Quoted from Homepin:The system should be designed so there there is a main host board and then perhaps two or three node boards that are UNIVERSAL and fit EVERY model
Mikes hit the nail on the head here.
There should be generic node boards, and every game should use those same boards.
This would benefit Stern greatly ... they could order 1000s of these boards, and get the cost right down. The time and labour costs to make different boards for each machine would be $1000s.
A perfect example ... my buddies GB Pro had a failing power supply. The distributor sent him one out of their GB LE to fit in. It looked a little different, but fitted ok. When the distributor got the replacement shipped from Stern, he needed to get the LE one back again, as it is a higher amp output than the pro one. SURELY the clever move would be just use ONE power supply, and buy 1000s of them at a time and screw the price right down ... rather than having 200 of this and 200 of that, and trying to keep up with it all.
Makes no sense!
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