Re: Tempest Monitor question

From: Rodger Boots <rlboots_at_cedar-rapids.net>
Date: Wed Mar 24 1999 - 05:00:00 EST

Matt Rossiter - Verio Southern California wrote:

> I always forget the model number so I just call it "tempest monitor". I
> think it's the WG 19k6100 or something like that.
>
> Anyway - I resurrected it from the dead and it will go into my Star Wars
> game (Once I get my dead Star Wars boards working). I have two
> questions -
>
> 1) I'm missing the top half of my screen - usually it's pretty
> easy to resolve this problem. Find the bad diode, transistor or solder
> joint. Well, every component seems to check out fine. So I'm wondering
> if there's a problem somewhere in the yoke. Seems unlikely - but possible
> I guess.
>

Not very likely (try impossible). Yoke is OK.

>
> 2) I've installed the LV2000 onto it. When I get to the test where I
> just plug in the deflection board (and nothing else) and adjust the pots -
> I'm OK on the positive side (+26v) but on the negative side I'm getting
> only -15v max. I should be getting about -33v at the black lead, but I'm
> only getting -24.
>
> Has anybody seen these problems?
>
> Matt
Received on Wed Mar 24 03:59:53 1999

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