RE: New working Electrohome

From: Dustin Holden <discuspro_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Nov 21 2007 - 12:47:24 EST

No sadly I do not have another board that would work
with the monitor. I'm going to check everything on
the pcb.

-Dustin

--- "James R. Twine" <jtwine@jrtwine.com> wrote:

> If the turret is consistently split during game
> play, e.g. the base
> and the gun are always the same distance apart from
> each other even as
> they move around the playfield, I would think a
> board problem. I take
> it you have no other boards to test the monitor
> with? :)
>
> Peace!
>
> -=- James R. Twine, (spam@jrtwine.com)
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> [mailto:owner-
> > rasterlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Dustin
> Holden
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:44 AM
> > To: rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> > Subject: RE: RASTER: New working Electrohome
> >
> > I will get a video later tonight. As for a broken
> > neck board, this monitor was working perfectly
> before
> > I moved it to Zaxxon but, like I said, the game it
> was
> > tested on was a horizontal side scroller game.
> >
> > As for a sync dip switch, I'll have to look and
> see
> > but right now I don't know if it has one or where
> it
> > may be. I know where the two sets of dip switches
> are
> > on the top pcb board.
> >
> > I noticed something that may make its behavior
> more
> > clear. When the game is playing it seems like
> items
> > are split. For example, in Zaxxon there is a
> tank/gun
> > looking thing that shoots at you. The top and
> bottom
> > parts a split apart and in different location
> onthe
> > screen. I know video would help describe this. I
> > will make one later.
> >
> > -Dustin
> >
> > --- "James R. Twine" <jtwine@jrtwine.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Not sure if that is a +/- sync issue. When I
> > > have had those kinds of
> > > issues (like with older Nintendo boards), while
> the
> > > screen is drawn oddly,
> > > the colors were also futzed up as well.
> > >
> > > Dustin, can you get a video of the display?
> A
> > > static picture does not
> > > tell us much... Also, everything else in the
> game
> > > seems to be correct
> > > (controls, sounds, etc.)
> > >
> > > Note that I think I have seen broken neck
> boards
> > > produce a similar kind
> > > of image before.
> > >
> > > Peace!
> > >
> > > -=- James R. Twine, (spam@jrtwine.com)
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> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> > > [mailto:owner-
> > > > rasterlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of James
> > > Hagen
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:39 AM
> > > > To: rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> > > > Cc: Dustin Holden
> > > > Subject: Re: RASTER: New working Electrohome
> > > >
> > > > hmm, doesnt Zaxxon has a lone dip switch
> > > (separate from the 2
> > > > banks) for + vs - sync? I'm wondering if
> the
> > > wrong sync is your
> > > > problem...
> > > >
> > > > James H.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ---- Dustin Holden <discuspro@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > Bought a complete working Electrohome G07.
> The
> > > guys I
> > > > > bought it from showed me a perfect picture
> when
> > > they
> > > > > were testing it on a game of theirs, but it
> was
> > > a
> > > > > horizontally running game.
> > > > >
> > > > > I recently connected the monitor up to my
> Zaxxon
> > > > > putting the monitor in a vertical position.
> The
> > > video
> > > > > is not upside down but it looks split
> somehow.
> > > Here
> > > > > is a picture:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/2051809462_dad61a1b96_b.jpg
> > > > >
> > > > > Something that is a little fishy is that my
> > > previous
> > > > > monitor that I thought I messed a cap kit on
> did
> > > > > something very similar only on 3/4 of the
> > > screen.
> > > > > Here's a pic of the previous one:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2355/1844170619_c62b78e191_b.jpg
> > > > >
> > > > > Both pictures look kinda split. Is this
> > > possibly a
> > > > > problem on the game pcb board or some cable?
> > > > >
> > > > > -Dustin
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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