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CONTENTS/volume
9 . Number9/May 15.1983
FEATURES
43
AOE Wrap-Up Section
Play Meter staff writers and Fronk Seninsky take readers on a tour of the recent AOE
'83. First read an in-depth review of the show on page 43. Then see who won the Play
Meter Awards on page 60. Turn to page 63 for stories on seminars running the gamut
from computers to the Early Bird Session to a prediction of the industry for '83 and '84.
On page 88, Seninsky writes about his show favorites and looks at some of the
support and supply product.
91
Videos and Skating PJnks
Forty ~illion people skate annually. and many of those rinks also feature videos.
Valerie Cognevich examines the relationship between skating rinks and videos. and
she gives some helpful tips on operating videos in a rink.
98
Pinball Collectors
Some people would rather play a pinball game than a video. Some people won't
even touch a video if a pin !s around . And some people collect old and new pins
alike and refurbish them to their original state. Dill Kurtz gives readers the background
of one such collecting club located in Ohio.
DEPARTMENTS
8 Up Front
11 Letters to the Editor
14 News
16 Equipment Poll
88 Frank's Cranks
1 02 Legal Hints
104 Puzzle
1 06
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128
Our 'cades
Tax Tips
Technical Topics
New Products
Aids to the Trade
Classified
Snapshots