Re: Top half disappeared on WG6100

I just read about this earlier today.. There are 4 chasis transistors
on the monitor that corespond to +x -x +y and -y where 0,0 is the center
of the screen. Depending on the orientation of the monitor, either the
one for the -x or -y could be the problem. The easiest way to figure out
the problem transistor is to check for continuity between the transistor
casing and the chasis. When they go bad, they sometimes (always?) short
which gives continuity. They are not supposed to. If it were me, I would
just invest in a cap kit in case other components are about to fail too.
Check out http://www.spies.com/arcade/info/gwoodcock_xyhelp.txt for more info

Jon

At 07:52 PM 5/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I have seen this problem come through before, so I thought I would ask
>before pulling everything apart.
>
>I fired my tempest up today and the top half of the screen is compressed
>into a single line in the middle. The bottom half is drawing fine, and the
>game plays fine (except for the missing half of the screen).
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks
>
>Dennis
>http://gameroom.godfrey.com
>
>
Received on Tue May 11 21:15:47 1999