Hmmm, dang...crawling back into hole...I give up!
I think Ray and others are correct in this, I just forgot...must be
getting old. I'm off to the old farts home now...see you later...
John :-#)#
Ray Ghanbari wrote:
>
> John Robertson wrote:
> >
> > Joe, you need to reverse the wires going to the YOKE on the monitor. Get
> > out your ohmmeter and find the two pairs of wires (one for the Hor., one
> > pair for the Vert.) and reverse ONE pair and see what happens. You can
> > remove the pins with atiny screwdriver that is inserted into the slot
> > holdinghte pin, press gently and pull the pin out. Do not overforce or
> > you will either break the pin or the wire...
>
> This is odd. I thought Atari was clever to have the monitor and wiring
> harness wired as appropriate to the cabinet, not the game.
>
> In other words, when I pop my Asteroids Deluxe into my dedicated
> Asteroids, the image shows up properly. That is, the polarity of the
> video output from the PCBs is the same.
>
> Regardless, pins 16 and 19 are what you need to orient the display
> properly. If you ground the pin, it will flip the display. Don't wire
> it through on your adapter. Float these pins and experiment with ground
> them to a ground pin.
>
> I strongly suggest not messing with the yoke wiring unless you
> absolutely have to.
>
> Ray
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