15 Sep
2003
15 Sep
'03
8:25 p.m.
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).
-tony
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?