Can I replace a WG6101 with a G05/v2000? Color my game Black and White.

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Can I replace a WG6101 with a G05/v2000? Color my game Black and White.

What would it take to merge the color video signals to feed a B/W vector in a color vector game? Has anyone done it? Could you just connect alll three video signals together using diodes?
 
While I don't recall the specifics of how, I do recall reading another thread that discussed how to successfully use a B/W vector monitor in lieu of a color vector monitor, presumably an Amplifone or WGK610x.

I'll hunt around and update my post if I find it.

Update: I may have been thinking about this backwards as I cannot locate the information.

Scott C.
 
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I don't recall seeing that anywhere. I do know you can use the color one in place of the B&W and is outlined in the B&W vector monitor FAQ. I'd be interested in knowing.
 
I can't say for sure, but I can tell you why I don't think it would work. The 6100 draws at a slightly slower speed than the V2000. The V2000 has the same slew rate as the Ampliphone, if not a bit slower. Even if you could tie all 3 color signals together, the V2000 would have to draw all the lines for the Red, Blue, and Green guns. That's a lot of work...even if the V2000 is faster. On the flip side, you can tie all 3 guns for the K6100 together to get a white signal...assuming they are closely converged. But the 6100 has a slower slew rate so it might not look as good. Of course, I could be way off. Considering the Zonn's Vector Generator can be used with a Vector mame system and out put to the monitor of your choice with the proper cable, maybe you can do it. Anyone with a ZVG ever use it to output a color Vector game to a B&W monitor. Maybe they can tell us how it looked.
 
...the V2000 would have to draw all the lines for the Red, Blue, and Green guns.

All the vectors are drawn according to the outputs of the X and Y. It's just that color games have three 'Z channels' and turn them on (or not) as the line is being drawn. It's not as if each color is getting its own XY information. The XY information is being drawn using certain color(s).

See the Tempest schematics (sheet 2, side B) to see how the RGB was combined for the unused (but present and working) BW output on a Tempest PCB.
 
..See the Tempest schematics (sheet 2, side B) to see how the RGB was combined for the unused (but present and working) BW output on a Tempest PCB.
This is the answer I was looking for. Thanks.
 
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