March 1996
STAR* TECH
CD
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~-· OPERATORS SHOULD DEMAND CHANGE
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The 1947 designed mechs should now be a thing of the past.
We need one coin mech that works properly!
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Alf previ().~$ editions of STAS.1'rTECH
Journa( V~lumes )1 •· 16 (Marc;µ 1979
Granted the Mars Cash Flow does
cost more, but it is worth it for
all your A+ games. I've ordered
them for all my Cruisin 's. They
can be ordered from Williams
Parts. Contact your Williams dis-
tributor.
What it gets down to is that if we
have a magnet, any Canadian or
iron coin will jam the mech. The
cradle stops the coin and the next
coin in causes a jam. Coin Con-
trols mechs will jam this way and
have been for years. Yet, it is the
most widely used unit.
Another alternative is the
Imonex. This mech sorts on size
only. It will eliminate 80% -90%
of the coin jams. The magnet in
them works like a Valley Pool
table ... no jams.
Some coin doors, though, must
be tweaked to use them. On old
Coin Controls doors, the back of
the entry is closed a little with a
quarter. The sizing entry on older
Bally doors must be opened a
little. Imonex will not pass paper
or wire the way the Mars Cash
Flow will, but a 90+% reduction
,-in jams for their cost is still an
., xcellent investment.
At the last Standardization Com-
mittee meeting, I proposed that
all games come with a coin mech
that doesn't stop the coin -ferrous
or not. (Remember the Mars
Cash Flow mech will pass even a
house key without jamming!)
The committee, which is made
up of mostly manufacturers,
refused to pass it. What we cur-
rently have is costing us big
money.
Februa.ryl995):have!qeen .seannec;l OI!t9
a ~ingl~ C~~ROM disc with a cust()m
Multi-Med(a Micr.1>soft WitulottJs Program
which places thousah~ of'articles•a.1;tthe
fingertip~ ofcoin•~p game techniciat>:~,
Po1N'.( ANO COCK MENUS
Select from a list of manufacturers:
Thehselectihe game or topic you want
to view~ From there, juslpQiQt andelick
~ndntlje i~~ue whf~h coptai~~ yo~r
choice
througl)the pag~~ orgo directly to the
article oflnterest . '
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REoulREMl:NT,S
Williams ships Europe with Mars
Cash Flow coin mechs. It is my
understanding that that you can
order your new pin games with
this mech installed. The Cash
Flow mech can be programmed
for 12 different coins. If ever the
new dollar coin comes, this will
be needed.
It's your money. Demand a
good electronic coin mech like
the Mars Cash Flow from the
manufacturer for your top games,
other games should be Imonex.
If the factories went this way, it
would eliminate multiple mechs
per game -a big savings. The 1947
designed mechs should now be
a thing of the past. We need one
coin mech that works properly!
No coin jams for a year shouldn't be totally unbelievable.
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