Re: Cinematronics (Space War) Yoke wires

Gang,

Please ignore the yoke wire question - the correct colors are in the photo I
posted... DOH!

Still think it's strange the yoke is wired the way it is....

I replaced caps and the 7604 and checked the brightness pot with no change.
I'll swap the tube tonight with a spare Asteroids tube.

Cheers
MacMan

Paul Sommers wrote:
>
> Gang,
>
> Stuck already - didn't take long did it?
>
> I removed the monitor board and to do this I had to unsolder the yoke wires,
> making sure that I wrote down the colors and where they connected (they were
> soldered directly to the resistors! - I now have a cable with a plug break)
> but... I don't think I had enough coffee when I wrote the colors down.
>
> I wrote two pairs (Red and Brown and Black and White) now looking I have Red,
> Yellow, Black and Grey!!
>
> I imagine with a multimeter there should be continuity between the pairs so it is:
> Black and Yellow (which looked white)
> Red and Grey (which looked brown)
>
> Can someone confirm this before I connect it up wrong and fry my yoke. The
> wire colors aren't on the Space War monitor schematics.
>
> Also... looking at the yoke I just noticed it isn't wound like my G05's - it's
> wound like a normal yoke - is that right for a Cinematronics (never having
> seen one before)?
>
> Here's a pic of mine:
> http://au.photos.yahoo.com/bc/rgvac_aust?e&.intl=au&.flabel=fld1&.from=d&.pindex=2&start=1&.src=ph&.done=http%3a//au.photos.yahoo.com/bc/rgvac_aust%3fd%26.flabel=fld1%26.intl=au%26.src=ph
>
> Thanks for your help.
> MacMan
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Received on Sat Dec 9 18:16:04 2000