Projects · Reno, Nevada

Disco '79

An Allied Leisure "Disco '79" — a solid-state pinball built into an octagonal cocktail table, four players around the glass. Late-'70s tech, kept running the old-fashioned way.

Allied Leisure Disco '79 octagonal cocktail pinball table
Disco '79 · octagonal cocktail cabinet

The machine

Playing

What it is

MakerAllied Leisure Industries
TitleDisco '79
EraLate 1970s
CabinetOctagonal cocktail
ElectronicsSolid-state · LED displays

Fuse chart 324-62-10

F1 · 3ASBFlipper coils
F2 · 1½ASB9-ohm coils
F3 · 1¼ASB11-ohm coils
F6 · 8ANBAC lamps · 7VAC
F7 · 3ANBLED displays · 6VDC
F9 · 4ANBAC line · 115VAC
Solid-state, but barely. This is right at the moment pinball crossed from electromechanical to circuit boards. When something acts up, the fuse chart taped inside the cabinet and the original manuals are still the fastest way back to a working game.

Under the glass

Where the work happens
Driver board with diagnostic LEDs lit
Driver board · diagnostic LEDs
Fuse chart and wiring inside the cabinet
Fuse chart & harness

The paperwork

Kept with the machine

Everything a future fix might need, scanned and filed with the game:

Disco '79 machine documentPDF
ALI parts catalog · April 1976PDF
Allied Leisure Industries referencePDF

Still on the list

To finish this page A few details to round it out.
  • Year acquired and condition as found
  • What's been repaired vs. original
  • Playfield / scoring notes
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