Star Tech Journal

STAR* TECH Journal
November 1992
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1) AsK FOR HELP.
Whether from a co-worker, shop
manager, distributor, or factory
rep, there is a time.
The time to ask is:
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2) PASS ON A REPAIR.
As a distributor there are boards
we repair in house, and there.are
those we simply relay to the fac-
tory. These are generally ones
that are complex in themselves
(such as CPUs for the newer
games), contain many unique
and specialized parts, and are
likely to be "one of a kind" repairs.
In other words, there is no point
in a major investment of time and
repair parts when the tech is not
likely to see a similar board in the
foreseeable future. Pass that
puppy on!
months, then you had better~
question fixing it at all, because
something else is going to break
in about four months and you
need a little profit in between.
As a distributor we have to be
careful what we say, but the
Everything we do
must not lose sight
of the bottom line.
3) ABANDON THE REPAIR.
Everything we do must not lose
sight of the bottom line. If you
can't see your locations putting
enough quarters in the old game
to pay off the repair in, say, two
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