Re: On the subject of Wintrons...

I have a dissected wintron and I documented the interior scematic but
did not count turns. I can send the details out of anyone wants them.

Joe wrote:

>I have personally worked on a board that had a dead Wintron on it. But,
>I can't say for certain it was the fault of the Wintron as the original
>owner installed it wrong.
>
>JB
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>[mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pehrson
>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 1:39 PM
>To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>Subject: RE: VECTOR: On the subject of Wintrons...
>
>Does such a beast even exist?
>
>I've only heard of two that ever died: one was covered by the
>manufacturer
>and returned for a replacement; the other is just hearsay as far as I've
>ever been able to determine...
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>[mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Joe
>>Sent: Friday, December 5, 2003 3:22 PM
>>To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>Subject: VECTOR: On the subject of Wintrons...
>>
>>
>>Does anyone have a dead wintron they'd be willing to donate for
>>dissection purposes...
>>
>>Thanks,
>>JB
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>[mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Tim Johnson
>>Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:33 AM
>>To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>Subject: RE: VECTOR: Arcadeshop goodies
>>
>>Hello Joel,
>>Ole buddie, ole pal. If you are interested in selling your
>>Wintron for a
>>
>>reasonable cost and can certify its operation, I would be highly
>>interested.
>>As you are certainly aware they are not cheap (like me) ;-).
>>I am really
>>not
>>in the financial position for the investment of a new one but would
>>settle
>>for a used Wintron as my S.W has not been powered up since I
>>bought it,
>>5
>>years ago.
>>I have been kicking around the idea of an Arcadeshop board. They even
>>put me
>>in touch with the designer and he said there was a
>>possibility he could
>>provide me with a schematic if I bought one.
>>
>>Still holding out
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Joel Rosenzweig" <joel.rosenzweig@verizon.net>
>>>Reply-To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>>To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>>>Subject: VECTOR: Arcadeshop goodies
>>>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:09:11 -0500
>>>
>>>I received an Ampliphone HV board from Arcadeshop today, and
>>>
>>>
>>installed
>>that
>>
>>
>>>into my Star Wars. Everything worked great. It's a very nice unit.
>>>
>>>
>>The
>>
>>
>>>unfortunate part was that I already had a Wintron HV unit in my
>>>
>>>
>>original HV
>>
>>
>>>board, and the HV supply failed a couple of weeks ago. I haven't had
>>>
>>>
>>time
>>
>>
>>>to troubleshoot it, so I decided to try out the Arcadeshop board as a
>>>
>>>
>>quick
>>
>>
>>>fix. Now, I have the fun of figuring out why my other HV board has
>>>
>>>
>>failed.
>>
>>
>>> I'll have to save that for another day.
>>>
>>>I also ordered a Star Wars CPO and the Asteroids monitor bezel. Both
>>>
>>>
>>look
>>
>>
>>>excellent. I learned something today, too. I have two Star Wars
>>>
>>>
>>machines,
>>
>>
>>>both with good looking CPO's, but one of them is much darker
>>>
>>>
>>than the
>>
>>
>>>other. The only difference between the two, is that the
>>>
>>>
>>darker one has
>>an
>>
>>
>>>extra part number, V-AD1195. Both have part number 040380-03 REV.A.
>>>
>>>
>>The
>>
>>
>>>ones from Arcadeshop have the V-AD1195, and match the coloring of my
>>>
>>>
>>darker
>>
>>
>>>CPO. I had always assumed that the darker CPO was just
>>>
>>>
>>darkened by the
>>
>>
>>
>>>elements. Now it appears that at least two different production runs
>>>
>>>
>>were
>>
>>
>>>made. I prefer the look of the lighter CPO, but the dark one is OK.
>>>
>>>
>>It is
>>
>>
>>>just harder to see the details.
>>>
>>>Joel-
>>>
>>>
>>_________________________________________________________________
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>>at
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>>
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