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October 19, 2006 |
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The diagnostic and system information solutions provider PC-Doctor Inc. recently announced a contract with International Game Technology, which will use PC-Doctor’s Factory for DOS in the manufacturing and test engineering of systems for many of its machines. “This is our first contact with a gaming device manufacturer, a move beyond desktops, laptops and servers, to PC-type devices that are virtually part of all industries,” PC-Doctor’s Chief Marketing Officer Doug van Aman said in a press release. “Our platform of diagnostics is well-equipped to work in many other aspects of the gaming industry, which is working in essentially a PC environment with strict legal and technical standards. We look forward to working with IGT, the undisputed leader in this category, a company coincidently located less than a mile from our Reno headquarters.” PC-Doctor Factory helps licensees run comprehensive diagnostics in a DOS environment, testing components like system boards, RAM, CPUs and COM ports. IGT will use PC-Doctor Factory to prevent the installation of defective or damaged boards in manufacturing the Advanced Video Platform. The program will also help IGT confirm flaws in units rejected from the manufacturing line. “The purchase of these customized PC-Doctor tools will aid tremendously in our Advanced Video Platform production,” said IGT manufacturing engineer Ernie Baragar. “With the PC-Doctor tool set, IGT expects to improve its process yields and output for the critical AVP processor assemblies.” “IGT needed to turn a very manual process into a more efficient, less labor-intensive operation,” said Carol Roberts, senior product manager for PC-Doctor. “Defective or damaged boards were not being detected until well into the manufacturing process, which caused unnecessary work and manufacturing delays. PC-Doctor is working with IGT to improve its operations by providing industry-leading hardware diagnostics that are easily automated.”—Darby Harris |
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