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..... Starting next month, PLAY METER magazine will feature
a new addition to its "Technical Topics'' section-- a
serialization of the complete Kurz Kasch correspondence
course for electronic technology. This course, which was
marketed by Kurz Kasch from 1973 through June 1980, was
designed to help operators and their technicians understand
the basics of electronics, giving them a greater understanding
of logic. Recognizing the absence of any suitable self-help
electronics program for the coin-op industry, Kurz Kasch, with
the aid of the University of Dayton, designed t-e four-part
course consisting the following: (1) Di~ital Circuit Design:
(2) I.C. Logic Design; (3) Power Supply Design: and (4) MOS/FET
% J/FET Circuit Design. The Kurz Kasch course was accredited
by the Ohio State Board of Education and recommended and
approved by the AMOA. The reprint of the entire course is being
co-sponsored by Kurz Kasch and PLAY VETER magazine in
hopes of finally offering to operators and their technicians
a comprehensive self-study course to upgrade their understanding
of the technology that has pervaded the coin-operated amusement
industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . A decision from the International Trade Commission was
pending in January, ~ith major implications for the coin-op
games industry. A leading video manufacturer has brought
26 respondents before the judicial bench which protects
U.S. industry from imported goods that may infringe on domestic
producers' rights. The issue was infringement on games'
copyright in the United States, and it was the first time
the coin -op industry had taken the matter to a definitive
judicial review. Details of the judicial decision will
follow in PLAY METER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,
..... Xcor International, Inc. has announced it proposes
a public offering of one million shares of common stock of
its whollv owned subsidiary Williams Electronics, Inc. at a
price subject to determination of approximately ~10 per share.
Xcor Control ler James A. Mikes told PLAY METEE that a
registration statement of its intent has been filed with
the Securities Exchange Commission, and if this is approved, the
actual stock offering would be made in January, 1981. The
net proceeds to Xcor of the offering will be used to
reduce its outstanding debt to its principal lender, said
a statement from Xcor. Williams in 1979 and 1980 produced
some of the industry's hottest games, including Flash,
Gorgar, and the Play Heter Award-winning FirepowE':r ...
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