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Hi.
Just wanted to share a discovery I did just a few weeks ago:

In Norway numerous versions of drop-case machines were released over a 50 years' period. During the late 1970s until the mid-eighties there was a Norwegian distributor named Scandomatic. This company marketed a drop-case machines called "Maxi". This was a very popular model which, over a long period of time, was to be found all over Norway. Four versions were released over several years, with mostly cosmetic alterations. All Maxi machines had a bonus feature: When hitting the highest payout column; hitting any of the payout columns within the next 5 plays would be rewarded with the highest payout of 7 coins.
The Maxi machines could be delivered with a coin-changer mechanism; so some had, some didn't.

Until 14 days ago I had no indication that this machine was fabricated in the UK, which it obviously was, since it's a Jamiesons Automatics product

A fellow penny-arcade enthusiast had got his hands on an original sales brochure from the 1980s where the Jamiesons logo was present. There are no obvious markings on the machine itself. I post some pics for you of this machine, which I am delighted to have in my collection.

Anyone who seen this machine in UK ?



Jamiesons Automatics

Hi bamsefar1, You might find this article by Joyce Todd an interesting read?? [url]http://www.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/blog/ ... oyce-todd/[/url]

Slotalot:

You made my day with that article.
As icing on the cake, the main picture in the link you refered to shows a Maxi IV flick-a-coin machine. That was the final model, the most evolved one. Thank you so much.
I will bring this info to other Norwegian collectors who will find this very interesting.

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I need a manual/ chart over the electronics for a Jamieson Automatics LTD - made dropcase machine; type "Maxi" (see attached photo).

Anybody who know if there is available manuals/ electronics-charts for Jamiesons models anywhere?

I guess you could try tracking down surviving members of the Jamieson family in the hope that some paperwork was stored...

Hi,

I have a fully functional Maxi IV on my wall, sadly no charts or diagrams but can provide as much pics as you want if it helps you out?

I've spoken to my dad - that's him in the photo wearing red jacket and cool beard - and I can confirm that unfortunately there are no manuals etc in the Jamieson family vaults!!

Well let me thank you Thomas, on behalf of barmsfar1, for trying.

jamiesonautomatics wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 8:49 pm I've spoken to my dad - that's him in the photo wearing red jacket and cool beard - and I can confirm that unfortunately there are no manuals etc in the Jamieson family vaults!!

Just a thought??
Do you have any way of contacting Laurie Binns family, I know he had a lot to do with the design side, maybe his family kept some of his old notebooks..
PS How is the restoration coming along?

Sorry but i don’t have any contact details for The Binns family

The resto is going well - managed to swap the motor out - then get it to rotate the right way round to match the cams !!
Bit of cleaning and adjusting & now Seems to work ok - just not too sure how many rpm it’s meant to be ?? Seems a bit fast

Trying to find some formica to match - any ideas??

jamiesonautomatics wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 1:59 pm Sorry but i don’t have any contact details for The Binns family

I tried to track them down a few years ago, but no luck.

jamiesonautomatics wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 1:59 pm Trying to find some formica to match - any ideas??

Matching Formica can be a problem, sometimes you can find a piece of scrap furniture that you can retrieve some Formica from, charity and second hand shops are good for this, or you could recover the whole cabinet with the nearest match of new formica, or maybe it should be cleaned and left as it is...

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Got a Jamison "MAXI" -wall machine. I don't know if these were distributed / on location in the UK. But these were popular & pretty common in Norway.

There are two specific / programmed transistors/ chips which I need to get my machine work again.
These are marked:

Teledyne " 324AJ " and " 367AJ/CJ "


Any suggestions on how get hold of these parts ??

Well that would seem to be an odd one. It would at first seem to be outside our period of interest BUT it's a Jamieson's machine which are of interest to us. Hopefully one of the guys will be able to help although pre programmed chip are not going to be easy. Do you have a date for that machine please?

We are talking the years around 1980 and up a few years.

A clue to the late Laurie Binns' bedtime reading?

Practical Electronics, November '78

FOR SALE. Back issues of the following available.
'PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS' June 1965 to December
1975. 'WIRELESS WORLD' January 1972 to December 1975. 'ELECTOR' December 1974 to December 1975. All 60p each post free open P.O./Cheque returned if out of stock. Jamieson Automatics Ltd., 1/5 Westgate, Bridlington, N. Humberside.

Might be worth inquiring here; they appear to be in the Netherlands.