game serial number discrepancy - where is the error?
I recently acquired a Williams game (I don't want to say the name for fear of being called a spammer LOL), and on the cab the number, as far as I can tell, reads "591727". However, on the heatsink inside, there is the number "591707". I wish I could simply say that I was reading the cabinet number wrong, but I really don't think that I am.
I guess I'm looking for the philosophy from those who might recall a little about the cabinet assy process back in the day: were the serial number stickers for the internal parts added once the assembler got the physical cabinet? Or were there various components lying on a table where someone could grab the wrong part with a different serial number sticker on it?
I know in the grand scheme of things, none of these details really matter. It's just something that I thought would be an interesting topic of discussion. I will update this thread with pics of the cabinet serial and the heatsink serial for you all to check out and judge for yourselves.
Cabinet serial number (if you shrink the image it definitely gets clearer that the number in question is a '2' on the cab, not a '0'):
I recently acquired a Williams game (I don't want to say the name for fear of being called a spammer LOL), and on the cab the number, as far as I can tell, reads "591727". However, on the heatsink inside, there is the number "591707". I wish I could simply say that I was reading the cabinet number wrong, but I really don't think that I am.
I guess I'm looking for the philosophy from those who might recall a little about the cabinet assy process back in the day: were the serial number stickers for the internal parts added once the assembler got the physical cabinet? Or were there various components lying on a table where someone could grab the wrong part with a different serial number sticker on it?
I know in the grand scheme of things, none of these details really matter. It's just something that I thought would be an interesting topic of discussion. I will update this thread with pics of the cabinet serial and the heatsink serial for you all to check out and judge for yourselves.
Cabinet serial number (if you shrink the image it definitely gets clearer that the number in question is a '2' on the cab, not a '0'):
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