If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing, wha..

How about the elimination of the coin slot....ie: The birth of the home
game systems (Nintendo, Play Station, X-box). That would have kept the
arcades alive a while longer! Just a thought...
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I do have a more realistic change.....I would eliminate the use of MDF
/ Particle Board! Maybe more games would have survived if they were
all made of plywood.
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gsrogers wrote:
> I do have a more realistic change.....I would eliminate the use of MDF
> / Particle Board! Maybe more games would have survived if they were
> all made of plywood.

Or steel-reinforced concrete.
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I'd put casters on all games and beef up the levelers. Would be great if
there was no such thing as "drag damage".

Chris M

"Scott Caldwell" <lscottcaldwell.DeleteThis@excite.com> wrote in message
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> If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing (the way something
> was designed), what would it be?
>
> I was tempted to say the types of RAM Williams uses on their games, but
> I think I'll settle on how all of the various manufacturers mounted the
> batteries on their PCBs (ones that typically have acid damage, like
> Omega Race or anything early Williams).
>
> Scott C.
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Fans, fans,fans.
I would have insisted all PCBs had a fan drawing heat away from them,
or at least a fan pulling heat out of the cabinet somewhere.
-Rik
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make all chips socketed:)


Scott Caldwell wrote:
> If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing (the way something
> was designed), what would it be?
>
> I was tempted to say the types of RAM Williams uses on their games, but
> I think I'll settle on how all of the various manufacturers mounted the
> batteries on their PCBs (ones that typically have acid damage, like
> Omega Race or anything early Williams).
>
> Scott C.
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monster kong wrote:
> make all chips socketed:)
>
>
I think that would only make matter worse.
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monster kong wrote:
> make all chips socketed:)
>
>
I think that would only make matters worse.
 >> Stay informed about: If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing, wha.. 

ZINFERS DNA:))
"Scott Caldwell" <lscottcaldwell DeleteThis @excite.com> wrote in message
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> If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing (the way something
> was designed), what would it be?
>
> I was tempted to say the types of RAM Williams uses on their games, but
> I think I'll settle on how all of the various manufacturers mounted the
> batteries on their PCBs (ones that typically have acid damage, like
> Omega Race or anything early Williams).
>
> Scott C.
 >> Stay informed about: If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing, wha.. 

Batteries would have never made it to circuit boards

- Matt

Steve Muccione wrote:
> waterproof...
>
> "Scott Caldwell" <lscottcaldwell RemoveThis @excite.com> wrote in message
> news:3LWfg.120943$F_3.69912@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> > If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing (the way something
> > was designed), what would it be?
> >
> > I was tempted to say the types of RAM Williams uses on their games, but
> > I think I'll settle on how all of the various manufacturers mounted the
> > batteries on their PCBs (ones that typically have acid damage, like
> > Omega Race or anything early Williams).
> >
> > Scott C.
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I'm not sure why but this totally reminds me of the movie Blue Streak
where Martin Lawrence is like "I'm a Federale"
Or was I the only one to see that movie??? Anyone... Ok I got
nothing...

Matt wrote:
> Your African American? Really? I had no idea. I figured you for a loony
> white guy like me! LOL!
>
> "MARK" <MARKLINE RemoveThis @OPTONLINE.NET> wrote in message
> news:eF%fg.3$U_7.0@fe12.lga...
> >I would have left the natives right where they were instead of bringing
> >them here and making them slaves.I know that's nothing to do with
> >engineering but i feel very strongly about uprooting innocent people from
> >their native land.And being that i am black American i can't forget what
> >they did to my ancestors.If they would have just left those poor people
> >alone we would all be better off on both sides of the planet.If anyone
> >watches going tribal on tv you would see how great and happy these tribal
> >people are right where they are and then some idiots had to bring them here
> >and look what happened it changed the world forever.Thank goodness for
> >Martin Luther King at least or we would have nobody to stand up for us.Im
> >proud to be a Black American but im sure i would have been much happier in
> >my homeland tribe.I have been told by my great grand parents that some of
> >my family was from the Amisoso tribe in East Africa and my great great
> >Grandfather was taken and made a slave for 15 years before he got his
> >freedom papers.I wonder if i would have been a Amisoso warrior or Hunter.I
> >guess i'll never know.
> > "Scott Caldwell" <lscottcaldwell RemoveThis @excite.com> wrote in message
> > news:3LWfg.120943$F_3.69912@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> >> If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing (the way something
> >> was designed), what would it be?
> >>
> >> I was tempted to say the types of RAM Williams uses on their games, but
> >> I think I'll settle on how all of the various manufacturers mounted the
> >> batteries on their PCBs (ones that typically have acid damage, like
> >> Omega Race or anything early Williams).
> >>
> >> Scott C.
> >
> >
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Make all chip Saltier
"monster kong" <who_won.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> make all chips socketed:)
>
>
> Scott Caldwell wrote:
>> If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing (the way something
>> was designed), what would it be?
>>
>> I was tempted to say the types of RAM Williams uses on their games, but
>> I think I'll settle on how all of the various manufacturers mounted the
>> batteries on their PCBs (ones that typically have acid damage, like
>> Omega Race or anything early Williams).
>>
>> Scott C.
>
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I second the battery nightmare. Think of all the WMS games, the pinball
machines, stupid Pole boards and who knows how much else could have been
saved if they didnt have that stupid battery on the board.

But, when they built these things way back when they figured they would be
around for 2-3 years tops so to them the battery wasn't even a thought.

Matt

"Scott Caldwell" <lscottcaldwell.DeleteThis@excite.com> wrote in message
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> If you could go back and change ONE engineering thing (the way something
> was designed), what would it be?
>
> I was tempted to say the types of RAM Williams uses on their games, but
> I think I'll settle on how all of the various manufacturers mounted the
> batteries on their PCBs (ones that typically have acid damage, like
> Omega Race or anything early Williams).
>
> Scott C.
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