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Before the "Dark Times"... Before Pinside...

By Bublehead

2 years ago


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    #11 2 years ago

    Got hooked on pinball in 1989 well before this newfangled internet madness.
    Machines were found via the classified in the local rag. Got a large part of my
    collection that way. Back then there was almost no advice about how to fix them
    and that resulted in two thing; you had to figure it out yourself and broken
    machines were plentiful and cheap. Especially SS pin like series 1 and 80 Gottliebs
    and early SS Williams. It was not unusual to get 2 or 3 'new' pins a week locally.
    That was FUN!

    Is it better now? In some ways. We get to share our experiences and help each other
    out. But machines are MUCH harder to find and WAAAAAY more expensive.

    Back in the early internet days there was a news group called 'rec.games.pinball'
    and that was very active as early as the Darpa net.
    Steve

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