The coroner’s report indicated that Ken tested positive for Covid-19. The cause of death was listed as coronary event.
Kens sister is making the cremation arrangements and the service event. I do not know if it will be family only or open to the masses.
It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Ken Layton.
From all accounts it would appear that Ken passed away peacefully in his sleep last night or possibly the night before.
People, please look at the Scat before rebuilding your defective power supply. All Williams power supplies “look” the same, but they are different. Specifically Moon Patrol and any cocktail such as Joust.
The reason you are blowing fuses and having crowbar issues, is that your power supply is...
These sound boards get swapped out a lot. What most people don’t realize is that a Williams sound board that has been setup for speech has had W-1 cut or removed altogether. When W-1 is not jumpered in a Williams game that only has sound and no speech, you lose volume control and all sounds are...
Yes, but it is way out of date and no longer accurate Randy Fromm gets upset when it is passed out freely, because he still sells his repair course materials and it is his bonus for buying his repair courses.
Only 1 side of your deflection board is working correctly. You most likely have a bad Driver (2N3716 or 2N3792) or a bad pre- Driver (MPS-U07 or MPS-U-57)
Dok
You may have installed the focus wire and the crt socket wire backwards when you replaced the flyback. Start there and verify they are correct first.
Dok
Williams linear power supplies ARE NOT interchangeable without game specific modification. Upright power supplies and Cocktail power supplies are strapped differently as well.
What exactly are the two games you are working with?
Your problem could be in the big black heat sink with the 2N6057...
Williams used pretty much 1 power brick for a lot of different games. Pins 14-15 provide power for coin door lamps. Joust cocktail and Moon Patrol did not use pins 14-15 for coin door lamps.