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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: sandheaver on March 27, 2013, 11:24:33 pm
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I've read in a few places now that vector tubes are the same as raster tubes, and that the only differences lie in the electronics that drive the guns. Is that the case?
I know of an "arcade museum" somewhat close to me and they have a Star Wars sit-down cabinet with a dying green gun. I don't know if it's actually the gun or if it's the chassis, but I want to try and source a solution for them, whichever it is.
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here is a live link
http://www.ram-controls.com/links.html (http://www.ram-controls.com/links.html)
follow the :left hand side:
u will find what u are after
btw that tube has green phosphar
not a green gun
all vetcor tube's are single gunned
if u have a rejuber ? u will find it in the scope section and or b@w section
next time list the tube # for better help
ed
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btw that tube has green phosphar
not a green gun
How does it display color? The colors can be anywhere on screen. Are you sure it's not 3-gun?
edit: thank you, by the way.
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thk-u:)
and most if not all vector tube's use olny 1 color
the electrohome monitior of that era used a 3 gun unit
to be sure i would shoot @here rickn a pm
he was the eng at electrohome at the time they were built
very helfpfull person indeed
if u need i will link for u
the tube # will tell the trick of the tail for sure
it could just use a good clean and balance
ed
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here
http://www.niemandisplays.com/nieman_video_displays_006.htm (http://www.niemandisplays.com/nieman_video_displays_006.htm)
his name is rick
ed
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If it is a sit down SW you sir are in luck. The big brains over at KLOV are reproducing the Amplifone (the monitor used in SW) 100%, minus the tube of course.
You can also look into repairing the Amp you have, it would probably be much easier than you think.
Either way, you need to head to KLOV and read up and ask questions.
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/ (http://forums.arcade-museum.com/)
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If it is a sit down SW you sir are in luck. The big brains over at KLOV are reproducing the Amplifone (the monitor used in SW) 100%, minus the tube of course.
You can also look into repairing the Amp you have, it would probably be much easier than you think.
Either way, you need to head to KLOV and read up and ask questions.
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/ (http://forums.arcade-museum.com/)
It is a sit-down cab, but I'm fairly sure it's the green gun that's whack. the red and blue look fine, but the green is well & truly out of focus.
Is it not true that the RGB vector monitors use the same tubes as raster RGB monitors? There's nothing special about the insides of a vector monitor, is there? I know they have phosphor screens just like raster monitors, but I imagine the windings of the yoke would differ... or at least the control circuitry for the deflector coils... I dunno. All I know is that tube is suffering.
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Tubes are 100% the same as rasters, it's everything else that is different. The Amp rebuilds are all done using tubes gathered from TVs.
Like I said, a repair is probably the easiest, but head to KLOV and read up, they can likely answer your questions better than I can. Although I own 9 vector monitors (3 Amps) I've done very, very limited repairs on them, the true experts, and the ones who helped me through those repairs are on KLOV.
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Tubes are 100% the same as rasters, it's everything else that is different. The Amp rebuilds are all done using tubes gathered from TVs.
Like I said, a repair is probably the easiest, but head to KLOV and read up, they can likely answer your questions better than I can. Although I own 9 vector monitors (3 Amps) I've done very, very limited repairs on them, the true experts, and the ones who helped me through those repairs are on KLOV.
Many thanks.