Play Meter
Issue: 1981 April 01 - Vol 7 Num 6 - Page 13
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YOU ARE INCORRECT!
Refer to the text and return to BLOCK 17.
20
YOU ARE CORRECT!
The c urrent generator in the model is
controlled
by ______________ __
a. The base-emitter diode
GO TO BLOCK 13
b. Beta
GO TO BLOCK 2
21
YOU ARE INCORRECT!
Refer to the text and return td BLOCK 13.
22
YOU ARE CORRECT!
When all of the power supply voltage is
across the load ( Rc). the transistor is
operating in the ----------------
a. Saturation region
GO TO BLOCK 15
b. Cutoff region
GO TO BLOCK 5
23
YOU ARE CORRECT!
When operating in the saturation region ,
RcE is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a.
Very high
GO TO BLOCK 16
b.
Very low
GO TO BLOCK 7
24
YOU ARE INCORRECT!
Refe r to the text and return to BLOCK 7.
25
YOU ARE CORRECT!
The transistor switch is acti vated by _ .
a. The base-emitter diode
GO TO BLOCK 4
b. Collector current
GO TO BLOCK 11
The Kurz Kasch courses will continue in
subsequent issues of PLAY METER and
the Update edition. Included in the April
15 issue will be a breadboard project.
R&N changes name
but not its stripes
SAN JOSE - Brian Warkentin,
marketing vice president of R&N
Silkscreening, Inc., has announced
that the firm has changed its name to
Willis Industries, Inc .
He explained that the firm
"needed a name more suitable to the
services it offers." Willis Industries
produces graphics for a number of
the major coin-op games manufac-
turers, including Exidy, Gremlin,
Centuri, Sircoma, and others.
The company offers a complete
graphic design service, as well as the
screenprinting. It has developed
many of the innovative concepts
used in video game graphics such as
polycarbonate control panels and
pressure sensitive side decals.
PLAY METER NEWS UPDATE
'You say you haue pinball games on your planet, but you need my
quarters?' Kidding aside, this pair are from the film 'Flash Gordon'- that's him
under the atomic hair-dryer, and she's the pretty, plotting Princess Aura , who's
blow-drying his mind. They'll also appear in living color on a Bally ping a me back-
glass (see the expanded New Products section inside this Update) . The Flash
Gordon pinball debuted recently on the NBC Today Show with actor Max Von
S ydow (Ming the Merciless) showing his pinball skills. Bally has also entered
into a co-promotion with Universal Studios to boost the opening of the film at
theaters which will have the Flash Gordon machine on display in lobbies. (Photo
~ 1980 by Universal City Studios)
Court moves for Stern video
CHICAGO- Stern Electronics, Inc.
has been granted a preliminary
injunction against Omni Video
Games, Inc . and Ferncrest
Distributors, Inc. , both of Warwick,
Rhode Island, in connection with an
alleged infringement by Omni and
Ferncrest of Stern's copyright on its
Astro Inuaders video game.
Stern filed suit in federal court in
Brooklyn, New York, claiming that
the Zygon video game sold by Omni
and Ferncrest infringed the copy-
right on Astra Inuaders and that
Stern is the exclusive licensee under
that copyright .
At the same hearing before U.S .
District Judge Eugene Nickerson,
Stern representatives presented a
video tape of the Astro /nuaders
game and compared it with a video
tape of Omni and Ferncrest's Zygon
game. Stern counsel advised the
court that the copyright covered the
Astra Inuaders audio -visual
components, particularly the
presentation of the figures on the
video screen.
The court on December 19
enjoined Omni and Ferncrest from
marketing Zygon games while the
lawsuit is pending, and ordered all
Zygon games in their possession or
control be impounded during the
pendency of the lawsuit.
New door protection
Coin Controls Ltd. of England
announced modifications to its 510
frontplate and door assemblies
which will be incorporated into
production from January 1st 1981
and which may be purchased as sets
of parts for site modification where
warranted.
The new model allows for fast
feeding (particularly for token refill)
without jamming and simultaneously
foils the latest break-ins being tried
on these units, according to Coin
Controls . In adding these new
features to the new 50 pence
"bounce anvil" (incorporated as
standard over two months ago),
Coin Controls stated that they are
defeating any attempts at repeated
fraud being reported on UK
machines.
13
YOU ARE INCORRECT!
Refer to the text and return to BLOCK 17.
20
YOU ARE CORRECT!
The c urrent generator in the model is
controlled
by ______________ __
a. The base-emitter diode
GO TO BLOCK 13
b. Beta
GO TO BLOCK 2
21
YOU ARE INCORRECT!
Refer to the text and return td BLOCK 13.
22
YOU ARE CORRECT!
When all of the power supply voltage is
across the load ( Rc). the transistor is
operating in the ----------------
a. Saturation region
GO TO BLOCK 15
b. Cutoff region
GO TO BLOCK 5
23
YOU ARE CORRECT!
When operating in the saturation region ,
RcE is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a.
Very high
GO TO BLOCK 16
b.
Very low
GO TO BLOCK 7
24
YOU ARE INCORRECT!
Refe r to the text and return to BLOCK 7.
25
YOU ARE CORRECT!
The transistor switch is acti vated by _ .
a. The base-emitter diode
GO TO BLOCK 4
b. Collector current
GO TO BLOCK 11
The Kurz Kasch courses will continue in
subsequent issues of PLAY METER and
the Update edition. Included in the April
15 issue will be a breadboard project.
R&N changes name
but not its stripes
SAN JOSE - Brian Warkentin,
marketing vice president of R&N
Silkscreening, Inc., has announced
that the firm has changed its name to
Willis Industries, Inc .
He explained that the firm
"needed a name more suitable to the
services it offers." Willis Industries
produces graphics for a number of
the major coin-op games manufac-
turers, including Exidy, Gremlin,
Centuri, Sircoma, and others.
The company offers a complete
graphic design service, as well as the
screenprinting. It has developed
many of the innovative concepts
used in video game graphics such as
polycarbonate control panels and
pressure sensitive side decals.
PLAY METER NEWS UPDATE
'You say you haue pinball games on your planet, but you need my
quarters?' Kidding aside, this pair are from the film 'Flash Gordon'- that's him
under the atomic hair-dryer, and she's the pretty, plotting Princess Aura , who's
blow-drying his mind. They'll also appear in living color on a Bally ping a me back-
glass (see the expanded New Products section inside this Update) . The Flash
Gordon pinball debuted recently on the NBC Today Show with actor Max Von
S ydow (Ming the Merciless) showing his pinball skills. Bally has also entered
into a co-promotion with Universal Studios to boost the opening of the film at
theaters which will have the Flash Gordon machine on display in lobbies. (Photo
~ 1980 by Universal City Studios)
Court moves for Stern video
CHICAGO- Stern Electronics, Inc.
has been granted a preliminary
injunction against Omni Video
Games, Inc . and Ferncrest
Distributors, Inc. , both of Warwick,
Rhode Island, in connection with an
alleged infringement by Omni and
Ferncrest of Stern's copyright on its
Astro Inuaders video game.
Stern filed suit in federal court in
Brooklyn, New York, claiming that
the Zygon video game sold by Omni
and Ferncrest infringed the copy-
right on Astra Inuaders and that
Stern is the exclusive licensee under
that copyright .
At the same hearing before U.S .
District Judge Eugene Nickerson,
Stern representatives presented a
video tape of the Astro /nuaders
game and compared it with a video
tape of Omni and Ferncrest's Zygon
game. Stern counsel advised the
court that the copyright covered the
Astra Inuaders audio -visual
components, particularly the
presentation of the figures on the
video screen.
The court on December 19
enjoined Omni and Ferncrest from
marketing Zygon games while the
lawsuit is pending, and ordered all
Zygon games in their possession or
control be impounded during the
pendency of the lawsuit.
New door protection
Coin Controls Ltd. of England
announced modifications to its 510
frontplate and door assemblies
which will be incorporated into
production from January 1st 1981
and which may be purchased as sets
of parts for site modification where
warranted.
The new model allows for fast
feeding (particularly for token refill)
without jamming and simultaneously
foils the latest break-ins being tried
on these units, according to Coin
Controls . In adding these new
features to the new 50 pence
"bounce anvil" (incorporated as
standard over two months ago),
Coin Controls stated that they are
defeating any attempts at repeated
fraud being reported on UK
machines.
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Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).