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To: ArtieM who wrote (574)	1/21/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: David W. Tucker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7701

My take on the VLT technology is as follows: These can be thought of as modular units. Once you have the cabinetry, your can just throw together some off the shelf items. Not too difficult, especially since the units MUST be shipped in non-working condition (a legal requirement). A couple PC boards are added on site at their V-land property. EEPROM chips, programmed with software and specific "properties" type info, are added simply into plug-in slots. It's very similar to assembling a computer, which is a sinple task these days. Programming changes are made by exchanging the chips, easiliy programmed in the U.S. and shipped overnight. My feeling has been that they shipped 105 machines in hopes of getting 100 up and running. 5 extra machines provided to make the whole process more likely to happen. I've heard that these machines must be connected to a phone line for remote monitoring purposes. I'm not sure the full scope of this capability. There's a lot you can do if these are connected to phone lines ( in the way that many modern slots systems are connected to central computers). To my thinking, if these require phone lines to function, than the phones lines are the big issue. Can you imagine getting phone lines installed in V-land? We take it for granted how easy it is to get lines installed in the U.S. In any case, without the phone line requirement, I can't imagine why it would take long to get these thing running. These machines might be running now and George was waiting to get numbers for the first 15 days. Who knows. I'd like to see a photo essay on the company website showing these machines in action one day. That would be a blast. This machines are not all that complicated. It's not much more difficult than installing a pac-man machine in a convenience store. Just some thoughts. Does anyone have information otherwise? dave