Texas Star Pinball???

[TIN_CAN]

Anyone seen one of these before? was there not one called the viking ?
Cheers!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/TEXAS-STAR...177096?hash=item2f3e4512c8:g:8iAAAOSwK~teS1cv

 

[9C1Driver]

Wow, looks like 8 Texas Star 350's stuck on a board lol. Kinda cool, never heard of that one before.

 

[nomadradio]

Gonna be a challenge to rebuild without the heat sink.

73

 

[TIN_CAN]

Wow, looks like 8 Texas Star 350's stuck on a board lol. Kinda cool, never heard of that one before.

LOL yeah. pretty cool lookin!

 

[999]

Anyone seen one of these before? was there not one called the viking ?
Cheers!

Wow, looks like 8 Texas Star 350's stuck on a board lol. Kinda cool, never heard of that one before.

The PINBALL is the 2290 version of this box just like the HOT PLATE (or TWELVE GAUGE) is the 2290 version of the SWEET SIXTEEN.

 

[999]

Gonna be a challenge to rebuild without the heat sink.

73

Replacement heats sinks are not available right now and I suspect that this was harvested for them for that reason.

 

[TIN_CAN]

Guy also has a viking in the same shape for parts.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TEXAS-STAR...173077?hash=item2f3e450315:g:bA8AAOSwujheS1P2

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

What would it take to put two 1600 amps together? That's basically what Texas Star did. What would the input and output combiners need to be?

 

[AudioShockwav]

Both of them are a train wreck.
Cost way to much to put them back together.
Better off buying new.
There was someone here, can't remember his name, that was collecting Texas star boards to build one.
Don't know if he ever did.
Just keep combining them together.......

73
Jeff

 

[AudioShockwav]

Don't know if the schematics for these was on CB Tricks.......

73
Jeff

 

[999]

Don't know if the schematics for these was on CB Tricks.......

73
Jeff

https://web.archive.org/web/2017092...0_dx3200/graphics/ts_dx2400_3200_sch_pg01.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/2017092...0_dx3200/graphics/ts_dx2400_3200_sch_pg02.pdf

 

[sweepersrgr8]

What would it take to put two 1600 amps together? That's basically what Texas Star did. What would the input and output combiners need to be?

I have 2 old school Sweet Sixteens, I ordered the cases, and all the internals to make the Wizard, from RFParts years ago. Just one part can longer be found, its a special resistor. All the schematics are on CBTRICKS to make either of these. I lost interest years back, but am thinking of pulling it out again.

 

[999]

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http://www.cbtricks.com/Amp/txstar/dx2400_dx3200/graphics/ts_dx2400_3200_sch_pg01.pdf

http://www.cbtricks.com/Amp/txstar/dx2400_dx3200/graphics/ts_dx2400_3200_sch_pg02.pdf

 

[Handy Andy]

Wow...

At least they gave you means to "test and tune" to match each one equally to the others - like phasing.

What a nightmare!

1.5 ohm for WC Pinball
1.6 ohm for Viking 3

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[443]

Talking about those resistors, it's been a while since I worked on a Texas Star, the last was a DX1600 in 2004. If I remember right those are the Bias resistors, I was thinking 1.8 and 1.6 ohm, maybe I am not remembering it right. I think I have some of those around here.