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Ron Carrara,
Carrara, manager
manager of
of Bally
Bally
Ron
Advance
in
San
Francisco,
said
he is
is
Advance in San Francisco, said he
negotiating
with
Bally
for
that
office,
"
I
"I
office,
that
for
Bally
with
negotiating
would really
really like
like to
to save
save this
this office
office and
and
would
the employees
employees working
working here."
here."
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.
the
AMOA plans
plans
AMOA
government
conference
government conference
customers."
customers."
.
The Amusement
Amusement and
and Music
Music Opera-
Opera-
The
tors
Association
(AMOA)
will
hold
its
tors Association (AMOA) will hold its
Government
Affairs
Conference
in
Government Affairs Conference in
Washington, D.C.,
D.C., May
May 19-21.
19-21.
Washington,
The conference
conference will
will include
include speak-
speak-
The
ers
discussing
proposed
changes
in
ers discussing proposed changes in
the tax
tax code;
code; a
a tour
tour of
of the
the Library
Library of
of
the
Congress and
and the
the U.S.
U.S. Copyright
Copyright Office;
Office:
Congress
of the
the copyright
copyright laws,
laws,
discussions of
discussions
licensing
issues,
and
the
status
of
the
licensing issues, and the status of the
Berne Convention;
Convention: a
a VIP
VIP White
White House
House
Berne
brtefing, and
and AMOA
AMOA member
member meetings
meetings
briefing,
with
their
representative~ and senators.
with their representatives and senators.
In addition,
addition, the
the American
Amertcan Amuse-
Amuse-
In
ment Machine
Machine Association
Association (AAMA)
( AAMA)
ment
will sponsor
sponsor a
a reception
reception at
at the
the Long-
Long-
will
worth
House
Building
on
Wednesday,
worth House Building on Wednesday,
May 21.
21 . AAMA
AAMA will
will provide
provide a a display
display
May
of the
the latest
latest equipment
equipment as
as well
well as
as
of
antique
machines.
Some
senators
and
antique machines. Some senators and
congressmen have
have been
been invited
invited to
to the
the
congressmen
reception.
reception.
no registration
registration fee
fee for
for
There is is no
There
members
attending
the
conference.
members attending the conference.
Registration materials,
matertals, a a schedule
schedule of
of
Registration
events, and
and housing
housing information
information are
are
events,
available from
from the
the AMOA.
AMOA
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available
Taitel loses
loses
Taitel
Atari
line
Atari line
Atari Games
Games has
has given
given exclusive
exclusive
Atari
U.K.
distrtbution
rights
to
Deith
Leisure
U.K. distribution rights to Deith Leisure
and
Joyland
Distributing,
with
a
result
and Joyland Distributing, with a result
that Taitel
Taite! Electronics
Electronics will
will lose
lose the
the
that
Atari
line.
Atari line.
According to
to the
the U.K.'s
U.K.'s Coin
Coin Slot
Slot
According
tabloid,
Taite!
sought
an
injunction
tabloid, Taitel sought an injunction
against Atari
Atari to
to force
force the
the company
company to
to
against
continue
to
supply
games
and
parts
continue to supply games and parts
until "satisfactory
"satisfactory notice
notice had
had been
been
until
given" that
that Taitel
Taite! would
would lose
lose the
the line.
line.
given"
alleged that
that Deith
Deith Leisure
Leisure and
and
Taite! alleged
Taitel
Joyland
Distributing
offered
Atari
Joyland Distributing offered Atari
large orders
orders for
for its
its Gauntlet
Gauntlet video
video in
in
large
exchange for
for removal
removal of
of Taitel
Taite! as
as an
an
exchange
Atari distributor.
distributor.
Atari
injunction request
request was
was dis-
dis-
Taitel's
Taitel's injunction
but Atari
Atart agreed
agreed to
to continue
continue to
to
m issed, but
missed,
Taite! with
with equipment
equipment to
to fulfill
fulfill
supply Taitel
supply
orders during
during a
a period
period
its outstanding
outstanding orders
its
of notice.
notice.
of
Atari's senior
senior vice
vice
Shane Breaks,
Breaks, Atari's
Shane
president,
was
quoted
as
saying,
"I
president, was quoted as saying, "I
have
to
emphasize
here
that
there
is
have to emphasize here that there is
PLAY METER,
METER, March
March 1,
1, 1986
1986
PLAY
nothing new
new in
in companies
companies using
using the
the
nothing
legitimate
business
method
of
order-
legitimate business method of order-
ing in
in bulk
b ulk to
to attempt
attempt to
to obtain
obtain greater
greater
ing
exclusivity
on
a
line.
There
is also
also
exclusivity on a line. There is
nothing
wrong
with
the
practice.
nothing wrong with the practice. I I
make it it perfectly
perfectly clear
clear that
that at
at the
the
must make
must
end of
of the
the day
day I I must
must do
do what
what I I con-
con-
end
sider to
to be
be best
best for
for Atari
Atari Games
Games and
and its
its
sider
•
Digital sells
sells
Digital
Video
Group
Video Group
Digital Controls,
Controls, Inc.,
Inc., has
has sold
sold its
its
Digital
Video
Group
to
Comsell,
a
maker
of
Video Group to Comsell, a maker of
video-disc-based
real-estate
sales
video-disc-based real-estate sales
Video Group
Group manufac-
manufac-
systems The
The Video
systems.
video-disc-based computer-
computer-
tures a a video-disc-based
tures
applications training
training system
system called
called
applications
The
Leaming
Center.
The Learning Center.
Mike Macke,
Macke, Digital's
Digital's president,
president
Mike
explained the
the sale
sale saying,
saying, "The
" The
explained
unstable
coin-op
markets
of
the
past
unstable coin-op markets of the past
few
years
necessitated
our
diversifi-
few years necessitated our diversifi-
cation into
into another
another field,
field, but
but now
now we
we
cation
feel that
that the
the market
market has
has stabilized,
stabilized,
feel
and we
we can
can justify
justify devoting
devoting all
all our
our
and
resources
to
delivering
product
there.''
resources to delivering product there."
Ga.,-based Digital
Digital
The Norcross,
Norcross, Ga.,-based
The
has begun
begun shipping
shipping a
a new
new "skill-stop"
"skill-stop"
has
mechanical countertop
countertop called
called Pacer
Pacer
mechanical
Poker.
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Article notes
notes
Article
pay-phone
problems
pay-phone problems
According to
to a
a January
January 27
27 Wall
Wall
According
Street
Journal
article,
many
of
the
esti-
Street Journal article, many of the esti-
mated
30,000
pay
telephones
sold
to
mated 30,000 pay telephones sold to
new businesses
businesses since
since deregulation
deregulation of
of
new
the pay-phone
pay-phone industry
industry almost
almost two
two
the
yers ago
ago have
have not
not been
been installed
installed or
or
yers
already have
have been
been removed
removed from
from
already
locations. In
In contrast,
contrast, according
according to
to the
the
locations.
newspaper,
Bell
operating
com-
newspaper, Bell operating com-
panies have
have about
about 1.8
1.8 million
million pay
pay
panies
phones
in
operation.
phones in operation.
article blamed
blamed unsophisticated
unsophisticated
The article
The
equipment
for
many
of
the industry's
industry's
equipment for many of the
problems.
It
quoted
James
M
Talens,
problems. It quoted James M. . Talens,
chief of
of the
the Federal
Federal Communications
Communications
chief
Commission's domestic-services
domestic-services branch,
branch
Commission's
saying,
"I
do
not
hear
of
great
fortunes
saying, "I do not hear of great fortunes
being made
made by
by anybody.
anybody. I I hear
hear of
of
being
people not
not getting
getting phones
phones they
they ordered
ordered
people
and paid
paid for.
for. I I hear
hear of
of maintenance
maintenance
and
problems,
not
to
mention
economics.
problems, not to mention economics.
Each phone
phone has
has to
to turn
tum quite
quite a
a num-
num-
Each
ber of
of calls
calls to
to give
give a
a profit."
profit. "
ber
A Houston
Houston businessman
businessman said
said he
he
A
bought
100
phones
that
gave
free
bought 100 phones that gave free
calls, and
and the
the manufacturer
manufacturer refused
refused to
to
calls,
fix
them.
Of
the
100,
he
said,
only
28
fix them. Of the 100, he said, only 28
are working.
working. "We're
" We're losing
losing our
our butts,"
butts,"
are
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