ma ilb ox
My first ex pos ure to yo ur maga ·
zine wa s this Jun e ·Jul y issue a nd I
re ad it cove r to cove r. I think it 's
great in th a t it is rea ll gelling to
the "g ut " issues and does not
mince a n words .
Robert Conlon
Regional Director,
International Consolidated Ind.
Antioch, Cal.
Th e Cherry group of Sweden want
to congratulate you for a m agaz ine
th a t conce ntrates of m ail e rs which
concerns operators. Play Meter has a ll
the possibilities of becoming the
out ta nding publication in the coin
indu stry . Best of luck to you!
CHERRY FORETAGEN
Claes Arrhen
Stockholm
Sweden
I liked the int e rvie w with Nolan
Bus hne ll of Atari [Play Meter, June ·
Jul y) a nd mos t of Mr . Bus hnell 's
sta te me nt s make sense. exce pt his
ideas abo ut conve rsion kits .
In m opinion, simply converti ng
one game to another is not what
conve rsion s are a ll a bout. We at
E .C .1. t a ke an y Pong , Soccer,
Tennis Tourney, e tc . in an upright
console (whic h are a drag on the
ma rke t : we have bought some used
two · players for as lillie as S 100) a nd
in stall the monitor , logi c board.
power suppl y. wiring and pots in a
brand new table and use a new
coi nbox and acceptor , tempered
glass top , new knob s, e tc.
Add to this th e sa lvage va lue of
the old upright game and he re is
your cost on a fresh , good ·lookling
game for which the operator can
readil y find a loca tion and make out
as well financially as when the
upright was new and popular.
Not onl y that , but our ex pe rience
shows that a table takes much
longer to lose its appeal on location
than an upright.
Our firm, being in existence for
over 30 years . has received many
different trade magazines. W e want
to say yo u are doing an excellent job
with Play Mei er . Keep up the good
work .
Matthew Pugliese,
President
H & M Vending Corp.
Huntington Station, N.Y.
Pl ease have articles of arcades in
eac h issue. as th a t will give us
o pe rators some thing to compare with
all the country.
Pi ctures . themes , how operated,
kind of games. e tc. wo uld be mos t
int erestion . Also . va rious promotion·
a l ideas th a t are being tried a ll over
the country.
George Booth
Copper Dollar Arcade
[Editor's Note: We can't promise
olle every month, George, but we'il
ce rtainly be doing more articles of
diffe rent arcades and how th ey' re
de igned, run and accepted . Thanks
for the suggestion . )
I certainly have to disagree with
-AMERICA'S LARGEST-- ' Mr. Bushne ll's s tate m e nt and , I
quot e, " it's dumb ."
BILLIARD SUPPLY HOUSE
Yours truly;
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Andre R. Dubel
Electronics Concepts Industries
Bloomfield HiUs, Mi.
I find your "Technical Topics "
ve ry informative. Kee p it up,
I and other small operators in the
mountain states (two·or three · man
operations) would be interested in
any publications or correspondence
type courses in basic electronics to
keep us abreast of the new age.
Most of the s mall operators can't
take time or afford to lose a man for
a regular school (two or three
weeks) .
Perry Miller 's "Technical Top·
ics " states that Ramtek ' s paddles
cannot be adjusted. A true state·
ment , but he failed to mention that
th e paddl es nev er hav e to b e
adjusted due to the unique logic
design which will not allow the
paddles to go beyond the bounda·
ries.
Aside from this , let m e congrat ·
ulate you on your fine articles .
Mel McEwan,
Sales Ma~ager,
Ramtek Corp.
Sunnyvale, Cal.
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Robert Pfaff
Jackson Hole Music and Vending
Jackson, Wyo.
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