Re: Anyone know a good source for transistors Author: jwelser Date: 1998/07/16 Forum: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Rich Marquette (rmarket@ptd.net) wrote: : Hello, : Does anyone know of a good place to get these transistors? : Or does anyone know of a substuted part that will work? : I converted them over to nte and ecg parts in case that helps : the local electronics place wants around $14 ea for them. : 2N5878--NTE284--ECG284 : 2N5876--NTE219--ECG285 : These are for the deflection drives for the cinematronics monitors, the : ones : that always short and cause the rest of the circuit to go up in smoke. : Thanks : Rich : rmarket@ptd.net You can use the 2N3716/2N3792 that are used in all the vector monitors for Atari games. They are rated at higher specs too. Just make sure that you replace BOTH transistors on the heat sink if you need to replace 1 and make this substitution. Joe -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Joseph J. Welser jwelser@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Design Engineer -- Crystal Semiconductor Corporation Ph.D. Student in E.E. -- University of Texas at Austin Work: jwelser@crystal.cirrus.com http://www.crystal.com P.O. Box 17847; Austin, TX 78760 ------------------------------------------------------------------