Staff
Rowe International of New Or-
leans is planning service schools for
June 28-30 . The schools will be
conducted by Rowe factory service
representatives .
Tuesday' s class will cover the R-81
solid -state phonograph and will take
place from 5:00 p .m. to 7:30 p .m .
Classes Wednesday and Thursday
will cover other Rowe products,
including the Model 406 cold drink
machine, the Model 530 Seville
cigarette machine, the Model 489
bag vendor and Rowe bill changers .
Classes both days will run from
3:00p.m . to 7:00p .m. Wednesday's
classes will be followed by a lock
demonstration by a representative of
National Lock, Thursday's by a
general question and answer period.
All classes will be held at the New
Orleans Rowe offices, 1601 South
Gayoso Street .
Because "today, more than ever,
the games industry, especially at the
operator level, has a critical desire
and need for updating older video
games," according to Joe York,
president, Venture Line is manu-
facturing two conversion logic
boards.
The two boards, the 6 PAC I and
the 6 PAC II, carry six games apiece
and are even interchangeable with
each other.
Installation is easy, according to
York. "For example, ifthe owner has
a wiring diagram for his game and
standard plastic plugs on his wiring
harness, we can probably make an
interconnect cable so he can plug
our board directly into his wiring
without having to cut or solder any
w ires," he said.
Both 6 PAC I and 6 PAC II carry a
pushbutton switch to allow the
player to chose the game he wishes
to play, after he has deposited his
quarter. And the video display cycles
through all six games during pre-
game so that passers-by can see the
variety offered .
Other Venture Line boards include
Casino, a video blackjack game for
from one to four players; Ace High, a
5-card stud poker game with player
controls for betting, raising, calling
and folding; and Breakaway, a take
off from the popular breakout type
games.
Venture Line has been producing
conversion equipment since 1975.
"We realized that there were so
many more 'pong' games being sold
compared to the newer video games
being slowly developed, and that the
industry basically had the bulk of its
finances tied up in only one type of
video game, " York said.
" In 1975, no company had any
conversion equipment," he added.
"The idea was there and we saw the
need arising faster and faster; the
time was right and the door was wide
open for somebody to offer a helping
hand to the industry .
"We decided then and there to
make available to the industry a
selection of video 'conversion' logic
boards," York concluded .
Re; Update for May 20. I must call
attention to an error in the article
about the Dynamo World Soccer
Tour . It mentions that John Gililland
is starting the World Table Soccer
Association and associates him with
Foos Noos.
John Gililland is not associated
with the World Table Soccer
Association, which is an inde-
pendent players (not necessarily
professional) association. The Dy-
namo Tour is not sanctionea by
W.T.S .A . Foos Noos, our official
publication, is part of the W .T.S.A.
membership package. Dynamo has
attempted to start their own players
association, but the W.T.S.A. or
Foos Noos is not a part of it.
Incidentally, I enjoy reading your
publication .
Joe McCarthy, President
World Table Soccer Association
Editor, Foos Noos
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