Hi. First time poster.
Welcome to the list :-)
I have a bad flyback transformer on a video board that I've been unable =
to locate. I've also been unable to find any information about this =
transformer, or the board that it's on. I have lots of information =
about what the board is inside of, but nothing on the board itself.
It's for a green monochrome Plato Display Terminal, called an AST-1 =
Student Terminal; even the original designer of the equipment, Jack =
Stifle at the University of Illinois, does not have any information any =
more on the video driver board itself. note: The AST-1 Student terminal =
was supposed to be a lightweight inexpensive replacement for the =
original Plato IV and Plato V terminals, and was manufactured by the =
University of Illinois=20
I've been able to find many defails from University of Illinois =
archives, including all schematics except for the video driver board.
My guess is the the video boartd was a standard product at the time, and
was bought-in, not designed by said university.
Are there any useful markings on the board itself? What is the input
connector? aAny ideas as to the scan rates?
Incidentally, why do you think the flyback transformer is faulty?
-tony