Re: Tempest Restoration Blog

Make sure you upgrade the common/ground connections between the loig
boards, power supply and monitor!

John :-#)#

Colin Davies wrote:
>
> Finished the brick rebuild - Repaired, sense modded and tested an ARII
> (not checked the audio yet) - Got good healthy voltages...
>
> Plugged all the looms in and the pcb, but it does not seem to be doing
> anything at the moment (got a nice healthy 5v) - I'll need to try
> diagnose the pcb shortly when I can make some space - might be a first
> use of the fluke 9010a :-) - Not got any bleeps or bloops .. must
> investigate further... Can't find my scope probes for a start !!
>
> Dare not plug in an XY monitor just yet....
>
> Cheers, Colin
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Davies"
> <colin.w.davies@btopenworld.com>
> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:08 PM
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Tempest Restoration Blog
>
>
>> Thanks - I've repaired one already in the Starwars and a couple of
>> B+W ones.
>>
>> Main thing is to get the power supply running (Brick and ARII), test
>> / repair the pcb, and get it displaying on an XY scope... Then its
>> monitor time...
>>
>> Nearly finished the brick rebuild, New big blue eqivalent, new
>> capacitor clamp, new 35A bridge rectifier, new fuse holders
>> (individual ones with a heavy duty one on F3 for the 20 amp fuse),
>> new 15 way connector, new 3 way connector for aux power and lots of
>> wire... uprated a little from 1.5mm (16awg) to 2.5mm in some places.
>> It was missing a LOT of parts and had been hached to death... very
>> sorry looking thing :-) Had to move the aux power tags underneath,
>> to allow for drilling and nuts and bolts for the new fuse holders..
>> Just need to wire up the Aux power 3 way connector (and a spare too)
>> and then its time for a smoke test !! - Colour XY power bricks are
>> pretty hard to come by nowdays in the UK, hence the re-build.
>>
>> Cheers, Colin
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mathieu Peyroulet Ghilini"
>> <peyroulet@gmail.com>
>> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Tempest Restoration Blog
>>
>>
>>> good luck for the monitor, you'll need it..
>>> :)
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> On 9/9/08, Colin Davies <colin.w.davies@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>>>> I picked up a Jamma World Cup 90 machine last week... It was quite
>>>> local to
>>>> me (North Wales in the UK), and was reasonably priced....
>>>>
>>>> So... Why am I posting this ? - Well...its a Tempest Cab and I plan
>>>> to get
>>>> it back to how the Atari God's intended :-)
>>>>
>>>> I'm putting a bit of a blog up on Jammaplus forums if any one wants to
>>>> watch/read...
>>>> http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10883
>>>>
>>>> So far, its mostly about restoring the power brick which has been
>>>> gutted
>>>> during its life, but a lot more will follow.... Such as the monitor
>>>> and
>>>> possible pcb repair... Got to start somewhere from the ground up ,
>>>> so the
>>>> power supply sounds like a good starting point to me !!
>>>>
>>>> You will need to register to view, but its painless and you won't get
>>>> spammed... Thats a promise as I'm one of the moderators :-)
>>>>
>>>> I may well be posting on here asking for advice (especially if the
>>>> pcb needs
>>>> repair) - but I think I can handle it all.... so far....
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Colin
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