Re: SW Death Star Blooming

No there isn't any control on the monitor to do that. I think what Mark was
pointing out was that Atari actually pushed the colour outputs to the max to
cause the EHT to drop and give a blooming effect. I have watched the Voltage
at different stages and when there is a lot of action going on the EHT drops
as much as 2kv. At least the 6100 HV regulates the b+ to try and keep things
stable.
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From: "James R. Twine" <jtwine@jrtwine.com>
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Subject: RE: VECTOR: SW Death Star Blooming

>> From: Christopher X. Candreva [mailto:chris@westnet.com]
>>
>> Actually as I recall, this was on purpose. In the death start
>> explosion the HV is lowered to defocus the display, to add
>> to the explosion effect.
>>
>> Now this could be a case of saying "It's not a bug, it's a feature !".
>
> I think that last part is right. I bet that the monitor simply not
> handle that kind of intensity and/or Left-Right/Top-Bottom drawing
> without freaking out, and the powers-that-be said: Hey, cool effect -
> leave it like that! :)
>
> I do not think there is any circuit on the monitor connected to the
> board that is designed to drop the HV on command... Right?
>
> Peace!
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