Re: Looking for a tube socket for Gravitar

WHOA! You don't go messing with tube pins, he meant swapping tube
SOCKET pins. If your problem is with the tube itself it's replacement time.

Commander Dave wrote:

>Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't even know it was possible to change out
>the types of pins on a tube... thought it was kind of "integrated" in
>there... Anyway, I'll have a good look at that as I have two old TV's
>sitting down in the basement now. I am not much of a purist on the Gravitar
>as it isn't totally mint like my Lunar Lander.
>
>By the way, I need a coin cover for my Lunar Lander! It's the metal lid that
>goes on the coin bucket. I think most of the Atari's is the same. Needs to
>be mint condition (no dents or bends). Anyone? Anyone? :-)
>
>Anyway, I am going to try to see if I can do the "steal the pin" trick
>Curtis mentioned first. Might be easier...
>
>Thanks to all for the suggestions!
>-Commander Dave
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Noel Johnson" <nej@airmail.net>
>To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
>Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 5:57 AM
>Subject: Re: VECTOR: Looking for a tube socket for Gravitar
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>>You might also switch to a raster style base cap. This would require
>>pulling a neck board socket from a G07, 4600, 4900, Nintendo, or old TV
>>set (my favorite) and using it to replace the socket on the WG6100
>>neckboard. Then find a raster style base cap to put on the tube. I've
>>done this with a hybrid amplifone/wg monitor (used amplifone tube/yoke
>>with WG6100 electronics after replacing the socket on the neckboard).
>>
>>Noel
>>
>>"Curtis H. Wilbar Jr." wrote:
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>>>Another possibility... is if the connector has more pins than is
>>>
>>>
>actually
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>>>wired/used, you may be able to do some surgery and steal a pin from an
>>>unused spot and put it in the spot where the broken one is....
>>>
>>>Just an idea... however, it may be all pins are needed.
>>>
>>>-- Curt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: "Commander Dave" <cmdr-dave@spamcop.net>
>>>>To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
>>>>Subject: VECTOR: Looking for a tube socket for Gravitar
>>>>Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:34:26 -0600
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>>>>Greetings all,
>>>>
>>>>While fixing up my Gravitar, I noticed that the monitor would drop out,
>>>>
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>but
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>>>>if you bumped it the picture would come back. Decided to do a cap kit
>>>>(needed it anyway), but when I pulled of the neckboard, I found one of
>>>>
>>>>
>the
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>>>>metal connectors in the tube socket had broken. The tube doesn't have
>>>>
>>>>
>pins,
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>>>>but rather a slide type job... never seen one.
>>>>
>>>>Anyway, it don't look like it can be fixed, so I was wanting to know if
>>>>anyone has one of these tube sockets? Or are these common and I could
>>>>
>>>>
>order
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>>>>one? Scrap from a TV shop maybe?
>>>>
>>>>All suggestions appreciated,
>>>>-Commander Dave
>>>>
>>>>
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