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Issue: 1978 April 07 - Vol 4 Num 7

of 25 volts DC or greater should
be used to correct this situation.
B.M. Powers
Field Service Manager
Bally Manufacturing
Error
In regards to Stephen Perry's
article "Technical Tips" in PLAY
METER, January, 1978, Tips
Four and Five are in error.
Solution given to reduce the
value of R44 1 meg. resistor by
installing a 470K OHM 1/4 watt
resistor across it would cause
over-stre
of some semi -con -
ductor devices, and greatly
shorten the life of the monitor .
When vertical roll is a problem,
the cau e is either low input
signal or a definite defect asso-
ciated with Q1 circuitry.
olution: B2L and ECG 283 are
both incorrect part numbers.
Motorola Part Number 48S-
137696 is the only correct com-
ponent to be u ed as Q9 hori-
zontal output device. This com-
ponent is graded to a specified
gain to assure proper operation
under po ible internal CRT
arcing.
Ray Shomon
Field Engineer
Motorola Inc.
Plaguing problems
One of t he plaguing problems is
t he sudden or gradual, as the
ca e may b, fall of many
operator , jobbers, and distribu-
tor from a good credit status to
one of delinquency, bankruptcy,
or relative in olvency.
We find in many cases, we or
other distributors , are selling
accounts which are involved in
problem, law uits, etc., with
other s uppliers.
Basically, there is no spread of
information when problems oc-
cur, or even when a lawsuit is
filed. A 'uit, e pecially, is a
matter of public r ecord and
publication through the industry
media, or by direct mail, would,
PLA Y METER, Apn'l, 1978
at least, alert the rest of t he
business.
The mere threat of such
publicity in the event of a suit
would at t he very least, be
helpful in collecting from certain
accounts.
I would like your comments on
the above, and perhaps we can
adopt some policy for t he dis-
semination of information which
would be both legal and also
useful.
If you will review for yourself
some of the financial disasters
t hat have occurred in just t he
pa t few years, and some t hat are
even now pending, I believe you
will agree to the need for some
type of preventive collective
policy.
We understand certain other
industries have t heir own credit
bureau . I believe t his may be
something for us to seriously
consider. We will try to get some
additional information on t his as
to methods, costs, etc.
Joe Robbins
President
Empire Distributing
ARCADE
SPECIALISTS
Arcade & Video
ALLIED Street Bumer ..... $395
AMERICOIN Junk Yard .... 895
ATARI Cops N Robbers .... 795
ATARI Dominos ... ......... 895
ATARI Formula K .......... 495
ATARI Gran Trak 10 ........ 595
AT ARI Jet Fighter ......... 695
ATARI Night Driver ....... 1345
Atari outlaw ............. . . 495
ATARI Quak ..... . ........ 395
ATARI Sprint II ...... .. ... 1595
AT ARI Steeple Chase ...... 595
ATARI Tank ............... 645
ATARI Tank II ............. 745
CINEMATRONICS
Embargo ............. 1295
DIGITAL Heavy Traffic ..... 395
ELECTRA Air Combat ..... 1495
EXIDY Alley Rally ... ....... 995
EXIDY Car Polo ........... 2695
EXIDY Death Race ........ 1345
EXIDY Score ... . .......... 995
EXIDY Ole Time Basketball. 695
FUN GAMES Tankers ...... 595
FUN GAMES BiPlane .. .. . . 695
FUN GAMES Race ......... 595
GREMLIN Blockade .... .... 995
GREMLIN Comotion II ..... 995
MEADOWS Drop Zone 4 . .. 495
MEADOWS Bonkers ... . ... 795
MEADOWS
Lazer Command ....... 995
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MEADOWS Cobra Gunship . 895
MIDWAY Gunfight ....... 1095
MIDWAY
Tornado Baseball ..... 1095
MIDWA Y 280 Zap .. . .. .... 1295
MIDWA Y Wheels ... .... .. . 795
MIDWAY Wheels II ........ 925
MIDWA Y Racer ........... 745
MIDWAY Sea Wolf ....... 1295
SEGA Road Race .......... 795
SEGA Fonz .... ..... ....... 895
SEGA Tracer . . ... ....... .. 895
COCKTAIL
TABLES
FUN GAMES Take 5 ...... .. 695
BAILEY Fun Four .......... 695
KEE Tank II .. ..... ..... ... 1095
MIDWAY Gunfight ....... 1195
MIRCO 21 (new) ........... call
MIRCO Super 21 (new) .... . call
PHONOGRAPHS
ROCK-OLA 442 W1 ........ $625
ROWE MM2 .......... . .... 445
ROWE T1 -1 . ... ... . ........ 945
SEEBURG SPS-160 ........ . 975
SEEBURG STD-160 ... .. ... 1225
N.S.M. Century 21 -0 ...... 1095
N.S.M. Prestiege 160- 0 . . . . 1095
WURLITZER Atlantic 11 . . .. . 995
We always have used flippers
for immediate delivery!
ADVANCE DISTRIBUTING CO., INC.
2820 N. Grand Blvd
Saint Louis, Mo 63107
call collect:314 / 652-1600
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Coinman
of the Month
MURRAYPANITZ
This month's Coinman is a much-respected
arcade operator on the east coast.
Murray Panitz, a Long Island, New York
resident, has been in the industry since 1952 when
he saw an advertisement in the New York Times
that someone wanted to seU their arcade. "It was
more or less a sick horse," said Panitz. But he
decided to go ahead anyway and buy the business
since he had been toying with the idea of getting
into the coin machine business for some time.
That first acquisition, he said, consisted of about
75 or 80 pieces; it's grown a little bit since
then- today he owns singly and coUectively (with
his various associatesfabout 9,000 pieces. There
are no vending or music pieces in that number.
His operation today includes arcades - he calls
them family amusement centers - in amusement
parks and shopping centers. His string of centers
stretches from New Hampshire to the Florida
coast, with the bulk of those operations being in the
three-state area of Massachusetts, Connecticut,
and New York.
His firm goes under the name Just Fun.
IndividuaUy he owns about ten of the centers and
coUectively he owns about six more for about
sixteen operations in aU. Some of those centers,
however, are strictly summer operations.
His operations range in size from 1,200 square
feet to as large as 10,000 square feet. It's his
summer operations which expand to the 10,000-
square-foot figure . His shopping center locations
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average about 1,500 to 2,000 square feet.
His operation includes everything from the very
exotic arcade pieces to, of course, the pinbaU and
video games. He's got a load of promotion ideas to
keep the quarters roUing in. Among them, in his
summer locations, he's very big on skee baU and has
his machines set to dispense coupons for
redemption centers. "Skee baU," he says, "is stiU a
very good game. And it's something that Mom and
Dad can play."
And to further his promotion activities, now he's
getting into tokens, the way of the future for arcade
operators.
To listen to Murray talk about his business, it 's
clear that you're talking to someone who loves the
industry. He's constantly using adjectives such as
"dynamic," "exciting," and "chaUenging" to de -
scribe the industry. And he 's hard-pressed to find a
bad side about the industry, though readers of this
interview wiU see that he doesn't look at things
through rose-colored glasses.
This month's Coinman is 52 years old and
married. His wife 's name is Gayle. And he has two
daughters, Justine and Sheley. A Business
Administration graduate from New York Univer-
sity, his main diversion is a good one; he's into
photography. He has his own black-and-white
developing room and has had some of his pictures
published in Photographers Magazine. He also has
some pictures hanging in a hospital and a museum.
Not bad.
His other diversions include skiing and travel.
PLA Y METER, April, 1978

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