Re: little BW XY monitor

Rodger,

Is this offer still good? I¹d like to build a test monitor out of an old Mac
classic.

-Douglas

on 1/7/04 5:30 AM, Rodger Boots at rlboots@cedar-rapids.net wrote:

> Hey guys, I think I have a few vector yokes sitting in storage, only reason I
> haven't used them is that about the only thing they will fit are small B&W
> CRTs. Might be perfect for those 12" monitor CRTs. Anyone want to play with
> one? (Probably best to contact me privately).
>
>
> Fredk wrote:
>> Zonn,
>>
>> My next project is learning to use a digi cam haha. Just picked up today and
>> I am just snapping pic's of everything...
>>
>> Your right on with the yoke. The vertical (outside winding) is the only one
>> you have to rewind (with the wyse yoke). Also that yoke I sent is the same I
>> used on this monitor I built so it works not only for the vectrex but every
>> 9-12" tube I have found. oh yeah you have to put the horizontal windings in
>> parrellel to but thats no problem.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Zonn" <zonn@zonn.com> <mailto:zonn@zonn.com>
>> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org> <mailto:vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: little BW XY monitor
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 18:42:15 -0600, "Fredk" <Arcadexpo@mchsi.com>
>>> <mailto:Arcadexpo@mchsi.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://www.cis.rit.edu/~sdlpci/Juice/
>>>>
>>>> Just a little B/W 12" XY monitor I built for Zonn's ZVG, but of coarse it
>>>>
>> works on
>>
>>>> original arcade games too.
>>>>
>>> Very cool!
>>>
>>> Fred has sent me one of his rewound wyse terminal yokes that can be used
>>>
>> to
>>
>>> replace the Vectrex yoke, very nice looking, in fact I'm not quite sure
>>>
>> what
>>
>>> part he rewound.
>>>
>>> But what it looks like, you only have to rewind the easy half. The half
>>>
>> that
>>
>>> just loops around the ferrite core, not that half that does the fancy
>>>
>> loops down
>>
>>> the middle that look machine fabricated. (If you look at a yoke,
>>>
>> hopefully you
>>
>>> know what I'm talking about.)
>>>
>>> -Zonn
>>>
>>> PS Fred, don't take this wrong (look for the smiley at the end of the
>>>
>> sentence),
>>
>>> but maybe your next project should be learning how to build a tripod.
>>> ;-) <-- smiley.
>>>
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