Upon arrival to work to start my day, a co-worker was telling me about a WMS conversion that was supposed to have been started but the tech ran into a problem. When did Bluebird game conversions start coming with a “piggyback board” and a “dongle?” You may ask what is a “dongle” when applies to slot machines? How about a definition of a dongle? According to www.webster.com, the definition is: a small device that plugs into a computer (slot machine in this case) and serves as an adapter or as a security measure to enable the use of certain software. First known use: 1981. What does one look like? They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, for example on a Speilo game, they are about the size of an older printer port on a computer, about 25 pins, with two connectors matched together (I wish I could see what’s on the inside of it). On IGT games they are “keys” or dongles. We recently had some software issues with an IGT “Coyote Moon” game. I was asked to install the license key into an available USB port and turn on the game. It was supposed to be “plug and play” and it actually was! When power was turned on, the game booted up, machine options were checked and it was back online. IGTs also have setup keys. Not like to old days of the Game King physical privilege key but an electronic device that looks similar to a thumb drive, flash drive or data stick. Insert the “key” into a USB port and perform the task at hand. On new IGTs such as the G20, keys are used for setup, replacing the formerly used key chip EPROMS. On older Game Kings, to set specific options a key chip EPROM needed to be installed to perform certain tasks. Not anymore. Now with newer Speilo, IGT, and even some WMS Bluebird 2 games, an open USB port is used along with an electronic device such as a dongle, license key or thumb drive to download software to the game or to set specific game options. On newer Speilo games, one dongle is used for a RAM clear; a different one is used for setup and game optioning. Now it looks like (at least it looks like) some new WMS conversions may come with a dongle, such as a “Winning Bid 2" program. Simply plug the dongle into the piggyback board and plug the board into the left socket located right above the hard drive in the CPU area. Apply power to the game then start setting game options. The days of replacing the SS and SP chips on an IGT along with replacing the reel strips to do a game conversion look like they are long gone. Sometimes I will make a joke and say “What happened to the good old days? Replace two chips, reel strips, and done!” Now it seems slot machine technology is getting wilder and wilder? Or should I say crazy? With USB ports, license dongles, thumb drives, server based gaming, games even displaying the internal temperature, it makes me wonder what could be next in the wild world of slot machines.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
WMS BB2 Conversion
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