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Date Posted: 16:14:25 02/02/01 Fri
Author: Martin Goldberg
Subject: Vec Tech questions

Hi all, just picked up a GCE (pre-MB) Vecy for $10.
It's in pretty decent condition cosmetically after cleaing
it up (pretty dusty, some mud or something where the molding
meets).

When I powered it up the first time, the screen drawing was
a bit screwed up, with the images severely stretched and
certain sets of vectors being drawn in the wrong locations.
After cleaning up the outside (which consisted of turning
the vec in all different angles, including upsidedown),
upon powerup it draws fine now. My guess is that there was
some dust or something in the vector beam mechanism that
got removed from tilting the thing. Is there any way
to go in safely to remove dirt and grime in there to make
sure it doesn't happen again? I saw the tutorial on discharging the monitor (which scares the hell out of me),
but is there anything else to consider? Has anyone ever cleaned up one from the inside as well?

Another problem is the on/volume switch has a short in it.
As you turn the volume up, it makes large staticy sounds
until you stop adjusting. The sound quality also appears
to be more staticy than normal. Any advice on what to
do to fix this?

Last but not least are the controllers. The joystick still
works and centers perfectly, but a couple of the buttons are
out. Any source on how to open the thing and fix them?

One last wierd thing - There was a star trek cartridge that came with it (among a few others). When I plug it in, it
starts up fine, says the star trek title, blanks out to
player 1 on the screen, then suddenly the Vec itself dies.
That's the only cartridge it does it on. Is it the cartridge itself? The screw in the cartridge seems to be
a little rusty, so I'm wondering if there's damage inside
that might be causing this.

Thanks in advance,

Marty

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[> Re: Vec Tech questions -- BaronVR, 15:50:38 02/04/01 Sun

Hi,
First off, I have to refer you to <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.deja.com/group/rec.games.vectrex">http://www.deja.com/group/rec.games.vectrex</a> because I'm not a techie and all the techies are there. The one question that I can maybe help with is the static question. With your Vectrex unplugged, Turn the Volume knob to it's maximum and then to it's minimum and repeat that for about 5-10 minutes. The contacts on the volume knob may be oxidized or dirty and doing that cleans them off. It works for my stereo and my computer monitor...

baronvr



>Hi all, just picked up a GCE (pre-MB) Vecy for $10.
>It's in pretty decent condition cosmetically after
>cleaing
>it up (pretty dusty, some mud or something where the
>molding
>meets).
>
>When I powered it up the first time, the screen
>drawing was
>a bit screwed up, with the images severely stretched
>and
>certain sets of vectors being drawn in the wrong
>locations.
>After cleaning up the outside (which consisted of
>turning
>the vec in all different angles, including upsidedown),
>upon powerup it draws fine now. My guess is that
>there was
>some dust or something in the vector beam mechanism
>that
>got removed from tilting the thing. Is there any way
>to go in safely to remove dirt and grime in there to
>make
>sure it doesn't happen again? I saw the tutorial on
>discharging the monitor (which scares the hell out of
>me),
>but is there anything else to consider? Has anyone
>ever cleaned up one from the inside as well?
>
>Another problem is the on/volume switch has a short in
>it.
>As you turn the volume up, it makes large staticy
>sounds
>until you stop adjusting. The sound quality also
>appears
>to be more staticy than normal. Any advice on what to
>do to fix this?
>
>Last but not least are the controllers. The joystick
>still
>works and centers perfectly, but a couple of the
>buttons are
>out. Any source on how to open the thing and fix them?
>
>One last wierd thing - There was a star trek cartridge
>that came with it (among a few others). When I plug
>it in, it
>starts up fine, says the star trek title, blanks out
>to
>player 1 on the screen, then suddenly the Vec itself
>dies.
>That's the only cartridge it does it on. Is it the
>cartridge itself? The screw in the cartridge seems to
>be
>a little rusty, so I'm wondering if there's damage
>inside
>that might be causing this.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Marty


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