mrpippy
Well-known member
I picked up a Color Classic off eBay last week, had to bypass a via and now it boots! The picture doesn't look very good though, just isn't that sharp and there's some serious pincushion distortion:
As usual that picture looks worse than real life (that line across the middle and the rainbow effects are just from the camera) but the distortion is accurate.
I haven't done any recapping yet (on logic board or analog board), obviously there was some leakage on the logic board but not too bad.
I haven't pulled the analog board out yet, but from the top I don't see any capacitors that have leaked or are bulging.
I assume the bad picture is caused by bad analog board caps, are there any I should try replacing first? CF8 next to the Zeners is a common one I guess
Also is there any list online of the analog board caps, including the diameter/length?
As usual that picture looks worse than real life (that line across the middle and the rainbow effects are just from the camera) but the distortion is accurate.
I haven't done any recapping yet (on logic board or analog board), obviously there was some leakage on the logic board but not too bad.
I haven't pulled the analog board out yet, but from the top I don't see any capacitors that have leaked or are bulging.
I assume the bad picture is caused by bad analog board caps, are there any I should try replacing first? CF8 next to the Zeners is a common one I guess
Also is there any list online of the analog board caps, including the diameter/length?