Vectorlist Archives: Re: Looking for a tube socket for Gravitar

From: Commander Dave <cmdr-dave_at_spamcop.net>
Date: Fri Jan 24 2003 - 14:30:46 EST

Thanks, but I wouldn't have done anything that would damage the tube. Haven't had one blow up on me yet and I don't intend to! (knock on wood) :-)

I haven't got down there to look yet, if you are talking about the swapping of pins (Curtis' post), I knew that was socket only. If you are talking about Noel's post, what does he mean by "Then find a raster style base cap to put on the tube"? didn't think that the tube pins (base cap?) were changable.

Again, I haven't looked at it yet, but I won't go prying off stuff without some careful study. :-)

Thanks,
-Commander Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: Rodger Boots
To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: 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

----- 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

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:

Another possibility... is if the connector has more pins than is

actually

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,

but

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

metal connectors in the tube socket had broken. The tube doesn't have

pins,

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

one? Scrap from a TV shop maybe?

All suggestions appreciated,
-Commander Dave

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