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Re: Battlezone AVG problems...


From: Christopher X. Candreva ( )
Date: Wed Oct 29 1997 - 15:49:46 CST


On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Joel Rosenzweig wrote:

> In fact, I just had a speech failure last weekend on my Black Knight
> pinball. It turned out to be a 1458 op-amp. At least there are no
> analog switches to fool with. I haven't figured out how to test those
> things appropriately other than to "swap and see" if it works.

Easiest way is with a scope. Trace the signal path, see where it goes sour.
When I had an analog switch go on me, it showed up as a greatly reduced
frequency response -- theere were multiple concentric signals.

Next question is where to get a cheap scope . . .

-Chris

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