Re: 6100 LV issues

Who is it that sells the LV2000, seems like ive lost the link;/

Thanks,
Mark Capps

"Rosenzweig, Joel B" wrote:

> I'm a little confused by the argument. If the claim is: "I want to keep my
> monitor original, as designed. Therefore I don't want to put in the LV2000
> board" then you cannot replace Q100/101 or it's related circuitry with any
> upgrade component or subsystem modification. Which means that all you have
> allowed yourself to do is to replace any part that fails with the same type
> part. If you open yourself to "modifying the board for better performance"
> then there is no intrinsic difference between cutting a trace and/or using
> beefier transistors than there is to making a daughter card that plugs in to
> the deflection board that simply replaces a few components and similarly
> provides increased longevity.
>
> I think the reality is that the design of the low voltage power supply for
> the WG6100, the HV transformer on the Amplifone, and _fires_ from G08's were
> the root cause of vector monitors having such a bad reputation in the
> amusement community. These items required constant attention relative to
> their raster monitor brothers. Keeping them in their original state is
> certainly not impossible - just time consuming. You can certainly continue
> to replace the failed components with the originals if that is your goal.
> Some people enjoy the maintenance, but enjoy playing the games even more.
> Somewhere you will find that balance that describes your interest in the
> hobby, and that will help you decide what to do. If you'll look forward to
> the next time you power up your Tempest and have a dead screen (and be happy
> about it because of the repair job you now have) then going with original
> parts is great. If you have that sinking feeling in your stomach every time
> you power it up wondering "will this be the big one?" :-) then you probably
> want to go with upgrading the parts. I'm not making a value judgement here
> - I love the repair work. It gives me a good reason to have all sorts of
> cool parts and diagnostic electronic equipment in my workshop. Maybe it
> even gives meaning to my existence! But - I'm not looking for doing the
> _same_ repairs over and over again, so I opt for the upgrade. I just wish
> there was a cure all for my Black Knight pinball, then my machines would all
> work in harmony. (There is some law that at least one machine must be hosed
> at any time. It's usually BK) I've found that by fixing the monitors with
> excellent components the first time keeps them running and minimizes repeat
> repair efforts. That let's me _play_ Star Wars for 5 minutes in an
> otherwise busy day. :-)
>
> Good luck figuring out what you'd like to do.
>
> Regards,
> Joel-
>
> > >
> > > Again, I'm interested to see what everyone has to say about the
> recurring
> > > Q100/101 faulure in a 6100.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > -Brian
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Received on Fri Feb 8 07:10:05 2002