Re: Weirdly Deformed STAR WARS

Have you adjusted the LIN, BIP, SIZE, CENTER pots?

Misadjusted video might cause those symptoms (no, that's not
normal for a WG in Star Wars)

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: solarfox@texas.net
Reply-To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:37:19 -0600

> I have a STAR WARS in the lab which is exhibiting some
strange picture
>deformations. Now, I know the picture is going to be a bit "off"
due to
>the fact that this game has a Wells-Gardner 19K6100 in it, rather
than an
>Ampliphone, but as you can see from the following pictures, I
think this
>game's problems go a bit beyond that. :)
>
>Taken during the diamond-pattern self-test:
>
>http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/Diamonds.jpg
>
>During gameplay, the TIE fighters and fireballs start out
deformed in the
>distance... the best description I can think of is that they've
been
>vertically squashed. They straighten out as they get
closer/larger.
>
>http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/DeformedTIEfight
er.jpg
>
>During the trench sequence, the trench walls are straight, and
the catwalks
>look right, but the laser turrets on the sides are deformed. The
ones on
>the left seem to turn themselves inside-out as they get closer.
>
>http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/Trench.jpg
>
>When the Death Star explodes, the start and endpoints of the
circles don't
>line up. (This is also a problem with the Death Star itself.)
>
>http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/DeathStar.jpg
>http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ArcadePix/StarWars/DeathStarExplosi
on.jpg
>
>Anyone seen anything like this before, or have any idea what the
problem
>is? It does this on two different monitors, so I'm pretty sure
the problem
>isn't in the monitor itself -- unless, of course, this _is_ what
happens
>when you use the Wells-Gardner instead of the Ampliphone...?
>
>
>
>
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