Play Meter
Issue: 1978 February - Vol 4 Num 3 - Page 48
ISTRIBUTING
A. tori service goes east Berlin
Atari will be conducting service
schools in the east during March .
Three schools will be hosted by Atari
at the new eastern office in Piscata-
way , New Jersey , March 1 and 2 , 6
and 7 , and 8 and 9 .
These seminars will cover all
aspects of video and pinball game
electronics , repair and troubleshoot-
ing, and are open to all distributors
and operators in the Northeast. Each
two-day school will be limited to 50
people . Reservations can be made by
calling or writing Michele Whalen ,
Atari , Inc ., 44 Colonial Drive ,
Piscataway , NJ 08854 , (800) 631 -
5374 .
Fred McCord , seminars manager ,
and Dave Tucker , field service
representative , will be instructing .
Subjects to be included will be the
basics of electronic pinball and video
games, troubleshooting , preventive
maintenance , microprocessor tech -
nology and specific service tips on
Atari products . Operators and tech -
nicians will have the opportunity to
get hands-on training in the main -
tenance and repair of Atari games
during the two-day seminar .
Atari service schools will be
scheduled in all parts of the country
within the next six months. Opera-
tors and technician s should contact
their local distributors regarding
service schools in their area . or call
Fred McCord at (800) 538-6892.
Abe Susman [leftJ. president of State Music Distributors in Dallas
over Atari's Airborne Avenger with [from left) Don Osborne.
McCord , and Tommy Chatten . State Music held its annual
December 2 and 3. Atari as well as Rock-Ola, Midway ,
Bally - provided service schools for the hundreds of operators
attended.
looks
Fred
show
and
who
Andy Ducay , Midway 's service manager, is flanked on either side by State
Music Distributor personnel. From left are Tom Chatten , State Music 's
sales manager; Ducay ; and Jack Gable , State Music 's service manager.
Midway was well-represented at the two-day affair in Dallas . Ducay , along
with Larry Burke of Midway 's sales department , conducted the Midway
service school.
50
show
The number of stands and net
exhibition area booked at the
forthcoming
International Coin-
Machine Exhibition at West Berlin
April 26-28 promises to become a
record in the tenth year of ima .
Organized by the AMK Berlin
(Messedamm 22 , D-1000 Berlin 19)
the exhibition will feature coin
operated pay-out and amusement
machines , accessories and related
products .
By the middle of December the
number of exhibitors was approach-
ing 50 , the area booked surpassing
2 ,000 square meters . " Bookings are
still going on ," said the AMK , that at
present is giving last finishes to one of
the most modern exhibition buildings
in the world , to be opened by 1979.
Distributor
opens
branch office
Sy Lipp has been appointed to
represent Coin Machine Distributors
Inc. in the Long Island Queens, Ne~
York areas .
He will have with him replacement
boards and parts for late model Atari ,
Bally , and Midway games . Coin
Machine Distributors is also planning
to open a showroom / shop with Lipp
in charge of that.
In addition to Atari, Bally , and
Midway , Coin Machine Distributors
also carries a full line of parts for
Brunswick , Ebon ite, Exidy , Gottlieb,
Kaye , Meadows. Ramtek Stern
Tournam en t Soccer , Unit~d , and
Valley .
The appointment was made in
conjunction with the Peekskill , New
York company's opening of its first
branch office . The new office is
located in West Babylon .
PLAY METER , February, 1978
A. tori service goes east Berlin
Atari will be conducting service
schools in the east during March .
Three schools will be hosted by Atari
at the new eastern office in Piscata-
way , New Jersey , March 1 and 2 , 6
and 7 , and 8 and 9 .
These seminars will cover all
aspects of video and pinball game
electronics , repair and troubleshoot-
ing, and are open to all distributors
and operators in the Northeast. Each
two-day school will be limited to 50
people . Reservations can be made by
calling or writing Michele Whalen ,
Atari , Inc ., 44 Colonial Drive ,
Piscataway , NJ 08854 , (800) 631 -
5374 .
Fred McCord , seminars manager ,
and Dave Tucker , field service
representative , will be instructing .
Subjects to be included will be the
basics of electronic pinball and video
games, troubleshooting , preventive
maintenance , microprocessor tech -
nology and specific service tips on
Atari products . Operators and tech -
nicians will have the opportunity to
get hands-on training in the main -
tenance and repair of Atari games
during the two-day seminar .
Atari service schools will be
scheduled in all parts of the country
within the next six months. Opera-
tors and technician s should contact
their local distributors regarding
service schools in their area . or call
Fred McCord at (800) 538-6892.
Abe Susman [leftJ. president of State Music Distributors in Dallas
over Atari's Airborne Avenger with [from left) Don Osborne.
McCord , and Tommy Chatten . State Music held its annual
December 2 and 3. Atari as well as Rock-Ola, Midway ,
Bally - provided service schools for the hundreds of operators
attended.
looks
Fred
show
and
who
Andy Ducay , Midway 's service manager, is flanked on either side by State
Music Distributor personnel. From left are Tom Chatten , State Music 's
sales manager; Ducay ; and Jack Gable , State Music 's service manager.
Midway was well-represented at the two-day affair in Dallas . Ducay , along
with Larry Burke of Midway 's sales department , conducted the Midway
service school.
50
show
The number of stands and net
exhibition area booked at the
forthcoming
International Coin-
Machine Exhibition at West Berlin
April 26-28 promises to become a
record in the tenth year of ima .
Organized by the AMK Berlin
(Messedamm 22 , D-1000 Berlin 19)
the exhibition will feature coin
operated pay-out and amusement
machines , accessories and related
products .
By the middle of December the
number of exhibitors was approach-
ing 50 , the area booked surpassing
2 ,000 square meters . " Bookings are
still going on ," said the AMK , that at
present is giving last finishes to one of
the most modern exhibition buildings
in the world , to be opened by 1979.
Distributor
opens
branch office
Sy Lipp has been appointed to
represent Coin Machine Distributors
Inc. in the Long Island Queens, Ne~
York areas .
He will have with him replacement
boards and parts for late model Atari ,
Bally , and Midway games . Coin
Machine Distributors is also planning
to open a showroom / shop with Lipp
in charge of that.
In addition to Atari, Bally , and
Midway , Coin Machine Distributors
also carries a full line of parts for
Brunswick , Ebon ite, Exidy , Gottlieb,
Kaye , Meadows. Ramtek Stern
Tournam en t Soccer , Unit~d , and
Valley .
The appointment was made in
conjunction with the Peekskill , New
York company's opening of its first
branch office . The new office is
located in West Babylon .
PLAY METER , February, 1978
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