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Re: G-05 monitors


From: Zonn ( )
Date: Wed Aug 06 1997 - 17:47:00 CDT


At 03:00 PM 8/6/97 -0700, you wrote:
>..replying to my own reply
>
>actually, a spot killer/deflection protection circuit would be handy to put
>in series with the existing Cine monitors. I assume that the deflection amps
>go full-scale positve from the DAC inputs floating?

Yeah, that's what the +/- 25v circuit breakers were for. If the CPU card is
dead (or the monitor cable install backwards), the inputs float and as soon
as they overcurrent the circuit breakers blow. This genuis of a circuit has
probably killed many a monitor...

-Zonn


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