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Ed Cebula/Creative Electronics and Software Drawings?

By grantopia

2 years ago



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    #1 2 years ago
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    GMK

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    Hoping someone with some industry knowledge or history might be able to shed some light on these. I came into 6 engineering drawings by "Ed. C", who I'm thinking is Ed Cebula (?). The thing that threw me is that they are all dates October and November 1996, which would have been after the Data East era.

    They are from a company called Creative Electronics and Software, Inc. (https://www.cesinfo.com/about-creative-electronics-and-software.html), which looks to be based in the same geographic area. Maybe he went to work there after DE? Maybe its a wild coincidence and there's another Ed C designing pinball parts in the mid 90s?

    If anyone has any info on these or even what game they may be from (longshot I know) it would be cool to hear!

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    #2 2 years ago
     
    KOZ

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    No idea but...Hand drawn in 1996! George Gomez stated that CAD software first showed up at B\W in 1993.

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    Would there be a relation to Capcom Pinball?

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    ForceFlow

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    Quoted from KozMckPinball:

    No idea but...Hand drawn in 1996! George Gomez stated that CAD software first showed up at B\W in 1993.

    A good drafter could get a drawing done pretty quickly. I'm guessing that old school designers near retirement who had been drafting by hand for decades probably didn't bother to make the switch. If it really needed to be digital, one of the younger designers with computer training probably could have just redrawn it digitally.

    Keep in mind that in the early/mid 90s, it was very early days for GUIs. Windows 3.1 was only just released in summer of 1993. Prior to that, CAD was based in DOS. Here's an example of what that looked like:

    And in windows 3.1:

    Today:

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    #5 2 years ago
     
    KOZ

    KozMckPinball

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    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    A good drafter could get a drawing done pretty quickly. I'm guessing that old school designers near retirement who had been drafting by hand for decades probably didn't bother to make the switch. If it really needed to be digital, one of the younger designers with computer training probably could have just redrawn it digitally.
    Keep in mind that in the early/mid 90s, it was very early days for GUIs. Windows 3.1 was only just released in summer of 1993. Prior to that, CAD was based in DOS. Here's an example of what that looked like:

    And in windows 3.1:

    Today:

    I can remember seeing Windows For Workgroups in 1990\1991-ish. SolidWorks, my employer, first released its Windows desktop CAD package in 1993.

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    HAN

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    Can always shoot them an email and ask.

    I wouldn't be surprised if the part number meant 'sega pinball', given the timeframe and interconnection with everything in that era.

    So maybe Star Wars Trilogy, Jurassic Park Lost World, or Space Jam, going by the date.

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    GMK

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    Quoted from HHaase:

    Can always shoot them an email and ask.
    I wouldn't be surprised if the part number meant 'sega pinball', given the timeframe and interconnection with everything in that era.
    So maybe Star Wars Trilogy, Jurassic Park Lost World, or Space Jam, going by the date.

    Ha! That's funny, I was thinking about this just a minute ago...like maybe I'll just email the place and see what they say. Worst case I get ignored?

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    #8 2 years ago
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    GMK

    grantopia

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    I did send an email to the contact on their website, not expecting to hear back, but we will see! Meanwhile if anyone else has any info on this stuff I would love to hear it!

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