Re: Asteroids Deluxe 6.3VAC weirdness

From: Rodger Boots <rlboots_at_cedar-rapids.net>
Date: Thu Nov 04 2004 - 15:31:24 EST

joemagiera wrote:

>Working an Asteroids Deluxe upright. Looking at the schematics, the only
>places the 6.3VAC is used is on the monitor connection (monitor fillament
>voltage) and the coin door. When both connectors are unplugged, I measure
>6.3 on both connectors. But should I plug either one (or both) in, the
>voltage immediately drops to zero at all locations (connectors and
>transformer).
>
>Any ideas? I believe the 6.3 doesn't come out of the audio reg, it's direct
>from the transformer, so it's not the audio reg. I guess I can try another
>transformer, unless someone may have a tip on what to look for on this
>transformer.
>
>
>

More likely to be the fuse, fuseholder, or connector than the transformer.

>Which leads me to one other question, is there a quick/easy guide to
>identify the different Atari transformer blocks (i.e., b/w raster, b/w x/y,
>color raster, color x/y)?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joe
>joemagiera@ameritech.net
>
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