Re: Asteroids horizontal collapse after 20 mins or so

H Kevin,

Vertical refers to the short axis of the picture tube, horizontal refers
to the long, so a vertical collapse would be a horizontal line running
the width of the screen, and a horizontal collapse would be a shorter
line running the height of the screen.

Asteroids has the monitor in the normal (wide axis is horizontal).

Hope this clears up the nomenclature a bit!

John :-#)#

On 10/30/2013 10:12 AM, Kevin Reynolds wrote:
>
> Based on what I saw in the cabinet, the flyback is on the back left of
> the display, so the display was installed sideways for some reason,
> and all imagery I have seen of this specific monitor has it this way.
> So instead of a horizontal collapse, I actually have a vertical
> collapse. I believe the resolve is basically the same however. I did
> order a bunch of replacement caps, micas, and XY transistors from Bob
> Roberts, so I may just do all of those parts when I receive them.
> Hopefully I don't hose something up.
>
> Kevin
>
> > From: tpresence@hotmail.com
> > To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> > Subject: RE: VECTOR: Asteroids horizontal collapse after 20 mins or so
> > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:33:39 -0600
> >
> > More likely to damage what is already working than to correct a
> problem.I understand that most of the parts on the PCB's aren't really
> that fragile.
> > Kevin
> > ________________________________
> > > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:00:46 -0500
> > > From: js@cimmeri.com
> > > To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> > > Subject: Re: VECTOR: Asteroids horizontal collapse after 20 mins
> or so
> > >
> > >
> > > What do you mean by dangerous?
> > >
> > > Kevin Reynolds wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a point where its more dangerous to replace parts than to
> leave them be?
> > > Kevin
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > >
> > > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:12:18 -0500
> > > From: js@cimmeri.com<mailto:js@cimmeri.com>
> > > To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org<mailto:vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> > > Subject: Re: VECTOR: Asteroids horizontal collapse after 20 mins
> or so
> > >
> > >
> > > On a machine that old, do a ground up overhaul instead of spot
> > > band-aids: first and foremost, you need to go through each and every
> > > subassembly, testing and replacing or reforming every single chemical
> > > capacitor. Then as others have also said, address every single cold
> > > solder joint.. which usually means resoldering all your connectors
> and
> > > HV pins.
> > >
> > > - jS
> > >
> > >
> > >
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