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Randy
Randy Fromm is a name that is recognizable to
industry people, if for no other reason than tho ' e ·=
been a technical writer and editor for Pla y Me~er
magazine for some time now.
Married (wife's name, Lenore), Randy started in · ' e
coin machine business in May, 1972 working /or uario "'
operators as a technician in the southe rn Car o= ·
area. Prior to that he had been in television repc7 _.! • -
spending a few years in the business, he wen o...... -
a little over a year for Ruff/er and Deith in Londo --- ~
he helped that distributorship set up its solid sta e "'·
division. Following that, he went into business _= -
himself as a game technician. It was about tha t · .e ·2
also started writing for Play Meter, bringing his in · .: _=
the problems in the field of other operators c-;c..
technicians.
He began offering ideas on modifying existing ga es.
which some factories did not exactly am)recia e
because they saw it as pointing out the flaws in hei
equipment. But the column survived and so has Randy.
About a year ago, Randy's career took a somewha
different twist when he started to teaching game repair.
He started San Diego Arcade School in, of all places,
San Diego, California." His school stresses the effective
use of a digital multimeter and a logic probe, relatively
inexpensive test equipment, to isolate problems in the
field. "It's a comprehensive and effective course, even if I
say so myself, "said Randy. "I don't try to push a lot of
useless theories on the guys."
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:--e ~.-tOOl has recently undergone a name change to
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's Arcade Schools, with the opening of a
--· sc · ool in Dallas, appropriated named the Dallas
' ool. The Dallas school, Randy said, will ahve
-. ctor, Nathan Bush, who, it just so happens,
·e ·ewed as Coinman in July, 1977. So
· asses at the San Diego Arcade School and
- :::Je"' · g of the Dallas Arcade School-not
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:echnical tracts for industry's r.-nno ,o •
dy has kept quite busy.
_ bject which attracted Play Meter to
_ · own technical editor for the Service Iss
ch his arcade schools as it is a novel idea
=::c.r-: reaching new technicians. Randy is presen
a series of fourteen video tapes which
ark etjng to the industry. The videotapes
-:- -: -:e and inexperienced servicemen about
:-:: ~ electonic games. they will available on
~ 3e: formats. And he's working on a
- - ~ ' and even a cassette tape train
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(which we envision could even be used
· ;., · · s as they drive their trucks to their appoin
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. .ese sounded like some novel ideas to us as far
e co ·oning new technicians at least, we hadn't hear
: e his far before- so we felt, for the Service
s auld talk to him about how such a llaEwtapeE
p ogram could be used.