RE: Major Havoc/Tempest spinner problems

i fix my tempest by pulling apart the opto in to 5 bits
2 leds ect..
there where the same as in an a500 mouse!!! so i just used the mouse's leds
and put it back togeter and it work!!! easy as

>Doug J. wrote:
>
>>BTW, anyone got a source on Optek OBP2216 optos? (i.e. the "curved"
>>kind that I have on my Tempest wheel? The "normal" ones won't fit
>>in the PCB mounting holes used by the "curved" ones.)
>
> I called Optek about these a long time ago (late 80's) and they
>told me that the part was made exclusively for Atari. IIRC, you
>can repair them by removing the offending transmitter or receiver
>from the housing and replacing it with a new device. I got the IR
>transmitter from another Optek part that we had available where I
>worked at the time. I'm fairly certain that they just snapped into
>the curved housing, they weren't molded or sealed. I had to do this
>with my Tempest spinner once. YMMV.
>
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Received on Tue Jun 26 03:44:37 2001