RE: Vectorbeam Question

G'day folks,

If you haven't moved the "VAR/NORM" jumper to the norm position on the
Solar Quest boards, you'll need to do so. This may be why you are
getting the funny vectors. The monitor from the Rip Off cocktail does
NOT support variable intensity (nor color for that matter). Let us know
if this is the solution...has anybody else every left a motherboard on
"VAR" but used it with a monitor that doesn't support variable
intensity?

As far as I know only Cinematronics had rights to RipOff. They did
licsence it though to other manufacturers. I'm sure Vectorbeam was NOT
one of those manufacturers. Only Space War(s) was made both by
Vectorbeam and Cinematronics.

                Steven S Ozdemir
                sso@dsc.com

ps - I'll assume your Rip Off cocktail cabinet is trashed and that's why
you are getting rid of it? These were made by Centuri for Cinematronics
in the USA. I've only seen one in my decade of collecting (and it had
been converted). I think someone just located a Star Castle cocktail
which is also made by Centuri? In either case, no differences in any
power/video pinouts from the regular Cinematronics uprights.

>----------
>From: Danger wil[SMTP:Dangerwil@aol.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:00 PM
>To: vectorlist@spies.com
>Cc: Danger wil
>Subject: Vectorbeam Question
>
>Well,
>
> I am fixing to get rid of my Rip Off cocktail and so pulled it out to
>monkey around with a bit. It didn't have any boards, so I pulled out an
>untested set of Solar Quest bds and plugged them in.
>
> After praying to all the smoke gods, I plugged it in and wow it actually
>came up, well kinda. The sound board makes a game sound on power up and the
>monitor comes on. I can hear it making vectors but with the brightness
>turned
>all the way up all I see is groupings of dots. These dots seem to be moving
>and I can see what looks like a high score table in attract mode, but just in
>formless clumps of dots.
>
> It doesn't coin up or make any other noises, but I tend to think that is
>probably because of differences in the games pinouts??????????/
>
>Well any ideas would be a help. I might want to play around with it some
>more, before I send it off.
>
>BTW This is the weirdest setup I have ever seen. The whole thing looks
>homemade. The monitor tube is actually hinged and pulls up to expose the
>chassis and sound board. The power supply and chassis are both marked
>vectorbeam, but the game is manufactured by Centuri??
>
>Happy Gaming,
>
>Bill
>
Received on Wed Jan 28 09:59:53 1998