Re: TECH: Battlezone 15" monitor question (G05-805)

Old B&W TV's (70's and 80's) or Monochrome computer monitors have
these...thrift shop scrounging...

John :-#)#

At 01:43 PM 11/07/2002 -0400, someotherguy wrote:

>You might try Steven Gregory at
><http://www.arcadeshop.com>www.arcadeshop.com - he has SK7330's listed on
>his page for $12 each. Hopefully he has some stock.
>
>Richard
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:rlboots@cedar-rapids.net>Rodger Boots
>To: <mailto:vectorlist@synthcom.com>vectorlist@synthcom.com
>Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:00 PM
>Subject: Re: VECTOR: TECH: Battlezone 15" monitor question (G05-805)
>
>Mills, Lewis wrote:
>>Dave,
>>Diagnosis is pretty easy, repair is pretty easy, but the part is getting
>>harder to find. The symptom is called (at least on this list) "blooming,"
>>and it seems always to be caused by a failing HV diode. It can be
>>replaced with an sk7333, an sk7330, the original Varo h1812, an NTE527A,
>>none of which are currently in production. The 7330 and the H1812 are
>>drop-in replacements. Rodger Boots posted less than a month ago that he
>>had 2 H1812s available; he might still have one.
>>Lewis
>Mine are all sold.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: <mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com>owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com
>>[mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of Commander Dave
>>Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:43 AM
>>To: <mailto:vectorlist@synthcom.com>vectorlist@synthcom.com
>>Subject: VECTOR: TECH: Battlezone 15" monitor question (G05-805)
>>
>>I finished repairing both my Battlezone boardsets, but have a problem
>>with the monitor with both boards. When you turn the game on cold,
>>everything is fine. As the game warms up, the monitor picture expands
>>until the radar/high scores off the screen. I'm not sure if it expands
>>side to side, but I haven't really noticed it doing that.
>>
>>Haven't worked on Vector monitors before, but I was thinking a cap kit...
>>until I looked and saw there were very few caps. Can anyone point me to
>>something to try? Is there a common fix for this problem? It's the last
>>repair I have to do to this machine and would love to get it out of the
>>way soon.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>-Commander Dave
>

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Received on Thu Jul 11 11:21:27 2002