26 Oct
1999
26 Oct
'99
4:44 a.m.
James,
Hi. My guess is that it is from a bowling game where you slide a puck down a
lane of about fifteen feet and the puck slides over wires to move the relay
switches and the game keeps score by itself. This game could be found in most
bars in the USA.
John Amirault
James Willing wrote:
Gee... I just knew people would likely respond to the
list... <g>
... and I knew the "AMF" ID Plate would start people guessing...
(which is why I left it in the image)
The comment "everyone knows that AMF is associated with Bowling and
Harleys" was interesting. Did anyone else see the AMF Analog Computer (!)
that went up on ePay a few months ago?
Now, more to the point - the guesses so far: (some by multiple people)
the pin setter computer (part that runs the pinsetter)
an automatic scorer computer
Both good guesses... and both incorrect!
But we have started down the right... (dare I, sure) ...alley... B^}
Round 2!
-jim
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