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Anonymous   06-17-2005 at 02:32:52 PM

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Is there any reason that a star castle monitor wouldn't work in a
battlezone?(other than the monitor overlays) Anyone?

David Anderson

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Anonymous   06-17-2005 at 02:40:48 PM
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>Is there any reason that a star castle monitor wouldn't
>work in a battlezone?

Cinimatronics have all the decoding circuits on the monitor itself.
Atari has it one the CPU board. Won't plug and play.

As far as a tube swap? don't know.

Kirb

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Anonymous   06-17-2005 at 03:09:04 PM
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kirb wrote:
> >Is there any reason that a star castle monitor wouldn't
> >work in a battlezone?
>
> Cinimatronics have all the decoding circuits on the monitor itself.
> Atari has it one the CPU board. Won't plug and play.
>
> As far as a tube swap? don't know.
>
> Kirb

The tube you could swap, not the chassis.
John

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Anonymous   06-17-2005 at 10:27:48 PM
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diamondplate <mazdadave@msn.com> wrote:
: Is there any reason that a star castle monitor wouldn't work in a
: battlezone?(other than the monitor overlays) Anyone?

Umm...

the fact that it has completely different power requirements, and takes digital
inputs rather than analog?

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