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June/July, 1975
P1AW IIIETER Volume 1 /
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.G etting Together by Association
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T chnl al dltor P rry Miller discovers companies who
Wi ll han both th app arance o f your dYlllg Video
upn ts and th Ir IIlsld s Mill r sees much future
pot ,ntlalln thi s new aspec t of th Industry and ob tains
COlllm illS bou t th ne d for such s rVlces from th e
p l OllS who provld th m .
'Black Box' Secrets Revealed
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An I Cll onlCS manu fac tur r decides th cOlll lndustry
n ds help learnlllg to maintain and s rVlce ItS new
OfJhlS tl ated equlpm III and se ts out to accomplish
Ihat oal by offenng distributor -sponsored cou rses that
f .lbolll all o f th em
departments
From the Editor
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Coinman of the Month
staff
Editor and Publi sher:
Ralph C. Lally II
Assoc lat Edi tor :
Sonny Albarado
Editorial ASSistant :
Del Legget t
East Coast Contributing Editor :
Robert E. Haim
Technical Editor :
Perry Miller
Art Direc tor :
Roy Willis
Produc tion ASSistant :
Steve Heber t
Circula tion Manag r:
Carol P. Lally
Typography :
Ad com
AdvertiSing Represen tatives :
Ralph C. Lally II
Del Legge tt
(,',,' tlil . : Jun ~-July covu phOIO, Paul Sylv~J /u;
"Coinman" phOloJ COur/ ~Jy of Alari In c,;
Copyrighl arlicil! phOIOJ co urlt!Jy of MOA and
ChaJr SludioJ LId., WQJ hinglon , D.
Kur: ·
KilJch pholOJ. Ralph C. Lillly 1/; Robul Palmt!T
ph 0 10 co /lrl ny of 1. lanti R uortlJ; all jllu Jlra/jon J
by R oy WilljJ.
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Vld 0 emp ror r IIv s pas t , looks forward
Operating
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MEMBER
With th Introducti on of a solid -state pinball game
apfJ. r ntly Imminent, ASSOCiate dltor Sonny Albarado
ell It commen ts from the major pinball manufacturers
a out th ell soli d state plans and diSCUSses the potential
o f solid stat fllpp rs with lectronlCS specialists and the
man who h Ip d d sig n what may be th e Irrst marketed
com u tenzed plngam .
Old Videos Get 'Religion'
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Staff writ r Del Le ett observ s that new state
op rators' associa ti ons are comrng alive all over with a
VI or H talks with vanous aSSOCiation heads an d MOA
o ffi cials abou t why state organizations are needed and
how to go about putting on tog th er .
Computerized Pinball
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Copyngh t x mptlon
Pocket Change
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Distributing
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FTC noops round Industry, again
Manufacturing
International Dateline
New Products
Technical Topics
On the Move
Feedback
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Classifieds
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