Pac-man restoration - Return from Doh!

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Spyridon:
Got the monitor pulled out today.

In terms of burn in, how bad do you think this monitor is? Do you think it will look okay under some tinted plexi with the game on?

Mauzy:
Scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst burn in ever, I'd give it a 6.5. Tinted glass would really make it hard to see, but you still may be able to see it during play. Good candidate for a tube swap.

orion:
That monitor looks pretty much like crap in my opinion. Personally I would opt for a new Vision Pro, as they are relatively cheap and seem pretty decent. (I like mine well enough) Its just a lot easier, safer and involves a lot less headaches to just put a new monitor in. Of course bear in mind that I did almost electrocute myself the last time I worked on a monitor. I didn't quite have the annode cap in properly. It popped out a little while I was trying to make adjustment to the monitor. It made a real pretty light show though... looked just like a plasma globe.

Level42:
I agree, would be a shame to fully restore the machine and then use that CRT. I think the extra for a Vision Pro would be really worth it (oh, if only we could get brand new monitors that cheap !)

Looks very promising ! I'd try to go for the original PSU too. Mine is working fine in my Galaxian, which is basically the same as the Pac.

If you have no use for that extra Pac joystick, I'm interested !!! (For my Puckman :) )

Never understood why Midway switched from an energy friendly fluorescent tube set-up (like my eraly serial nr. Galaxian has) to the two incandescent bulbs....it looks terrible and wastes a LOT of energy, but probably they went for the 2 dollars they saved by using this set-up....
It's a good thing to have those lamps in there, probably will give a more even lighting too.

Mauzy:

--- Quote from: orion on January 25, 2009, 11:49:28 pm --- I didn't quite have the annode cap in properly. It popped out a little while I was trying to make adjustment to the monitor. It made a real pretty light show though... looked just like a plasma globe.

--- End quote ---

I once ran a monitor for about 30 seconds with the anode dangling in the air. Fired it got, got no picture and couldn't figure out what that weird hissing noise was... :dizzy:

Why spend $200 bucks when you could just replace the tube for nearly free? Maybe I've just had really good luck with my tube swaps, but I've turned a dumpster level G07 into something that looks brand new with a tube I found on the curb, and a K7201 into something functional with a $10 crt from a garage sale. I guess it could be hard to find a tube, but otherwise theres virtually no work involved. Unbolt the old, re-bolt the new.

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