Posted by Cablouie on September 22, 1999 at 15:47:57:
In Reply to: Lotto Fun, and Dispensing Tickets posted by pal on September 22, 1999 at 13:07:50:
A moderately expensive inside joke, but it would be a very "authentic" effect!
You could do it... I see three ways:
1. hack into the keyboard LED and have that send the pulse needed to dispense a ticket. (best bet)
2. use a photo-sensitive transistor to detect when the keyboard LED is lit, then send a pulse from there. (probably not as reliable)
3. develop a software app that monitors the status of the keyboard LED's (under DOS you could control and monitor this, don't know about win95), when it is lit, the app would send a signal to the serial/parallel/whatever port to pulse the ticket dispenser (pretty involved)
Happ Controls does have ticket dispensers (on page 131, or at http://www.happcontrols.com/amusement/coindoor/42098000.htm). It looks like they will dispense a ticket when they receive a pulse (don't take my word for it though :) I just glanced at the description.)
Let us know if you do it, it would be pretty cool to see!
-Cab
: I was wondering, if you guys have played the MAME game
: Lotto Fun, and notice it gives off tickets, if you notice
: the Keyboard lights go off each ticket it dispenses. Does
: anyone know if a Ticket Dispenser could be attached to really
: give off tickets via each pulse of power to the light on the keyboard?
: Has anyone done it?!
: its more of a inside joke with my arcade cabinet, I more
: want to suprise my friends with a ticket dispenser! LOL!