Re: Ship Disappears In Center Of Screen (was: Asteroids in AD cabinet & goofy monitor response)

Have you searched the archives? Maybe we've fixed this before, and already
forgotten about it.

I've edited the subject to make it easier for someone to find the answer
next time this comes up (in 5 to 10 years).

-Mark

On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 06:35:14PM -0500, Scott Caldwell wrote:
> If I had a scope (and knew how to use it), I would be willing to
> do so. It works great with the AD board, so that's why I'm
> thinking their outputs are different, since the monitor acts
> differently. However, you're description of the problem is
> pretty good.
> Scott C.
>
> Mark Shostak wrote:
> >This problem, if it's the one I'm thinking of, has been around for a long time.
> >What I remember is a vertical band in the center of the screen, roughly 1 inch
> >wide, running the entire height of the CRT, top to bottom. When you get to the
> >point that there is only one small asteroid left, if your ship enters this area,
> >some or all of the vectors (of your ship) will disappear. It only seems to
> >happen when there is little else on the screen.
> >
> >If that's the same or similar to what you are seeing, my suspicions currently
> >center on the spot killer circuit in the monitor. I've been meaning to scope
> >that circuit, and see what's going on when the problem occurs, but it's one
> >of those, some day, when I have _nothing_ else to do, type of activities.
> >Maybe you can scope it out and let us know what you see.
> >
> >-Mark
> >
> >On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 10:30:48AM -0500, Scott Caldwell wrote:
> >>Since both Asteroids boards did it and worked fine in an Asteroids
> >>cabinet, I'm more inclined to think the outputs just aren't putting out
> >>what the monitor in the Asteroids Deluxe cabaret is expecting, so
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Received on Sat Sep 10 19:57:08 2005