Jukebox on the old days (up to the '90's - '000's)

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Durring communist era, there where jukeboxes (in Romanian: tonomate; sg.: tonomat) at some hotels. I don't know if non-hotel luxury bars had them. Never seen one after 1989, except for a C.D. player one at a "McDonalds"... passed there just a few times, but never seen it in use.
How common where the jukeboxes in you area. Did you ever used one? Up untill they where used?
One intresting jukeboxes where the video ones. Not very common. Made in France, Italy, U.S.A. The U.S.A. ones used 8 m.m. film with magnetic sound, put in a cartridge (so more easy to change), the others used 16 m.m. film, trough I've read that the U.S.A. ones (the 'Color-Sonic') used also 16 m.m. film. There where the LaserJuke ones, with 20 c.m. or 30 c.m. (12") discs; I have a 20 c.m. one for LaserJukes.

 

[SolderIron]

A couple years around 1965 in a California coffee shop. A couple coins per a song.

 

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Jukeboxes had a sordid history with organized crime.

Revisiting the days when the mob controlled the jukeboxes - National | Globalnews.ca

For decades, the mob had its mitts in jukeboxes, an under-the-radar cash business that warped the music industry.

globalnews.ca

Jukeboxes had a one-bit mechanical memory for a song request, so if three people requested the same song before it was played, it would only play once, while the three requests were counted for accounting for royalties and pop-chart ratings.