RE: WG 6100 XY problems...

From: Paul Tonizzo <tonizzo_at_sybase.com>
Date: Wed Sep 16 1998 - 09:47:06 EDT

>Just a thought, but I'm currently working on a couple of Tempest
>board sets. One of them reports a bad RAM but you can still switch
>out of test and play it. During different stages of the game, the
>picture
>will collapse to a quarter or to the left or to a horizontal line. It
>looks
>like crazy deflection problems but the monitor is actually fine.

Very strange...
I have tried another Space Duel pcb and it does the same thing. So
in my case, at least I know it's definately the deflection board.

>As for your first problem, I had similar symptoms on my Star Wars
>Turned out to be a loose ground wire from the deflection board to
>the chassis.

I'll check it but I'm quite sure it's fine.

Thanks,

Paul
Received on Wed Sep 16 08:39:49 1998

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