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Jim Galore, our Coinman of the Month, manages
the electronics department of Active Amusement
Company in Philaiielphia. But, in addition to that,
he's embarking into the publishing field as weU. In
March he published his first issue of a new technical
journal for the coin machine industry. It's caUed
"Star-Tech Journal." It's a monthly publication
which addresses itself solely and specifically to the
demand of disseminating technical information to
the people within this industry.
According to Galore's plans, the material in the
twelve- to sixteen-page journal wiU foUow a format
which includes theory, circuit analysis, checklists,
troubleshooting tips, etc. The technical articles,
written by technicians both within and without the
industry, is written for technicians with differing
levels of experience.
Prior to serving as Active Amusement Com-
pany's electronics department manager, Jim
worked a year for Atari, helping the Sunnyvale,
California firm set up its customer and field service
department for its east coast office.
Jim is thirty years old. His wife's name is Linda.
And his two children, DanieUe and Kristen, are
aged three and one respectively. He got his baptism
into electronics back when he was in the U.S. Air
Force and, after returning to civilian life, went to a
technical school before going to work for a time
with a computer terminal manufacturer.
His viewpoint is that of a technician at the
distributor level who sees everyday problems
which pester operators. His responses, we think,
are typical of the response distributor-level
technicians would give if afforded the opportunity
to give their suggestions on how operators could
combat their technical woes.
PLAY METER, June, 1979