17 Sep
2003
17 Sep
'03
11:04 p.m.
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Tony Duell wrote:
Is there a commonly available flyback that will work in the VT340? I've
been unable to locate a service manual for that model terminal, and don't
really know much about the flyback that it uses. Mine let out its magic
smoke some time back, and I'm really starting to miss that color VT.
-Toth
Quothe
Christopher Cureau, from writings of Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at
08:23:13AM -0500:
It's a VT320... 99.9% fo the time the failure with these is the flyback
transformer which develops shorted turns (and then fails visibly, with
'gunge' leaking out). Sometimes it takes the horizontal output
transistor with it as well, or maybe even bits of the PSU.
If the power indicator is flashing on/off, then it's the flyback, period
(well, it _might_ be something else, but it's a fairly safe bet it's the
flyback). Does anyone have a spare VT220, 320 or 420 that
they'd be willing to
part with? My 320 just bit the dust...very inconvenient time, too,
since I was
Wouldn't you rather repair it than replace it? What went wrong with
it?