derSturm
Permanently Banned
Drove 100 miles and picked up a pretty nice (Centuri) Phoenix today for not a bad price. One of my true all-time favorites. I've been playing it like a kid since getting it home.
What strikes me most regarding its grade is its display. I swear it has the prettiest picture I have EVER seen on a machine its age. It appears to be all original, yet I have noted absolutely no burn-in. I swear that if I published a good pic of the screen, folks would think it was a MAME screenshot. It's so cool to be playing it while seeing it exactly as it appeared to me back in 1982. It's that good.
Except...
The only prob with the display is the vertical width. With the pot I can narrow it in to perfect but then the screen will hereafter vibrate ever so slightly, as if you're playing it in on a railcar going 60 mph down good smooth track. Widen it out ever so slightly and the display is as stable as the train station; only now you have sacrificed circa 8 to 10 pixels on either side.
I know that some of you guys will know exactly what needs be done.
What strikes me most regarding its grade is its display. I swear it has the prettiest picture I have EVER seen on a machine its age. It appears to be all original, yet I have noted absolutely no burn-in. I swear that if I published a good pic of the screen, folks would think it was a MAME screenshot. It's so cool to be playing it while seeing it exactly as it appeared to me back in 1982. It's that good.
Except...
The only prob with the display is the vertical width. With the pot I can narrow it in to perfect but then the screen will hereafter vibrate ever so slightly, as if you're playing it in on a railcar going 60 mph down good smooth track. Widen it out ever so slightly and the display is as stable as the train station; only now you have sacrificed circa 8 to 10 pixels on either side.
I know that some of you guys will know exactly what needs be done.

