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February_1998
Re: Cine games, MH and other stuff..


From: Kurt Mahan ( )
Date: Mon Feb 09 1998 - 02:32:32 CST


> Another thing I was wondering about is that whenever I turn on the Armor
> Attack, the CRT heater gets REALLY bright, say 10 times brighter than it
> should be for just a second, then it works normally. This doesn't seem
> normal to me, but the heater is directly driven by the PS 6V right? I
> swapped out PSs and it still happened

Gassy tube? Gotta burn off those happy little O2 particles that have
been leaking in.. :) (my guess, from past experience..)

> I also have a deathrace that needs work, the monitor and PS work, but both
> boards I have are broken. I have no docs on this game and I am afraid to
> repair the boards (not like I could anyway, but if you have ever seen one
> you would be afraid too!) There must
> be at least 175 chips crammed into that thing.. Does anybody wanna work on
> it? I'll pay a reasonable fee and you can keep the extra board....
> . Or I want to buy working board for it.

Hey Al, here's your chance!

Kurt


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