RE: New working Electrohome

Everyone, I would like to say it is working!!!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/2053188705_dd3c8dc315_b.jpg

Thanks everybody! I cleaned the bottom of the pcb in
case of any shorts and I also switched the sync switch
on the board to 1. I must have switched it to 0 when
I was working on it previously. Don't I feel stupid.

-Dustin

--- Dustin Holden <discuspro@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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)
> > http://www.jrtwine.com
> > http://www.deletefxpfiles.com
> > http://www.checkfavorites.com
> >
> > > -----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)
> > > > http://www.jrtwine.com
> > > > http://www.deletefxpfiles.com
> > > > http://www.checkfavorites.com
> > > >
> > > > > -----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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Received on Wed Nov 21 19:33:09 2007