RE: The long history of Cinematronics and Vectorbeam

> ""Heck, I think he should just build a whole new vector
> game from scratch - cabinet and all"."
>
> This has been discussed from time to time. The design (de)volves
> into some sort of PC with a vector generator card.
>
Yeah. It's just too hard to beat the price/performance you get from a
PC motherboard. I can't build a 68000 based vector game board for less
than a PC motherboard-- and the PC motherboard gives lots more "bang"
for the buck...

> The problem continues to be what to use for a display.
>
> As sources for the MPS transistors dry up, there sure seems to
> be a need for a replacement deflection board design for the
> existing monitors as well.
>
I was looking at that again. I need a yellow "MOSFET's for Dummies"
book though. I've never had to use them except as current switches
(like ON/OFF). I do think a vector deflection section with a pair of P
and N channel MOSFET transistors is relatively striaght-forward
though.... Given the right MOSFETs-- which seems to be the tricky part.

-Clay
Received on Wed May 26 18:56:53 1999