Re: Is this legit?

Ah, but what you are doing isn't what he was doing. You're using just
the tube and keeping the original monitor yoke. He was trying to match
a monitor chassis to a donated CRT/yoke pair. And he wasn't even asking
what inductance the yoke was, just resistance readings! Doesn't sound
to me like you would get an ideal setup that way. Usable, maybe.
Ideal, no.

tom mcclintock wrote:
>
> Actually, this works pretty well. Just pick up any 'non working' TV
> from the early to mid eighties, and you have a pretty good chance of
> getting one with the right pinout. Make sure the deflection angle is the
> correct one for your application (it is molded into the side of the
> tube), swap yokes, chassis and neckboard and presto - 'new' monitor. If
> all you are looking for is a new tube...
>
> tm
>
> Rodger Boots wrote:
> >
> > Doesn't sound real kosher to me --- if you want a monitor buy a real
> > monitor. The performance will be much better.
> >
> > Joe Magiera wrote:
> > >
> > > Can some of you that have way more technical background and knowledge
> > > of monitors take a look at this:
> > >
> > > http://www.genao.com/monitor.html
> > >
> > > Does what he presents sound reasonable? My biggest flag is don't the
> > > neck pinouts vary from monitor to monitor?
> > >
> > > Joe
> > > joemagiera@ameritech.net
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