Re: On the subject of Wintrons...

I should look that thread up. My Penn-Tran history has been good. My HV
board had the Penn-Tran on it when I got the SW machine. The BU-406 on
the board was missing it's "D". I was considerably less experienced at
working on monitors at that point and acquired another HV board and did a
transplant. Making sure that the board had a 406D. I crossed my fingers
and hoped, when I turned it on, it worked.

About two months ago the deflection transistors died on the deflection
board and I installed a cap kit on that board.

But the Penn-Tran lives on!

I've been helping Steven Gregory (Arcadeshop) with the documentation for
the transformers he sells for both WG and Amplifone. I'd love to install
one in my SW, but I have a working Penn-tran.

Steven told me that the deflections for WG have been selling very well and
he has had no complaints from anyone. It looks to be an awesome product.

-Al-

>
>> 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...
>
> The only known failure I know of was Tim Tewalt, but this was a Penn
> Tran replacement. Looking through my e-mail archives, it's a Feb 1997
> RGVAC thread "Wintron (Amplifone) Flyback Bulk Buy".
>
> Also a September 1998 thread "Amplifone Problems - Wintron Flybacks are
> NOT forever" but that wasn't conclusive. a) because it wasn't clear the
> flyback had died b) Al Warner described his flyback as "an older
> flyback" (Penn Tran?). Also in the same thread, Joe Welser claimed to
> have run across a dead Penn Tran replacement.
>
> I think there is some clear evidence that the Penn Tran replacement made
> for Atari has some failures, but I've never heard of any actual Wintron
> failing.
>
> Tony
>
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