Bally 6000 Betty Boop

[49er slot man]

i have a ballys 6000 Betty Boop 3 reel slot machine i just finally got it going and its a nickel machine. it also takes bills when i put a $1 in it gives me 100 credits instead of 20 is this the dip switches or programming? i am new to most of this and i see that most people find help from others on this site. i would greatly appreciate help from someone that might know what i need to do. so in advance thank you so much for any and all help!

[rokgpsman]

Welcome to NLG!

For a home machine that has the ability to have its credits denominated in different amounts many people like to set it to the lowest denomination so that when they insert a bill the machine will give them a lot of playing credits, makes it easier and faster to put credits on the machine instead of inserting bill after bill. It sounds like maybe your machine was setup this way. Even though it is a nickel machine, it is setup for 1 credit = 1 cent. So when you insert a $1 bill you get 100 credits. It will still payout from the hopper in nickels since that's how the hopper is setup. This denom amount can be changed if you want, but realize you'd then have to insert many bills to get the same number of playing credits.

Here's a page from the Bally 6000 manual, it looks like Dipswitch DS2, switches 1,2,3,4 set the denomination. You can check yours to see if it matches the table below before changing anything. If I am reading this correctly you need to change Dipswitch DS2, switch 1 from OFF to ON to switch it from penny to nickel denomination. Be sure to do this with power turned off. I think this will change things so you get 20 credits when $1 bill is inserted.

[LINDAM]

Keep in mind that any denomination change will require a ram clear to make it take affect.

[rokgpsman]

Keep in mind that any denomination change will require a ram clear to make it take affect.

Good to know about, thanks! Does that mean without the ram clear the machine will continue to operate as before, even with the denom dipswitch changed? And should the ram clear be done before or after changing the dipswitch?

[LINDAM]

more likely it won't work at all if change a dip sw. without a ram clear

[mr-monoxide]

Set dip switches first then do a safe-ram clear.