newbie question

hey im the new guy on the list, so hello everyone.

i have a specific problem that maybe someone can help me with. A couple of
months ago the screen blanked out on my otherwise mint asteroids arcade,
and for some reason none of the local arcade techs are willing to help me
out (or even take a look at it).

About a week before the screen went completely out, it had dimmed
while playing, and even had blanked out for a short time, but it soon
recovered. Then, about a month ago now, the screen just never
came on when i switched on the game. (the rest of the game works fine:
sound, game plays fine, etc...)

is this a familiar problem to anyone on this list? is it something as
simple as a fuse or do i need to replace the whole screen perhaps? i have
had advice to unsolder all the connections and then re-attach them, but
the connections seem fine as far as i can tell, and i dont want to amplify
any problem that might be otherwise easily solved.

please save my baby! thanks so much.

jack buser ___ __ __ ___ ___ __
university of illinois / __/__ \/ / / __/ __/__ \--------
electrical engineering / /_/ _/ / /_/ __/ /_/ _/ /-------
colecostudios chi/miami |___\___/___/___/|___\___/-------
Received on Mon Feb 23 21:38:33 1998