Re: On the subject of Wintrons...

hey Al thats the kind of good news I like to hear on the deflections ;)

hehe

Al also good job on tidying up my hodge podge instructions.....I never was
very good at documentation....

Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Warner" <Al@alsarcade.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: 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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