Talk:Quiz machine

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[edit] Merge with Skill With Prizes

This article seems IMO to be covering exactly the same ground as the (equally sparse) SWP page. I think it should be merged (and cleaned-up in the process)--Jmptdc 00:01, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

'Actually, I think we should just point Skill With Prizes to here, and have done Elcondor 09:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello. I have completely re-done the entry as the existing one wasn't really adequate. Any comments? Goldmanuk 02:24, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewritten article

I have completely rewritten the article as the existing stub was inadequate. Anyone got any comments? Goldmanuk 13:45, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Operating System

Is it worth mentioning that modern multi-game SWP machines (and a few single game ones too) all seem to run versions of Windows (most commonly Windows 2000)?

If anyone's interested it would also appear that the Ind:e machines games seem to be written in Visual Basic. The machine in our local is quite unstable and the software is prone to crashing. If you're quick when the terminal is booting up you can start Internet Explorer before the game screen loads, then when it crashes you're back to a fully working desktop (rather than the black screen with cursor that you usually get). From there navigating to the games folders you can see that the icons for the individual games are the standard VB ones. More of a curiosity than anything actually useful. Elaverick 15:49, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Technical detail of individual gaming terminals is really beyond the scope of this page which is meant as a general summary of the subject. Pages exist for ITBox and Paragon SWP and someone may want to create similar pages for GamesNet, FatBox, Ind:e etc. It may be appropriate to include and technical detail there. Goldmanuk 20:50, 4 March 2007 (UTC)