Re: ballast problem on a asteroids deluxe

From: Bryan Kruzynski <tron_at_voyager.net>
Date: Sat Oct 27 2001 - 02:18:53 EDT

> I am thinking of buying a asteroids deluxe, it works, but the guy says
> only the ship appears on the screen but not the asteroids, he say's
> it's a ballast, can anyone tell me what he means by that, Thank You.

I had some weirdness on my Asteroids Deluxe. I removed the board and
resoldered all bad solder joints and that fixed my problems.

I believe the ballast is part of the fluorescent fixture. Any problems
with that should only affect your marquee and backlighting.

Bryan

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Received on Fri Oct 26 23:25:04 2001

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