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Critic's Corner
believers
My wife and I read Roger
Sharpe's monthly "Critic's Cor-
ner" with great pleasure.
Pinball has been our personal
past time for many years. As a
hobby, we recondition older
vintage machines, and find taking
a poor, old beaten-up pinball and
putting it in as nearly the original
condition as possible very re-
warding. It's a toss-up which we
like more, playing or repairing.
In closing, we are looking
forward to Roger's long awaited
book and, of course, many
additional installments of "Crit-
ic's Corner."
Bob and Tori Ayers
Denver, Colorado
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Tech Editor responds
After reading Fred McCord's
response to my Breakout article
in Mailbox-September, I find
myself a bit puzzled. While it is
true that 4016's are susceptible to
static regardless of the system
that they are used in, it is also a
well-known fact what input buf-
fer failures do to static are a very
common fault in video games.
This raises a few questions about
Atari's intentions regarding
Breakout, which I understand is
still in production.
Is Breakout now produced with
4016's or 4066's? Does Atari plan
to distribute 4066's to the people
who are operating unprotected
Breakouts? Will Atari alter any
existing Breakouts? Will Atari
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stand behind their distributors
and authorize them to perform
the modification?
As a method of preventing
further unnecessary losses due to
downtime, perhaps more effort
should be made on the part of
Atari to inform the owners and
servicers of Atari equipment as
to common faults and their
solutions.
Robin Minnear
Game Doctors
San Jose, California
Logic comparator
I am interested in obtaining the
complete parts for building a
logic comparator board. What I
would actually like are the circuit
board and the logic parts needed.
Your articles in Play Meter for
February and March on building
the logic comparator, I felt, were
very informative.
Philip Barney
Russell-Hall, Inc.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
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