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Last Update May 2025
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As you can see, my website is not the technical “goto” for the American Bingos
If you need help fixing/understanding your United or Bally
game`…you need to target Phil’s pages`
He is the expert on these electro-mechanical
contraptions`…he covers everything “tech”
https://bingo.cdyn.com/
My page below touches on things from a different
angle`…the links are meant to help fill in a few blanks`
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~ Resources ~
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Pinside is a good forum for the
games and BingoButch on Facebook
is full of experts that will also respond to tech`
For
parts also please consider eBay (yes, I hate them) and Macro Specialties is
just great`
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New
Bingo Backglass
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Bingo Repair Videos Alan
Marriage
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Dixieland Pinball
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Bingo Repair Videos Richard Gerlitz
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Bingo Joe s Parts Catalog
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Now I
have Alan s videos and yes, this is the first choice` These guides are
practical and focus on fixing issues you likely have`
Richard,
never gave me a set - laugh` but, from what I have seen, he kind of rambles
along with a little too much detail`
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~ The Reflex Unit ~
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The Thumper
Control
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Bally Reflex Unit Files
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Has
your bingo been cheating you`
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London
_ Special Game Reflex Units
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Wiring
can adjust the Reflex
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Reflex
basics Hmmm!
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The Reflex - They outlawed the Bingos
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Keeney s No Reflex Units?
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Reflex History The
Stabilizer
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Regulating the Payouts`
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Adjusting the Reflex on the
Bali
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Forum
High Flyer Reflex
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Reflex Reset Videos _ Keith Nickalo
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United Reflex Operation
& Adjustment
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Numbers on the Reflex Gears
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Adjusting the Reflex Unit #2
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The Reflex - Tailor Your
Reflex
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Magic
Screen Reflex Adjustment Plugs
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Bally Reflex Unit Function
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Phil B. Comments on the
Reflex Unit
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Everything you need to Know
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~ The
Meters ~
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(4) Coin Meters including
Key Meter
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2-Meters - 1965 Court Case`
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Sirmo Magic Screen Meters
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Bingos with only two Meters
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Uni
5 Meters TSCC One Ball
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Magic Lines _ Odd Meters
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Shoot-a-Line _ Interesting
Meter Wring!
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Hide your Coin Meter from
the law!
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Coin Meters _ Set of 4 II
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Meter Mess Laugh!
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Odd Nashville Coin Meters
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~
Miscellaneous ~
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2022 Backglass Resource
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Magic Screen Features
Disabled
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United's Grey Parts
Catalog.htm
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What's inside your Bingo
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Lubricating the United
Motors
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What's inside your Bingo
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Big
Wheel Detector Assembly
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Control
Unit Motors
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Scan
Bally Union Labels
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Malibu Beach
Payout Adjust
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Buying
parts from Bally
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Macro Specialties 2015
Snap Shot
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The
Bingo Check List (Russ Jensen)
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Silver Sails -
Raymond's Page
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40 Coin Limit
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Sands Museum - Magic Screen
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Laguna Beach Main Card
Scoring
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Bally s Early Cabinet Design
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Bally Dual-Domination Bingos
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Bally - Light Blubs /Lamps
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2 & 6 Card Backglass
Sources
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Bally Repair & Service
Channels`
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Bally Solid-White Light
Towers
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The large white 3-Watt
15-ohm resistors
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Improving your 20-hole Bingo
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Bally Backglass Part Numbers
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Tips n Tricks Loosen up your
Futurity
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Vic Camp _ Magic Pockets
Operation
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Wiko Parts Catalog
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Hopper Payout Capability
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(Rewinding your Solenoids)
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Who Mfg'd
the Internal Modules?
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Schematics The Power Rails
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Cleaning Steppers
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Ball Size G.A.A. Bingos
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United Serial Numbers
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Tech Restoring Your Red
Letter Games
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Sands Meseum:
Credit Unit Mechanism
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Replay Counter Operation
(Videos)
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Cash & Coin Boxes
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Tech Lotta Fun Modifications
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Was there more than one
Magic Screen
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Spare parts for your Hi Line
bingo?
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3-Wire Coin Mechs /
Single-Coin Ops?
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Collins / Skillpins History (Wimi
Bingos)
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Were there different Light
Shields?
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Me. Lawton Bikini Extra Ball
Problem
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Siemens helps the bingos go
Wireless??
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New Footrails &
Backglass Frames
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Lock Down Bar Transparencies
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Bingos Score Wins
Incorrectly: Crazy
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The extra ball dead on a
Beach Club!
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Operators tighten up the
Machines!
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History from an Operators
Notebook
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Space Game Light Shields
Aliens?
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Triple Plays Converted to
One Coin
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Showboat & Atlantic City
Modified
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United Voltages &
Typical Operations
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Green Diamond Shutter Cycles
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Big Show will only spot the
18, not the 2
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Ball-Lifts Bally had more
than One??
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Bingo Repair Videos Alan
Marriage
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Hole 18 Won t Light Green
Diamond
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Bally Playfield Plastics
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Bingo Repair Videos Richard Gerlitz
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Solid-State PCB & Manual
Detail
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oldslots.eu backglass
resource
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Woodrail Leg Information
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Russ Jensen Classifies the
Bally Bingos
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Cleaning the cloth-covered
wiring`
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Bally Cabinet Stencil Set
Source
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Ball always lifts at T/on
with no coins
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Bingo Pinball Press Images -
Cash Box
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Galaxy Hole 21 Won t
Register
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Belgium Custom Glace Resource
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Setting up your bingo for Freeplay
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Oper Coin Parts Resource
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50hz - 60hz A.C. Transformer Configs
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Initial Turn-on & Motor
Operation
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Bally Bingo Pinballs Book
Mr. Lawton
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Did Bally make any
Solid-State Bingos
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Early Bally Ball Shooters
& Bezels
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Bingos modified for Instant
Replays
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Bally Backglasses
European Made
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Bingo Joe s Parts Catalog
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Odd problems on Ed s Cypress
Garden!
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Improving Your Ball Lifters
Appearance
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Trouble-Shooting Guide R.
Jensen
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Bingo dies & won t
Restart
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Can t adjust main card on
Big Time
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General Wiring Questions
& Advice
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Silver Sails Smokes at
Turn-on Advice
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Tilt Problem with Coinless
Operation
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Bali Appears Dead General
Advice
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Magic Screen won t Reset
Advice
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Magic Ring lights but is
No-Op - Advice
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Ball Lifter Dead After 2nd
Ball Advice
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Bingho Smoked & Stuck on Tilt
Advice
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Shutter Open After 1st
Ball Advice
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Bingo Pinball Ball Size Info
& Sources
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United Serial Numbers
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Parts & Resources
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Setting up for Coinless Play
Dr. Bingo
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Bally Cabinet
Repair/Covering
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Bally Backbox Internals
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~ Manuals Worth Mentioning ~
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Wilms Export
Company N.V. Manuals
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Very Nice - United's Monaco
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Bally Manuals from ARM
Publishing
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United vs. Bally The Detail
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Maintenance Tips - Malibu
Manual
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Ballys Colored Manuals
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Sirmo Bingo Manuals
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Ballys Confidential Manuals
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1977` Bally High Flyer
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Cirsa K7 Kursaal
Manuals
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Bright Lights - One of
Several?
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United Manuals Learning the
Bingos
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Bali Manual and a couple Surprises
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Bally Manuals - Adjustment
Plugs
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Maintenance Tips - Malibu
Manual
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Bally Bingo
Pinball Manuals
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United's Triple Play Manual
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Helpful Manual - United
Pixies
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Universal Star
A Users Manual
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Spot Lite Manual - Wiring
Correction
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~ Basic Technical - Learning the Bingos ~
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Russ Jensen Trouble-Shooting
Guide
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Electro-Mechanical
Repair Guide
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Knock-Off Circuit
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Steve Smith and a
couple of Bikini tales
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Big
Wheel Detector Assembly
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Bingo Playfield Care /
Maintenance
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Bally Mixer &
Spotting Assembly
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Bally Backbox Relay
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Bally Control Unit
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Schematics #1 - The Power
Rails
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Bally 6-Card - Start-up Sequence
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Inside your Bally Show Time
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Opening up your Backbox`
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Bally Model
Numbers & Schematics
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The Most Common Bingo
Problems
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Fuses 101 - Bingo Always
Tilted
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Intro: Mixers
& Magic Screen
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Ball Lift 101 ...Third Ball Problem
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Extra Ball Problem - Resources
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Magic Screens 101 - Reset/Index
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Tilt Problem - 20-hole Coin
Play
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Miami Beach - #13 Doesn t
Light
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Replay Counter Operation
& Repair
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Bally Night Club Scoring
Problem
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Visual Inspection - Problem
Solving
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Trouble-Shoot Kumback Key
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Adjusti the Scoring on your Bali
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Russ Jensen Inside Your
Bingo
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Start
looking around` Coordinates I,23 on Golden Gate` these things
are fascinating`
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~ The American Patents ~
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Don Hooker Patents
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Lyn Durant Patents
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Don Hooker Patents
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United's Ball Lift Assembly
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United Ball-Shooter
Assembly
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United Scoring Unit
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Bally Governor
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Bally Selective Ball
Return
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Bally Ball Gate
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Bally Score Control
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Bally Matrix Device
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Bally Searching &
Scoring
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Bally Score Control
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Bally Selective Shutter
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Bally Patent Trivia
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Concept Bingo Walter M.
Burnside
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Bally Patent Trivia
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Patent (Hooker) Magic
Pockets
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Concept Bingo #4 Donald
E. Hooker #2
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Concept Bingo Walter M.
Burnside
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Concept Bingo Walter M.
Burnside
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To
augment this section, I thought I would also highlight a few of the
assemblies here`
Tie
some drawings and photos together to help give us some insight on the
mechanics of the older Bingos`
_ Bally Magic
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1954
changes-up everything with Bingo Cards the player can control` true Variety`
Magic Lines Detail
Starting in
1955 the very popular Magic Squares was introduced with Broadway
Magic Squares Detail
The 1958
introduction of Magic Screens would prove to be the all-time favorite of
most players`
Magic Screen
Detail
Bally s last
major movement came in 1965 with Color Zones on the 20-hole Bingos`
Mystic Line Detail
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_ Associated Links _
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Has your Bingo been
Altered/Rigged?
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Recreaticos Franco
- Bingo Bongo
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Europe / Electronic /
Solid-State
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America's Casey /
Collins Bingos
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Bally Magic Screens
w/CRT Monitors
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