Re: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks

Great news, John!

If your friend can do it and come up with a reliable product that works as
well as, if not better, than the original - I'm in for at least 2, with more
to follow pending a thorough shakedown of them. I would also be willing to
pre-pay if necessary. I've got 3 color vectors to maintain in my
collection, and I am sure plenty to repair in the future.

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Robertson" <pinball@telus.net>
To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>; <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks

> I was just chatting with my friend, John, who has a shop locally that does
> nothing but repair monitors, he believes that he can make a voltage
limited
> HV supply that would run on the original DC supply for about $100US in 50
> lots....
>
> This will not be as pretty a box as the ones that Wintron and others make,
> but the price is probably much nicer...the box could thus replace either
> the WG HV as used in Tempest, and the HV as used in the Ampliphone. These
> would use inexpensive common HV flybacks so repairs should be cheap as
well...
>
> Any interest?
>
> John :-#)#
>
> At 11:03 PM 13/04/2002 -0500, Jeff Sanders wrote:
> >OK, here goes,
> >
> >There's a local dude down here in Alabama and I believe his name is Andy
> >Warren. I haven't chatted with him in a few years, real nice guy, quite
the
> >circuit stud.
> >
> >His e-mail is andywarren@otelco.net
> >
> >He's quite sharp on vector stuff and a while back he told me a story
about
> >how he hacked in a WG x-former into an Ampliphone tube with just a few
minor
> >circuit mods. He made it sound simple but I forget the details.
> >
> >If someone wants to e-mail him and pick his brain please see what he has
to
> >say on this topic please do so.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Jeff S.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Joe Bachmann" <joe.bachmann@newmail.net>
> >To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> >Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 4:10 PM
> >Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks
> >
> >
> > > What xformer goes into a WG? Where can I get them?
> > >
> > > JB
> > >
> > > Jeff Sanders wrote:
> > >
> > > > I know a guy that got a WG transformer to work in an Ampliphone
(which
> >I'm
> > > > sure has been brought up before)
> > > >
> > > > Would that be a cheaper alternative? i.e. finding a cheap mass
market
> > > > X-former that can work with a minor circuit mod?
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Jess Askey" <jess@askey.org>
> > > > To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 2:17 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks
> > > >
> > > > > I can donate my schem of my torn apart Wintron if you like as
well.
> > > > >
> > > > > John Robertson wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is getting ridiculous! $200US for a transformer? I'm going
to
> >check
> > > > > > with a fellow I know that runs a monitor repair business and see
if
> >he
> > > > has
> > > > > > any suggestions for a replacement flyback that could be used to
> >replace
> > > > the
> > > > > > Wintron. I'm thinking of a Xformer from a medium or hi-res 19"
> >monitor
> > > > and
> > > > > > wire it up to replace the Wintron. Much like my Raster-Hack, I
think
> > > > this
> > > > > > might be far more cost effective. Someone could make an adapter
PCB
> >and
> > > > it
> > > > > > could almost then just plug in...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > John :-#)#
> > > > > >
> > > > > > At 03:14 PM 11/04/2002 -0600, Kurt Mahan wrote:
> > > > > > >Well, if they are so confident maybe they'd like to extend that
> > > > warranty
> > > > > > >of theirs from 1 year (or whatever it is) to 5 or 10 years? If
> >they
> > > > put
> > > > > > >that kind of warranty on it I'd be happier about using one.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Kurt
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Well guys I just called them and spoke with the lady in
charge.
> >She
> > > > > > > was very
> > > > > > > > friendly and I tried every angle I could to get the price
down
> >as
> > > > low as
> > > > > > > > possible. She claims they sell 100's a year at their posted
> >price
> > > > (a #
> > > > > > > I dont
> > > > > > > > belive at all), but that is what she said. The best she
could
> >do on
> > > > 50
> > > > > > > was $180
> > > > > > > > each which is a joke price break wise, I was looking for
$150 or
> > > > > > > less. I tried
> > > > > > > > and tried, but they just want cut the price down. If
someone
> >else
> > > > > > > thinks they
> > > > > > > > can have better luck than I talking to the lady, I say go
for
> >it
> > > > and
> > > > > > > let us know
> > > > > > > > how it goes. This was a big let down, in fact since they
were
> >so
> > > > > > > greedy (50 x
> > > > > > > > 150 being $7500 worth of business for them) that I dont
think I
> >will
> > > > > > > ever buy one
> > > > > > > > in the future from them. The lady said that they were super
> >stout
> > > > and
> > > > > > > they did
> > > > > > > > not break.....one of the reasons for no price break. It
looks
> >like
> > > > > > > someone calle
> > > > > > > > them up and buttered their own muffin......to the person I
> > > > say....."you
> > > > > > > damn
> > > > > > > > fool."
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Later,
> > > > > > > > Mark Capps
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >
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