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Setninar Schedule All New Advanced Technical Sessions! Hear It First At ACME '93!! #1 OOA Cost: $25 PLUS . .. More Programs To Carry Your Coin-Op Business Beyond Tomorrow! #101 Cost: $20 How To Operate An Oscilloscope Video Lottery: A View To The Future Speaker: Randy Fromm, Randy Fromm's Arcade Schools The oscilloscope can be an indispensable piece of test equipment for troubleshooting both analog and digital circuits. This seminar will begin with the most basic use of the oscilloscope and its controls and switches. The session concludes with advanced measurement techniques. Somegeneralfamiliarity with electronics will help those attending. Thursday, March 11, 8:00am -10:00 am Moderator: Steve Kaufman, Premier Technology Panelists: Rick Currie, WMS Gaming James Maida, Gaming Laboratories International Jim Fara/di, James Fara/di and Associates Video lotterycontinuesto be one of the most challenging issues of the 90's for coin-op. Operator involvement at the grass roots level is essential to the success of video lottery legislation and implementation of video lottery once it comes to your community. In this session you will hear ways to effectively lobby your legislators to include coalition building. You will learn how to develop a plan for action once video lottery comes to your area-- includrng successful implementation of video lottery into your route or location, plus what you must do in order to protect your investment in video lottery. This session is packed with ideas and information to ensure a successful future for video lottery in the coin-operated amusement industry. Thursday, March 11, 8:00 am - 10:00 am #1 OOB Cost: $25 Advanced Monitor Troubleshooting Speaker: Randy Fromm, Randy Fromm's Arcade Schools Most monitor repairs are pretty straightforward. You change a few capacitors or a transistor and pat yourself on the back for a job well-done. But some monitor repairs aren't so easy. This seminar will provide a detailed look at monitor circuits and oscilloscope waveforms. Advanced troubleshooting techniques will be presented as well. A good, working knowledge of monitor operation will greatly assist those attending. Anyone attending this session should have previously attended one of Randy's monitor seminars at ACME. Thursday, March 11, 10:15 am-12:15pm #200 Cost: $25 Introduction To Digital Electronics and MicroProcessor Based Systems Speaker: Randy Fromm, Randy Fromm's Arcade Schools From pinball machines to redemption equipment to CD jukeboxes, we're living in a wild, wacky, digital world. This seminar will touch on the most basic concepts of digital electronics and troubleshooting. This will help you fix a lot of simple failures in digital systems. But more importantly, this seminar will show you how to teach yourself and expand your knowledge of digital electronics and microprocessor based systems. Friday, March 12, 8:00 am - 11 :OD am #102 Pump Up The Profits With Pinball Moderator: Steve Walton, Premier Technology New developments in technology have paved the way for renewed player interest and improved earnings in pinball. Pricing and percentaging, effective promotions and leagues and tournaments can increase your pinball operation and your profits. This session gives you practical information to run pinball for fun and profit in your locations. Thursday, March 11, 10:15 am-12:15 pm Live From Redemption City! Note: This session will be held on the Exhibit Floor in Redemption City. #201 Cost: $20 Running Redemption With Profit In Mind Speakers: All seminars will be held in the Sands Expo Center, lower level meeting rooms, unless otherwise noted. Cost$20 Rhonda Fletcher, Bonita Marie International Frank Seninsky, Alpha Omega Amusements Sue Monday, Spirit Design Group, a Division of Century Vending Our panel of coin-op experts will help you reap the rewards of running a successful redemption center. ACM E's working model of a redemption center sets the stage forth is fast-paced session packed with ideas to increase your profits in the lucrative redemption market. In this session you will learn tips and techniques on product mix and percentaging, merchandising trends, management control systems, analyzing redemption demographics plus hearthe latest ideas in design and layout for redemption centers. Friday, March 12, 8:00 am - 10:00 am #202 Cost: $20 Coin-Op - The Next Generation: Virtual Reality & New Technologies Speakers: Todd Cravens, Leprechaun, Inc. Michael Get/an, Amusement Consultants Ltd. Andy Holiday, Edison Bros. One of the hottest newtechnologiestocome on to the coin-op scene is virtual reality. This, and other new technologies making their entry into coin-op will be examined in this session. You will hearfrom a manufacturer and developer of virtual reality entertainment centers plus what the future of virtual reality holds in store. This is a must go session for forward thinking operators who are planning for their future success in the coin-op market. Friday, March 12, 10:15 am -12:15 pm #203 Cost: $20 Trends In The Bar Business Operators are constantly looking for new ideas to increase their earnings in tavern and bar locations. This session will examine critical issues facing the bar and nightclub industry and the implications for coinop, plus teach you ways to improve your bottom line in bar locations through effective and creative promotions. Friday, March 12, 10:15 am -12:15 pm #204 Cost: $20 Programming and Promotion: New Opportunities To Boost CD Jukebox Collections Moderator: Jeremy Tepper, Street Beat Magazine Panel: Tom Thacker, Hot Hits Eddie Velasquez, Velasquez Automatic Music Scott Winter, Sound Decisions Terry Hopple, Music Operators Service CD jukeboxes have helped operators open up new locations and increase pricing, but even the latest models won't get played without the right selections. A panel of music business experts, including representatives from the one-stops, major record labels and the operator community, discuss the best ways to maximize every CD selection and promote jukebox play on location. Friday, March 12, 10:15 am-12:15pm