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PLAt' ItIETER
Volume 2/No. 4
features
What about the Jukebox?
13
Industry veteran Joe Robbins of Empire Distributing
waxes optimistic in this short piece about the future of
pinball and yearns for a better future for jukeboxes .
Microwhat?
Never before told I The truth exposed at last I
Micropro cessors uncovered by Gremlin Industries' Lane
Hauck and caricatured by Lonnie Pogue . Would you
believe so much hides beneath that silicon chip?
Play Meter's Operators' Poll
Common Complaints
Two operators and two technicians discuss some of their
most common service problems and how they solve
them .
MEMBER
Ap,iI, 1976
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departm e nts
From the Editor ....... .. ... .. . .. .... . .................... 6
Editorial ............ .. ....... . . ... .. ..... .. ..... ....... .. 8
Mailbox ..... .... .... .. ............... .. . ... . .. . .. ... .. . 12
publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
Sonny Albarado
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Perry Miller
Correspondents :
Marshall Caras
Robert Wick
Thomas Borden
Timothy Jarell
Tom Oliver
Mary Claire Blakeman
Circulation Manager:
Lyn Desmond
Production :
Steve Hebert
Roy Willis
Typography :
Adcom Inc .
Photographic Adviser:
Paul Sylvester
Coinman of the Month .. .. .... ... .. ............ ..... ... . 14
Operating ......... ................................... . . 18
Music Programming ....... ........... .. ........ ..... 25-28
Credits: Cover and microprocessor !1lustra-
tions: Lonnie Pogue.
Manufacturing ......... ............ ........ . ... .. ...... 34
Distributing ......................... ... ... .. .. ........ . 36
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On the Move ......... ..... ............................. 37