Re: Anybody done John's Raster Hack for Ampliphone?

hmmm, I really should re-read my old notes to check that. That is what I
meant about "novel concept", not you re-reading it. Sorry, it was late and
I was tired...

That might explain your problem. I guess I thought it was covered...as I
say I'm not a trained technical writer...if you want to help clear the
notes up when you are finished that would be great, perhaps you can make it
clearer.

Hope it is going.

John :-#)#

At 08:30 AM 04/08/2002 -0500, Gregg Woodcock wrote:

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>From: "John Robertson" <pinball@telus.net>
>To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>; <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
>Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 1:18 AM
>Subject: Re: VECTOR: Anybody done John's Raster Hack for Ampliphone?
>
>
> > Hmmm...re-read...novel concept.
>
>Hey, I've reread your notes 50 times! :>
>
> > You do have to take the cover off the end
> > of the tube socket Focus so you can replace the old Focus wire with the
>new
> > one, or cut the Focus wire and splice in the new wire from the raster
> > chassis. Do the same for the Screen.
>
>OK, let's try this again. Do I need to bypass the resistor in the socket on
>the focus or not?
>
> > You should not be sticking any wires
> > into the socket or making solderless connections - if the wire should
> > loosed and fall and touch something else that would not be good.
>
>Right; this was for "in case I kill the 4600 while I'm doing this the first
>time" ease of swap. I'll do something more permanent when I get it working.
>
> > Now the heater power. You are getting this from the raster chassis now
>
>AHA AHA AHA!!!!! Nowhere is that mentioned in your notes!
>
> > and not the old Ampliphone (which would be removed by this time...).
>AHA AGAIN!!!! This would be good to add to the notes!!!
>
> > The heater lines come from the flyback of the 4600 and (I believe) have
>the resistor
> > as part of the wiring on the 4600 chassis, if it is not on the chassis,
>but
> > is on the 4600 neckboard (which is no longer used 'cause you are recycling
> > the Ampliphone's neckboard) would then have to be added in series with one
> > heater line.
>
>With those 2 "AHA"s, this comment about the resistor *finally* makes sense!
>
> > Why not send me a couple of pictures of what you currently have and I'll
> > see if I can figure out what is happening. Try and show the wires
> > separately, perhaps put a white paper behind them so they stand out
>better...
>
>No need; the confusion should be cleared up now! I can't wait to give it a
>try. Reread the notes and you'll see what I mean about it being unclear
>about heater, etc.
>
> > I'd like to see this work for you...
>
>So would I; I'll be sending the shareware fee if it does.
>
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