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March_2000
Re: VECTOR: Why is this under the tube neck ?


From: Christopher X. Candreva ( )
Date: Sat Mar 11 2000 - 23:02:26 CST


On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Kurt Mahan wrote:

> Does "whacking" it (a technical term) solve the problem? Cold solder joint
> or a dirty molex connector? When its dead can you swap the x and y inputs
> and have the problem follow?

Whacking doesn't help -- first thing I tried of course, since it happened
in the middle of a game. :-) I haven't tried swapping the X/Y inputs. Where
is the best place to do that, short of rewiring the molex connector ?

> > My Space Duel looses the left side of the screen intermitantly. It doesn't

Too late to be working on games. It looses the RIGHT side of the screen,
which is why I unscrewed the *!#@!@&^!!! trans under the tube.

-Chris

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