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Pin2000 computer differences, why?

By GILV

1 year ago

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I just bought a working back up computer for my Pin2000 games, I already had 2 complete computers, 1 for each playfield (same cabinet) and I was a little worried that if something broke down eventually, I would be in trouble, especially the prism card and motherboard.
Well I just received the computer and noticed that it's different from my 2 others, the motherboard is not at all the same, anyone know why it's different, completely different?
It works great.

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Lots of info on this page : http://www.pinball2000.de/
Apparently at least 3 different motherboards were used for these games : http://web.archive.org/web/20080311124254/http://www.pinrepair.com/pin2000/#mother

4 motherboards:

https://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Pinball_2000_Repair#Motherboards

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Quoted from GILV:
Well I just received the computer and noticed that it's different from my 2 others, the motherboard is not at all the same, anyone know why it's different, completely different?

These motherboards have the same chipset, so they are basically the same, even if the location of components are shuffled around somewhat.

The reason why multiple brands/models were used is likely because they were off-the-shelf hardware, and it came down to availability and pricing at the time when they were needed.

Thanks for the info guys.
I did'nt know that Williams used 4 different types of motherboards, very interresting.

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