Re: sit-down space war

On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 20:44:43 EST, Robot2084@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 99-01-04 20:35:31 EST, you write:
>
><<
> the odd thing is the company name on the lower right of the monitor plex
>isn't
> Vectorbeam, and the company was in Los Gatos... other than that, this was the
> game that I saw.
>
> >>
>
>Could be that some rigged a similar glass to fit in? There is, I think, a
>better pic of this on another page (more of a close-up). Not sure of the Url
>off the top of my head...
>
>When you say the pcb and monitor were "normal," does that mean they were
>Vectorbeam or Cinematronics? I have the UR Space War.......the monitor is
>Cinematronics and pcb is Vectorbeam. Seems a good time to ask if that is
>normal? Or is my monitor a replacement?

It depends on if you own a "Space War", or "Space Wars". And even then it gets
shady.

Cinematronics manufactured "Space Wars", so if this is what you have, then
"normal" would be all Cinematronics stuff.

Vectorbeam manufactured "Space War", so if this is what you have, then "normal"
would be Vectorbeam stuff.

Cinematronics ended up buying Vectorbeam, and with the purchase, they of course,
got a wherehouse full of Vectorbeam stuff. Since they really weren't particular
about which stuff they stuck in where, it's possible to have Vectorbeam stuff in
Cinematronics's "Space Wars" right from the factory.

On the other hand if you have anything Cinematronics in a Vectorbeam machine,
chances are real good it wasn't manufactured that way, somebody's done some
swapping.

-Zonn

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Received on Mon Jan 4 20:26:04 1999