Re: Question about 25" picture tube

You say that you were able to buy the wedges and magnetic shuts from
Wells-Gardner. Have you found any documented procedure for the placement
of the shunts?

Jon

At 07:53 PM 8/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
>No, I had to swap the yoke and convergence rings. It would have been nice to
>have it already setup. It does require some patience to get it alighned
>perfectly.
>
>Matt
>
>Bret Pehrson wrote:
>
>> Was it truly a drop-in replacement? Did you have to pull off the old yoke
>> and stick it on the new tube?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com
>> > [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of Matt Rossiter
>> > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 3:08 PM
>> > To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
>> > Subject: Re: VECTOR: Question about 25" picture tube
>> >
>> >
>> > Well, I got my new 25" picture tube from Clark Electronics a
>> > couple weeks ago,
>> > finally put it in today. It's the best thing I could have done
>> > for my cockpit Star
>> > Wars. The colors and are vibrant and bright just like new. Even
>> > more so than the
>> > old tube. It wasn't hard at all to get the convergence and
>> > purity right. You can
>> > order the rubber wedges and magnetic tabs from wells gardner.
>> > I'd send pictures,
>> > but you can't really tell how nice it looks from a picture.
>> > Anyway, it was definitely worth the $154!
>> >
>> > Matt
>> >
>> > Matt Rossiter wrote:
>> >
>> > > Great advice - I'll try it and let y'all know. Thanks!
>> > >
>> > > Matt
>> > >
>> > > Noel Johnson wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > My original tube was Rauland model A63AAX00X (the "00" is actually
>> > > > zero, zero, not alpha if you are searching the web). A drop
>> > in rebuilt
>> > > > replacement is available for $154 from Clark Electronics. $40
cheaper
>> > > > if you have a suitable tube to exchange. (with no phosphur burn -
just
>> > > > dead guns) Their model number is A63ABZ26X. See:
>> > > >
>> > > > http://www.jps.net/clarkeel/cross.htm
>> > > >
>> > > > If you are willing to do a little experimentation, I suspect you
could
>> > > > find a dead 25" TV from the 80's with a good tube for $20 or so and
>> > > > gamble that it has the same pinout. (make sure before you plug it
in!)
>> > > > I've been doing this with 19" TV's and have had great success
>> > repairing
>> > > > raster monitors so far. It turns out most color 19" color TV's from
>> > > > that era had the same CRT pinout as the G07 and WG4600/4900 monitors!
>> > > > :-)
>> > > >
>> > > > Good luck and please let me know how Clark turned out, as I have been
>> > > > wanting to buy a tube from them for some time, just haven't needed it
>> > > > yet...
>> > > >
>> > > > Noel
>> > > >
>> > > > Matt Rossiter wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Has anyone ever tried to purchase a brand new 25" picture
>> > tube for the
>> > > > > amplifone monitor? I tried Richardson electronics and I don't
think
>> > > > > they manufacture the replacement anymore. I was told that
>> > the 25" tube
>> > > > > could work in raster games as well such as 720 degrees.
>> > > > > I'm getting pretty good and color monitor convergence and
>> > my Star Wars
>> > > > > cockpit has a big burn spot in the center - so any info on
>> > how to find a
>> > > > > new picture tube would be cool.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > BTW - if the picture tube is indeed the same as the one in a 720
>> > > > > degrees, could someone let me know the part number?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Thanks....
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Matt
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
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