Mailbox ....
One of the largest assets we
distributors have is our service.
The service section in Play Meter
is one of the best I have
encountered in over 20 years in
the service business.
Continue the great job you are
doing in the area of service.
Jack Whitaker
Randy Sherwood Enterprises
San Antonio, Texas
You have a very fine publica-
tion. I feel, however, that one
added feature which would make
your magazine 100 percent would
be if you would publish the
manufacturers' retail prices on
new equipment and the wholesale
and retail prices on used equip-
ment.
The prices on equipment in this
area differ as much as $125 per
unit from distributors on new
machines. So it pays to shop
around.
Jack E. Champion
Action Music & Games
Kershain, South Carolina
[Publishing the manufacturer's
suggested retail price would be
quite useless because it is usually
$200-$300 higher than what oper-
ators normally pay for the
equipment. As a rule, distribu-
tors don't raise their prices above
the manufacturer's suggested
retail price, they undercut it.
The difference you noted (up to
$125 on a machine) probably
came about because one distribu-
tor cut more off the suggested
price than the others in his area.
As for a guide on used equip-
ment, Play Meter has found that
the DRA Price Guide, which is
published quarterly is fairly
reliable-Editor's Note.]
6
After reading Robin Minnear's
article ("Atari's Breakout-A
Problem Solved") in your July
issue, it is apparent that some
qualifications are in order.
The static problem with 4016's
is not unique to Breakout, but
could occur in any system utiliz-
ing 4016's since they are not
internally protected.
If anyone chooses to "protect"
his 4016's the way Robin sug-
gests, I suppose the decision is
his own. However, it is much
cheaper and easier simply to
replace the 4016's with 4066's.
The 4066 is a CMOS QUAD
Bilatcoal switch that has internal
diode protection.
The above recommendation
was published by Atari in its Coin
Collection (Vol. #7, June 1977).
Fred McCord
Field Service Engineer
Atarl, Inc.
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