Re: Tech: Gravitar WG6100

An even handier (cheaper?) degaussing coil is an ordinary 40 Watt (+)
soldering 'gun'. These work great for that purpose, just wave them
around the picture tube - front/back and sides and you shall be
surprised at the result. Fun to do with the game turned on (no risk
to the tube unless you whack it!) - free colour show...

John :-#)#

At 11:31 PM -0700 4/27/04, Louis Srianomai wrote:
>Sounds like a degaussing issue to me.
>
>turning the game on should be triggering the degaussing circuit, but on a 20
>year old monitor..... If not, get a degaussing coil, they run about $30-40
>bucks and makes a lot of dull monitors look better.
>
>L.
>
>--- "Steve P." <projektzwo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I got a Gravitar that has the original WG6100 in it (cabinet ##'s all
>> match). The monitor works great but the lower right corner has an odd
>> issue. On the Gravitar "attract mode", there is a part of the cycle that
>> shows the game in play - namely, teh zoom in section that shows the planet
>> surface and gives the basics on how to play. The landscape is in green. On
>> the lower right corner of my game, the green landscape line becomes a
>> reddish-brown color. Any ideas what might be causing this? I can try and
>> get a pic if that would help. Everything else seems to be OK. Am I just due
>> for a cap kit or do I have other issues? The monitor seems fine otherwise.
>> I don't recall any other discolorations in the display offhand..
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> > -Steve P. in PA
> >

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Received on Wed Apr 28 10:47:38 2004