NotesIt turns out that there are several ways to get such a thing going again (thank you, Google). I ended up buying a DPMI/VGA interface board on eBay, complete with high-voltage supply and cables. It worked right out of the box:Unfurl
Notes"So you want to build USB enabled devices. Bumble-B is here to help!
It is a breakout board for Atmel's at90usb162 microcontroller, along with supporting hardware and USB connector. It is DIP-24/600mil shape, and works very well on a breadboard."Unfurl
Notes"Introducing the Dice-O-Matic mark II, now generating the dice rolls on GamesByEmail.com. It is a 7 foot tall, 104 pound, dice-eating monster, capable of generating 1.3 million rolls a day.The Dice-O-Matic is 7 feet tall, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep. It has an aluminum frame covered with Plexiglas panels. A 6x4 inch square Plexiglas tube runs vertically up the middle almost the entire height. Inside this tube a bucket elevator carries dice from a hopper at the bottom, past a camera, and tosses them onto a ramp at the top. The ramp spirals down between the tube and the outer walls. The camera and synchronizing disk are near the top, the computer, relay board, elevator motor and power supplies are at the bottom. "Unfurl
Notes"Weāre like the roadies, building the stage, working the soundboards, the spotlights, etc. We also provide a āhouse bandā of super talented session musicians. But itās the Yahoos (i.e. everyone else) who gets to climb up on stage and shine. "Unfurl
Notes"When you launch an OS X application, the screen goes dark, stars sweep the night sky and your applicationās icon is presented in a blue letter box bar with a cheesy 8-bit music introduction."Unfurl
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Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator - GamesByEmail