Re: Re: 6100 zener diode mod advice ?

I agree. My Space Duel game has been fine for a good 6 years and counting
(of home use).

<owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org> wrote on 10/08/2009 05:08:28 PM:

> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Total Impulse <totalimpulse@comcast.net
> > wrote:
> To rephrase my original question...
> When faced with an unmodified P314 deflection board, do people here
> leave it alone, or add the zener diode mods to it? If so, which mod
> do you install?
>
> Alan
>
> Alan,
>
> To answer your question, you should _not_ install the zener diode
> protection mod.
>
> In fact, the opposite; at many times in the past, the practice
> around here has been to remove (snip) the protection zeners.
>
> If you look in the vectorlist/rgvac archives over the last 10+
> years, there are plenty of examples of people spending many hours
> and replacing every part in sight, trying to fix their picture, only
> to find the protection diodes were the cause. Don't be one of them.
>
> If you run your games in an arcade or a business where it is more
> important to have _a_ picture, than to have a good picture, it makes
> a lot of sense to install the zeners. This is even more true if you
> hire people who can't solder to fix your classic vector games. ;-)
>
> If the game is in your house (or my house), I'm more concerned that
> the picture look good, than the monitor last longer with a bad
> picture. If all someone wants is _a_ picture, heck, just stick in
> mame running on and LCD. Then it'll never have to be repaired!
>
> -Mark

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