Re: Tempest Picture Tube

Congratulations on getting a Tempest! I just got a Tempest upright a few weeks
ago, and I love it. It's my all time favorite game.

Check out
http://www.gamearchive.com/video/manufacturer/atari/vector/html/vector.html.
Follow the "X/Y Monitor Information" link for a possible source for the tube.
You might also want to try asking if anyone has a used tube for sale on
news://rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace.

Dave Downin wrote:
>
> I have recently aquired a Tempest Cabaret unit...it's my first actual arcade
> game I've ever gotten. So, being relatively new to this area, I'm looking to
> get my hands on all the information about this thing that I can. If someone
> could point me in the right direction to get started it would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Also, the thing has a cracked picture tube, so that's my first job in getting
> this thing running. Only thing is I have no idea where to look, how much to
> expect to pay, or what to get to replace the tube.
>
> I do have a decent background in electronics (2 years of technical school -
> quite some time ago), so I'm not totally clueless in this regard.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Dave Downin (dave@arlo.net)
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Received on Thu Oct 15 21:56:07 1998