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ody-man
Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 12 Location: USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:25 am Post subject: ODY-MAN MY SLOTS |
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I first saw the Odyssey Machine at the Las Vegas Club in the 90's. They really turned me on. I never imagined I would own one let a lone two. I found both of these on e-bay. One has a all chromed trim and the other is an earlyer model that is all white. Naturally the chromed one is my favorite. The screen color is much better than the earlyer model. I was told that the chromed one is very rare.
The older white one came from one of the indian casino's in San Diego Ca. and was a ticket model that I had convereted to take tokens.
_________________ ODYSSEY LIVES !!!! ^,^ |
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robertwinter Site Admin
Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 94
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:55 am Post subject: |
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Ody,
Nice set of machines!
I noticed on the chrome model that there's something along the top of the monitor that sticks out. What is that?
You mentioned that the screen color on the chrome model is better than the white one. The Odysseys used the exact same tube throughout all the different models. What changed later in production was the monitor electronics (boards). The earlier versions had two boards (not including the neck board) mounted at 90 degrees to each other. This is the version that is in the documentation.
The later version board is a single board (plus the neck board). This version has slightly better resolution and color purity than the earlier set, even though they use the exact same tube. I need to photo document these differences some day. _________________ Robert
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ody-man
Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 12 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:08 am Post subject: |
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robertwinter wrote: |
Ody,
Nice set of machines!
I noticed on the chrome model that there's something along the top of the monitor that sticks out. What is that?
You mentioned that the screen color on the chrome model is better than the white one. The Odysseys used the exact same tube throughout all the different models. What changed later in production was the monitor electronics (boards). The earlier versions had two boards (not including the neck board) mounted at 90 degrees to each other. This is the version that is in the documentation.
The later version board is a single board (plus the neck board). This version has slightly better resolution and color purity than the earlier set, even though they use the exact same tube. I need to photo document these differences some day. |
Robert,
The bar you see across the top is for messages. It has a small window in the middle as you can see. I guess maybe promotional things about the cacino. I think this machine was a progressive machine that was tied together with other machines in the high roller section. Thanks for the information about the screen. The difference in color is very noticable. Maybe some day I can have the board changed if that is possible. I am thinking about having the older machine chromed also.
I hope this forum will take off. I was told that there was some 40,000 units were manufactured. After IGT bought out Silicon I heard they junked all spare parts for the Odyssey machine so as to kill off the machine that broke down. So some of the parts vary hard to come by. _________________ ODYSSEY LIVES !!!! ^,^ |
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robertwinter Site Admin
Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 94
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:11 am Post subject: |
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ody-man wrote: |
The bar you see across the top is for messages. It has a small window in the middle as you can see. I guess maybe promotional things about the cacino. I think this machine was a progressive machine that was tied together with other machines in the high roller section. Thanks for the information about the screen. The difference in color is very noticable. Maybe some day I can have the board changed if that is possible. I am thinking about having the older machine chromed also.
I hope this forum will take off. I was told that there was some 40,000 units were manufactured. After IGT bought out Silicon I heard they junked all spare parts for the Odyssey machine so as to kill off the machine that broke down. So some of the parts vary hard to come by. |
If the machine was part of a progressive network, it had to be running Big Win at one time. I have a copy of that game but cannot get it to run as the machine looks for an authentication key over the progressive network before the game will run. Don't know if there's a way to bypass it.
I've thought about taking a third machine and doing a chrome conversion on it. I'd replace the formica with chrome-looking formica, something even the original Odysseys didn't have. Just a pipe-dream at the moment since I have way too many other projects to finish first.
As for IGT junking all the spare parts, I've heard the same thing. SGIC was some serious competition technology-wise that IGT couldn't match, and still hasn't. And if you think the acquisition of SGIC by IGT and the subsequent burying of the technology didn't help IGT, consider IGT's stock price since the buyout in 2000 - it was about $7/share back then, now it's $27/share... _________________ Robert
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