Play Meter

COIN INDUSTRY
Volume 3/No. 13
July, 1977
PLAY METER
Staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally"
Managing Editor:
Richard S. Dietrich
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Features
Keep on T ruckin' .. .... .... ... .. ........... ..... ......... ...... . 14
Good field service is impossible without good, reliable
transportation . First-time contributor Ernest Fair tells you
how to keep your trucks running and running .
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
DickWelu
Susan Brenna
J.W. Sedlak
Randy Fromm
Art Direction:
Home Entertainment ............................ ........... .... 18
Pong via satellite? Chicago correspondent Susan Brenna
reports from the recent Summer Home Electronics Show.
Meyer Alewitz
Typography:
Skybird Typography
Circulation Manager:
Carolyn Desmond
Advertising Representatives :
Ralph C. Lally"
Carolyn Desmond
Advertsing Production:
Don Randon
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
Coin Industry PLAY METER, July,
19n . Volume 3, No. 13. Copyright
19n by Skybird Publishing Company.
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Special Technical Section ... ... ................... ......... .... 44
Technical Editor Robin Minnear put together this special
package with help from Randy Fromm and Zac Oliver.
Departments
From the Editor .. ... ...... ..... ... ..... ...... ......... .. ... ...... 4
Mailbox .. ... .... ...... .. ... ... ........ ... .. ................. .... 6
Coinman ofthe Month ............ ..... ... .... .... ......... .... .. 8
Operating ......... ..................... ........................ 16
Manufacturing ....... ...... ...... .. ............................ 20
Distributing .... ....... . ... .. ..... ............... ... .. .. .. ... ... 22
Music Programming ................ ...... .. .. ......... ......... 27
Critic's Corner ........... .. ... ... ....... ... .... ..... .... ........ 30
OntheMove ...... ....... ........ .... .. ............. ... ... ..... 36
New Products .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... .. ... ....... .. ... .. .. ... ..... .. . 38
International Dateline ....... .... ... ...... ..... .... ..... ... ..... 42
TechnicalTopics ............... .............. ......... ......... 44
Classified ............... ..... ................ ............ ...... 51