Re: MH and Tempest spinner not compatable?

Yes, This will work on MH. This is the unit I used for the reproduction
rollers

-=Mark=-

Joe Bachmann wrote:

> I did find this pcb at happ
>
> http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/a052101000.htm
>
> Will this work for a MH?
>
> Mine wouldnt work even with the 100 ohm resistor changed to 150.
>
> Thanks,
> JB
>
> Ian Boffin wrote:
>
>> Of 4 coupler PCBs I had (from 2 Tempests and a Millipede), only one
>> worked with MH. The one that worked gave almost identical voltage
>> readings from the 2 optos, whereas the other 3 boards gave differing
>> readings. With my relative lack of knowledge I assumed that MH was
>> just very picky about getting high readings from the two optos. I
>> seem to recall that the "working" PCB was fine with my Tempest also.
>>
>> Joe wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks... I did notice now that the MH board has a 150 ohm resistor from
>>>ground. The Tempest has a 100. If I change the resistance, I would
>>>assume that it'd work on MH. But, will it still work in the
>>>Tempest...... I guess I'll find out..
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Louis Srianomai [mailto:louisurfer@yahoo.com]
>>>Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:13 PM
>>>To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
>>>Subject: Re: VECTOR: MH and Tempest spinner not compatable?
>>>
>>>Joe,
>>>
>>>I think some of the older opto boards work and some don't with MH.
>>>
>>>If I recall, the latest one you can buy at happ rev F. works. I think
>>>Mark
>>>used these for his repro roller.
>>>
>>>Of the 10 or so tempest CP's I've seen only about half worked with MH.
>>>
>>>L.
>>>
>>>
>>>--- Joe <joe@joesarcade.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Are the MH and Tempest spinners not compatible I did see in the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Tempest
>>>
>>>
>>>>-> MH conversion that Atari included a new spinner pcb, or is that
>>>>wrong? If so, does anyone have schematics of the MH spinner PCB?
>>>>
>>>>Please help if you can...
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>JB
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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