SoundGammon Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) Edited December 29, 2020 by SoundGammon Wrong wording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Sound works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 Can anyone repair this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard42 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 It's not a super hard thing to fix. It looks like the vertical deflection amplifier is dead. Taking the thing apart and putting it back together is almost more more than fixing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 2:51 PM, Richard42 said: It's not a super hard thing to fix. It looks like the vertical deflection amplifier is dead. Taking the thing apart and putting it back together is almost more more than fixing it. Thanks! Found some parts on Ebay, will order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard42 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 It's LM379, IC401. I've been trying to buy a parts/repair vectrex on ebay to build it into a full-sized arcade vectrex cabinet. I lost the last 2 auctions as the second place bidder, darnit. And I just bought an Asteroids Deluxe to use as the cabinet and display, so now I'm really on the hunt for another vectrex logic board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) @Richard42 Just build your own logic board. It's dead simple if you can find the parts. Here's one I made, which works just as well as an OG board. You can order these on Sean Kelley's site. Just gather the components from your favorite parts vendors (I mainly used both Digikey & Ebay) and you should be set. Good luck! See link below ? http://vectrexmulti.com/order2.html#!/Vectrex-Console-Repro-PCB/p/304570213/category=0 Edited June 26, 2021 by SiLic0ne t0aD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard42 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Oh that's brilliant, I didn't know that anyone had created a repro PCB. I was going to swap out the RAM, ROM, PIA, and CPU with faster versions anyway so I could overclock it. I think I have all the chips for overclocking it already. Do you by any chance have a digi-key BOM that you can share with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I think this is the one.. Just in case anyone else needs it. Vectrex BOM Export .csv · version 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 Finally got around to replacing the LM379, IC401 chip! Got full defection back but have retrace lines and bright spot in center. Any sugestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzalcoatl Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 On 6/26/2021 at 10:05 PM, Richard42 said: Oh that's brilliant, I didn't know that anyone had created a repro PCB. I was going to swap out the RAM, ROM, PIA, and CPU with faster versions anyway so I could overclock it. I think I have all the chips for overclocking it already. Do you by any chance have a digi-key BOM that you can share with me? Overclocking a Vectrex? What would you need to do that for? Are there games with performance issues that this would benefit? Seems like a VecFever or Pitrex is a better alternative than upgrading the actual hardware. However, one thing I would like to upgrade is the soundchip. I discussed this with Thomas regarding the VecFever, because the only thing the VecFever can't accomplish is arcade quality sound due to the soundchip limitations of the Vectrex. I wonder what readily available chip we could use to achieve that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard42 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 The overclocking will not help with any legacy Vectrex software, and in fact the doubled clock speed will most likely cause problems and be incompatible with any current software. My current thinking with this feature is that I will need to make the clock speed selectable in software, and only use the overclocked mode for new software that I will write. Someday I plan to write a 3D space shooter game similar to Wing Commander for the vectrex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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