Vector monitor & TV repair shop?

JC Arcade

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Due to a busted neck on my current Star Wars Amplifone tube, I purchased a NOS medium res Rauland tube from Tester007. Problem is, putting the yoke and rings on and converging it is way beyond my skill set (don't shake your head Copious). Anyway, it was suggested to me to have a TV repair shop do the convergence for me.

What I want to know is how would that work? Would the repair guy come over and do it while I showed him the appropriate screens in the Star Wars self-test? Would I drop it off at the shop? I just don't know how much of a big deal it is that it's a vector monitor he's converging. I guess I just want to know some of these answers before I call around and sound like an even bigger dope than I already am about this.
 
I would have them come out to the machine. But that'll cost ya a heck of a lot more obviously.
Too many variables that they will most likely NOT have in order to power it up and get a pattern/signal applied to it.
 
Or bring the whole cab to the shop...or have another local come by and help you with it. I've never done it, but it really does sound doable, you should consider giving it a shot first and use the TV repair as a backup plan.
 
I'll also add, call the shop first. Tell them the situation. They (might) have a pattern generator that will do vector. You never know.

Edward
 
You should try it yourself first.

Atari vector games have a nice set of screens to aid with the convergence. I'm pretty sure there is a grid that you can change the colors on- that is all you'll need.

Even if you don't get it perfect, most of the vectors are a solid color- r, g, or b. That aids in being forgiving to alignment mistakes.

The service manual walks you through the steps nicely. It's the fine tuning and placing small correction tabs that is more of a black art-

K
 
You should try it yourself first.

+1 while I have never done this either, This is one of those situations where it currently dose not work, and honestly you could not make it any worse off then it already is. why not give it a shot.
 
1 part skill
1 part luck
1 part black magic

that about does it. the key is to make sure that you have a uniform green screen to start with.

mh
 
+1 - do it yourself.
Run a marker across your rings and then measure from the yoke to the front side of the rings. Try to duplicate those measurements on the new tube and you'll be suprised just how close if not spot on you'll be.
The K6100 manual has in depth instructions how to converge if needed.
Star Wars does have the different color pattern generator built into the OP mode.
 
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