Re: On the subject of Wintrons...

My WinTron died in my Major havoc (it always seemed to run hot), I
replaced it and the BU406 and all has been fine since.

Tony Jones wrote:

>>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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