Re: VECTOR: Asteroids with no video

[email protected] Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:08:27 EDT
Newsgroups gmane.games.arcade.vector
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In a message dated 7/18/2005 10:53:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
[email protected] writes:

I  haven't worked with tin can transistors before so I have to guess at what  
you mean :).  I took my cheapo multimeter set to continuity tester  and 
touched the black wire to the case (ground) and red to the transistor  
outside.  My tester had tone for about 1 second until it faded away  rather 
quickly.  It did that to all 4  transistors.



Does your meter have a diode test mode on it? It is normal for chasis  
transistors to show continuity (or tone ) in your case for about 1/2 second  before 
it shows resistance.

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