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CONTENTS/volume 10, Number 7/April15, 1984
FEATURES
ASI Follow-Up
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lhP. first ASI evolved into an elaborately staged sales campaign aimed at distributors.
It was an operator no-show, but there was new equipment introduced, including the
much talked about VS. System from Nintendo and Cinematronics' Space Ace.
30
Phono Facts
Play Meter takes a special look at the phonograph in this issue. For a review of the
basics and challenges behind operating phonos, see page 30. And on page 34, learn
how programming a jukebox can make you more money. Several manufacturers are
debuting video jukeboxes. See how this new technology works on page 36. And to
learn how it all started . on page 42 there is a history of the industry.
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CES '84 Retrospect
Roger Sharpe attended the recent CES and tells operators what to exf)ect from the
home video industry in the next few months. He said one item operators won 't be
seeing in the home soon is laser disc games.
DEPARTMENTS
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Up Front
Letters to the Editor
News
Equipment Poll
Critic's Corner
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Frank's Cranks
Our 'cades
New Products
Classified Advertising
News Briefs
Cov.r: Donn Young, New Or1eans, Louisiana. Cover equipment courtesy of AMA
Distributors, Metairie, LA.