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  2. Coin Operated - Wikipedia

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    Coin Operated is a 2017 animated short film written and directed by Nicholas Arioli and produced by Jennifer Dahlman. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The film premiered at the 2017 Brooklyn Film Festival . [ 3 ]

  3. Kiddie ride - Wikipedia

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    Another common type of kiddie ride is the miniature carousel. These rides are usually in the form of a small-sized carousel. The newer models have the coin box on the main pillar, whereas older units have the coin box on a pole sticking out of the side of the ride. Carousel rides featuring licensed characters do exist.

  4. William Gray (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    William Gray (1850 – January 24, 1903) was an American inventor and entrepreneur. He is best known for inventing the coin-operated payphone and an improved chest protector for baseball catchers.

  5. Telemeter (pay television) - Wikipedia

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    Telemeter was an American subscription television service developed by the International Telemeter Corporation, that operated from 1953 to 1967. Telemeter was used on a coin-to-box machine connected to any television set. When the right amount of money was deposited into the box, a scrambled signal sent through coaxial cables was unscrambled ...

  6. Arcade game - Wikipedia

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    An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are presented as primarily games of skill and include arcade video games , pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games or merchandisers .

  7. Coin-operated toilets make a comeback in Wichita, in an ... - AOL

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    I hadn’t seen a coin-operated toilet in more than 50 years, until I recently visited the library in downtown Wichita. They’re Baaack. In an effort to fight vandalism and misconduct, two of the ...

  8. History of arcade video games - Wikipedia

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    It inspired two different groups to attempt to develop a coin-operated version of the game. [7] Around 1970, Nolan Bushnell was invited by a colleague to see Spacewar! running on Stanford University's PDP-6 computer. Bushnell got the idea of recreating the game on a smaller computer, a Data General Nova, connected to multiple coin-operated ...

  9. Payphone - Wikipedia

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    Coin-operated payphones in Britain in about 1950 cost 2d (2 old pence) for a local call of unlimited duration. This eventually increased, and by about 1960 calls were timed, costing 3d for 3 minutes. Long-distance calls, connected by an operator, cost more. Telephones had a coin slot and two buttons, marked A and B.