When I was a kid, you still had to keep scores manually at all the lanes we went to, but there were usually lights at the end of the lane to indicate which pins were up and which were down. Scoring was usually on a transparency that projected over the scoring table /ball return where most lanes now have their flat screens with the score and the strike spare gutter ball animations.
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When I was a kid, you still had to keep scores manually at all the lanes we went to, but there were usually lights at the end of the lane to indicate which pins were up and which were down. Scoring was usually on a transparency that projected over the scoring table /ball return where most lanes now have their flat screens with the score and the strike spare gutter ball animations.