Re: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks

If something can be created that meets all the criterea everyone has been
talking about, I'm interested in 2, maybe 3.

-- Curt

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>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:22:13 -0700
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>From: John Robertson <pinball@telus.net>
>Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks
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>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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