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Re: Kick off questions


From: Ray Ghanbari ( )
Date: Wed Nov 06 1996 - 11:27:38 CST


You wrote:
> I had a pronounced bow from Major Havoc due to non-linearing scaling on
> my WG until I got an "official" Major Havoc to Tempest wiring adaptor board.
> That board contains a fair amount of circuitry which I believe does correct
> for this, particularly since people running Major Havoc in a Tempest cabinet
> tend to crank up the vertical size to compensate for the different monitor
> orientation.

That explains it, I have an official adapter for my MH in my Tempest (always
wondered what all the circuitry was for ;-) Of course, I haven't noticed that
big a bow with my Quantum in my Tempest, but I was just happy to get the damn
thing working and be able to play ;-)

Regardless, this bow is obviously an issue for a lot of people, so it might
be wise to keep the multipliers and the correction circuitry in any type of
translator PCB.

Ray


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