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November_1999
Re: New Vector Monitor Project: DEFLECTION SCHEMATIC FOR REVIEW

From: Christopher X. Candreva ( )
Date: Wed Nov 03 1999 - 12:01:43 CST

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Jess Askey wrote:

> I was thinking the same thing. It would seem to work much better than an analog protection
> scheme. Especially when games like star wars depend on moving the beam out past the edge
> of the screen momentarily. Plus, the protection algorithm could be tweaked, improved, or
> whatever just by reburning the code in the microcontroller.

Any idea what a microcontroller type spot killer would cost, compared to an
analog circuit ?

-Chris

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