and hits the microswitch which will trigger the coin insert on the iPac and hence in MacMAME.
I'm getting closer to finally putting something together with this thing. On another note Renae is now on her way to Scottland for about a week, then she'll head back to London to spend time with her cousins. What's everyone up to for the weekend?