Timeline for Are pinball machines and coin-boxes on topic?
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| Jan 31, 2021 at 2:26 | history | edited | dave | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2021 at 12:06 | comment | added | Kaz | Many of these examples seem to drift into the realm of electromechanical automation (e.g. youtube.com/watch?v=NmGaXEmfTIo). I don't think that in itself is a cause for rejection, though, as we obviously welcome questions on the (electro)mechanical computers of Babbage and Zuse. | |
| Dec 27, 2020 at 14:01 | comment | added | dave | Agree on phone networks, but not on how to defeat the mechanical coin-handlers in phone boxes. | |
| Dec 27, 2020 at 12:49 | answer | added | user3840170 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 27, 2020 at 12:47 | comment | added | user3840170 | As for payphones, I think questions about phreaking should be considered on-topic, both under the ‘history of computing’ umbrella, and also because the computing aspects can be quite relevant in such questions – both of the phone itself and of the telephone network to which it’s connected. | |
| Dec 27, 2020 at 10:53 | history | edited | user3840170 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 26, 2020 at 23:05 | history | edited | wizzwizz4Mod |
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| Dec 26, 2020 at 23:04 | comment | added | wizzwizz4 Mod | Related: Is repair/maintenance/upgrading of pinball machines on-topic? | |
| Dec 26, 2020 at 21:22 | history | asked | dave | CC BY-SA 4.0 |