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Matthew Fisher:
I have not found a suitable substitute, but I have not had to look.  For a 6100, the monitor needs 25-0-25 vac.  I seem to remember finding a cheap transformer somewhere that would output that voltage, but not at the 3 amps the 6100 needs.  There's gotta be something out there, but I don't know where it is and it may not be cheap.   Of course, most of the other vectors need something else, and none of them can just be plugged into the wall. 

Strangely enough, I found my Tempest and Asteroids when I was looking at a house for sale and saw them in the basement.  We ended up not buying the house, but I went back a few months later and asked the guy if he still had them and he did.  What's more, he told me that I could have them for free if I took them out of his basement, because he was just planning on breaking them apart (:o) and hauling the pieces to the dump.  You might ask the seller what he wants to do with his games.  You could remind him that they're a real hassle to move...
shawnzilla:

--- Quote from: Matthew Fisher on February 07, 2006, 01:05:10 pm ---I have not found a suitable substitute, but I have not had to look.  For a 6100, the monitor needs 25-0-25 vac.  I seem to remember finding a cheap transformer somewhere that would output that voltage, but not at the 3 amps the 6100 needs.  There's gotta be something out there, but I don't know where it is and it may not be cheap.   Of course, most of the other vectors need something else, and none of them can just be plugged into the wall. 

Strangely enough, I found my Tempest and Asteroids when I was looking at a house for sale and saw them in the basement.  We ended up not buying the house, but I went back a few months later and asked the guy if he still had them and he did.  What's more, he told me that I could have them for free if I took them out of his basement, because he was just planning on breaking them apart (:o) and hauling the pieces to the dump.  You might ask the seller what he wants to do with his games.  You could remind him that they're a real hassle to move...

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:) I was really tempted to ask, but the machines were too well taken care of...and judging by the remnants of the Super Auctions sticker on the marquee of the Stargate, I'm willing to bet he hasn't had them long.
ArcadeMaze:

--- Quote from: shawnzilla on February 07, 2006, 12:35:39 pm ---BTW, what do people do if they can't find a power brick for their Vector monitors? Are there any substitutions that work?

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I was going to use a power block from another machine(kangaroo) but in the end, decided not to take the chance, bit the bullet, and I put out for a power block from a Space Duel and a power block from an Asteroids off of eBay.  Speaking of which, I sort-of dodged a bullet on the Asteroids power block.  I was testing with a Battlezone power block, but the plug would not work, it was keyed differently.  Apparently the powerblocks changed between Asteroids/Lunar Lander and the later B/W vectors like BZ.  If they hadn't been keyed differently, it probably would have fried my monitor.
 
shawnzilla:
This is becoming a sickness. I can't stop thinking about vector monitors!  ;)

Now I want a B&W one (other than my Vectrex). Not that I'd want to buy another ZVG just for my Vectrex, but it'd sure make a fun little bartop machine. Something to the effect of putting it in a box with a nice bezel, and making the control panel detachable so that the monitor can be rotated.

Matthew Fisher:

--- Quote from: ArcadeMaze on February 07, 2006, 08:18:02 pm ---
Apparently the powerblocks changed between Asteroids/Lunar Lander and the later B/W vectors like BZ. 
 

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LL and the first 18,000 (or so) Asteroids (out of ~70,000) used the G05-801 and after that all Atari b/w vectors used the 802 or the 19V2000.  Good thing the blocks are keyed differently, because all the Atari blocks look just the same, at least they do to me.  Personally, I would always check the blocks with a multimeter just to be sure before plugging anything in.   


--- Quote from: shawnzilla on February 10, 2006, 09:42:39 am ---
Now I want a B&W one (other than my Vectrex). Not that I'd want to buy another ZVG just for my Vectrex, but it'd sure make a fun little bartop machine. Something to the effect of putting it in a box with a nice bezel, and making the control panel detachable so that the monitor can be rotated.


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I think I will do that myself someday (or maybe a cocktail) when I get the funds, but I would probably base it on a 15"  b/w instead of a Vectrex.  I think you can usually get them for even less than a Vectrex, the screen is much larger than the 9" Vectrex screen and of better quality (approx. three times as much real estate), and you wouldn't irritate any Vectrex purists out there by not using it for its intended purpose.  Having said that, I'll admit that the ZVG output looks pretty d*** good on a Vectrex...
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