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Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s

Lol, nice! It depends on what you mean by "owning a bowling center," but it looks like there are at least two of us into this :DI bought a really old fully mechanical (and automated!) mini bowling lane. It works without a CPU, except for the score display, which originally used a 1970 Intel D8749H (MCS-48)!Just like yours, the only thing that turns this machine on is a single relay :D On my model, I also get feedback on the pin status and a "ball received" signal, so I can trigger the scoring.I ...

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