Re: tempest help

Back in the old days, when these games were new, when I had to replace a
dead opto and none in stock, we would cut the INFRA -Red LED out and
replace it with a "Grain of Wheat" light bulb (model trains). This was
hooked up to the +5VDC line, and as the bulbs were originally run at
12v, they are still running today. I first used this trick on the old
Track Ten driving game that had separate LED's...(some folks used #47
bulbs.)
John :-#)#

Ozdemir, Steve wrote:
>
> G'day folks,
>
> Along similar lines, I have some bad Tempest spinners. I'm assuming
> that the LED that shines through the wheel has gone bad. Does anyone
> know of a replacement part (or better yet a number that I could bring to
> my electronic's parts store)? Thanks!
>
> Steven S Ozdemir
> sso@dsc.com
>
> >----------
> >From: mayday19[SMTP:mayday19@IDT.NET]
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 1997 9:37 PM
> >To: vectorlist@spies.com
> >Cc: mayday19
> >Subject: tempest help
> >
> >I just picked up a Tempest UR that has a small prob. I will probably want
> >to sell it right away as soon as it is fixed as I already have a cabaret
> >Tempest ($500+shipping, this thing is REALLY clean). I did a big trade
> >and I didn't want it too much. :>
> >
> >I haven't looked at it yet, but the problem is that the game powers up
> >fine (monitor looks great), and you can start a game and fire and super
> >zap, but the spinner will not work. The guy I got it from said if you
> >start a game, remove the aux board connector and replace it, it will work
> >fine for as long as the machine is turned on. I tried this a couple times
> >and it worked. I've only looked at it long enough to try that so far, but
> >I'd figure I'd get a second opinion on it first..any ideas?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jeff
> >--
> >http://idt.net/~mayday19
> >

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