They have not been doing business for some time now...which is a real shame as their products were both unique and AWESOME. I really wish they'd come back.

I have emailed them recently and no response.

Don't think so. They don't reply to any contact info posted on their website. Kinda strange that they leave the site up. Maybe they hope to pick it up again someday.

Wish they would take their website and Facebook page down if they have no intentions of ever opening up shop again

Tony stated GLM is gone. Done. Kaput. He REALLY needs to take that website down.

I emailed twice a year ago.. no reply.

Tony is awesome. He was an excellent source for re-engineered parts, many of them at the time were unobtainable. His flipper boards in particular have been extremely helpful over the years as the the flipper optos in WPC games weren't able to be sourced.

On one hand, it's a shame he's not doing business anymore because doing business with him was great, on the other hand, there are a lot more replacement parts available than there used to be.

But unfortunately, some of the stuff he made isn't available elsewhere.

Oh wow, I thought they were still in business and doing all of the great things that they always did. I’m glad that I came over here and saw this post. What a bummer! I hope that they do get back up and doing everything that they used to – there was no one better in the whole pinball market. Thanks for the info, y’all.

Was his shut down caused by the PPS purchase of the rights?

I don’t believe so. He just moved on to other things than Pinball.

I think he should be more considerate if he's busy and doesn't have time to run his online business. I waited a week to get no response and then googled and found this thread, I could have made other arrangements instead of wasting a week. Unless you're on your deathbed there's better ways to handle this, let other distributors sell your products, or how about a paragraph on your website explaining that you're busy, or better yet, close your website down.

I agree whole heartedly. Unfortunately because you make a great product or perform a great service does not mean your a good business person!! See it all the time in my end of work

Who the fuck leaves a website up for a defunct business? And hey, if you're going to do that, MAYBE out of common courtesy, set an auto-reply for the email address listed on the site.

I've been waiting several days for a reply about a purchase and this morning searched and found this thread. What a bunch of bullshit.

I was trying to spend some money with them too...

Data East magnet board for GNR/Last Action Hero.

https://www.pinballlife.com/data-eastsegastern-magnet-auxiliary-driver-board.html

Yup, but was cheaper on Great Lakes and sounded like his version was more robust.

Here's another option, again it's pricey: https://www.pindorabox.com/data-east/magnet-aux-driver-board.html

I offer bare (blank) boards and I will build complete (fully assembled boards - some do NOT include re-usable ICs such as the Williams ASIC or CPU processor). Complete boards are currently built (by me) on-demand (meaning there is a build time from request to completion). I am trying to avoid spending time building boards that will sit around when I could use that time to work on other (new) boards.

I don't have a reproduction of this magnet board but it looks fairly simple. I have a (presumed) non-working one that a friend gave me that came out of a Data East Guns N' Roses I could use as a template for reproduction. I would only embark on this reproduction this if there is demand. I am unfamiliar with a lot of the Data East game specific or playfield boards.

I think it would be possible to be made cheaper than either of those two alternatives but until I actually make it and compute the component cost I can't be sure of that. Reproduction time would likely be about one month as it requires schematic capture, board layout, board fabrication and board population (component installation). I do not have a machine that I can test the board in.

I can commit to buying one and also test in a Last Action Hero. I'm buying another one in the meantime, but will certainly also buy yours if made available.

I am unable to locate a schematic in the Data East manuals. Perhaps I missed it so if someone does know where and in what manual please point me to it.

The board I have has been hacked a little. It appears that someone has cut the +5V connection for a group of resistors and reconnected them to GND. This changes them from pull up to pull down resistors. I'd like some verification so if someone can post a picture of the back (solder) side of a board this would help. I don't want to proceed on a board without knowing for sure.

His boards and the code are great for troubleshooting.

He really should take down the website as it no longer serves the community. We have other pinsiders msking boards now, so I am sure if we reach out to them, hopefully new boards can be produced. Good luck.

Ken

I'd love to get one of his Mini-Playfield Switch Kits for TZ - Version 2!

Start your google translator and contact this guy in Germany !
The sets are great and he designed them due the loss of Great Lakes in the business:

https://www.flippermarkt.de/community/forum/threads/nachbau-mini-switch-kit-twilight-zone.196872/

Maybe you have to create an account to see pictures .

I’d be in for some of the Indy 500 lite up target boards...

Posted in the owners thread @ https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/indianapolis-500-owners-thread-everyone-welcome/page/26#post-5973429

Crap...this is really disappointing. A few days ago I emailed their info address. I thought I'd found a source for good alternatives for flipper opto boards. I found this thread while searching for a pin shop that may carry their products (I wasn't sure if GLM was dealing direct with customers).

I'm not a electronics wiz, but I have designed and had printed very simple circuit boards before, mostly open source projects, nothing pin-related. Circuit-wise, layout, and components that WPC-UFB board seems pretty straightforward, but the steel spring part...I don't know enough to know what to use there.

And it's not something I'd really want to tackle if GLM may come back, not just because of the effort, but also not to rip off someone else's clever design.

But I'm desperate enough I'm considering what would be involved in such an undertaking...

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Those boards are hot garbage in my experience, and only worked consistently when I superglued the magnets in place. Lots of cheap alternatives out there that work fine. Like, try any other solution.

Example:
https://www.pinballlife.com/fliptronics-type-2-opto-board-replacement.html

Oh thanks @stevevt, that's really good to know! I wasn't aware of Anarchy PCB.

I've used them on a few games. I didn't notice any issues with them.

Anarchy boards are actually very good.

Ingo (tz clock board) was working on reproducing these boards, seems he never finished. Maybe check with @hhaase, he reproduced the roadshow shaker board for me.