Re: Tempest lines fading

I need to word this better. Run the game until the lines fade out, THEN
set the focus to look right (horizontal lines same as vertical lines).
That way you should get a setting that works all the time.

Rodger Boots wrote:

> Sounds like the focus is shifting on the monitor. Back when I used to
> have Tempests I could get the same effect by adjusting focus. The key
> there was to set focus for the best compromise.
>
> Unless of course you're using different monitors on the two boards.
> But if it's a common monitor you need to fix it there. Try setting
> focus to thicken the horizontal lines a bit and see if you still have
> the problem. I doubt it's the boards.
>
>
> Joe wrote:
>
>> I have two Tempest boards here in which the vectors fade in and out. On
>> the one board, I notice it most on the horizontal vectors. They start
>> off as a normal width, but will change to about half the width. When
>> faded, zeros on the screen look more like ones. Do, a high score of
>> 1010101 would look like ||||||||||, but with VERY faint lines connecting
>> the tops and bottoms.
>>
>> I've been concentrating on the DAC-08 area, but I feel I may be chasing
>> a red herring here... I know this is not related to the aux board. Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> JB
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