Make vector CRT from standard one?

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Originally Posted by matthewray2b

I'm curious if there is a way to convert a standard home-CRT (I have a few cheap ones from the early 2000s) into an oscilloscope. I've done a little research and couldn't find much info to get me anywhere.

Dude. There are so many tutorials out there. When I was at the US Trademark & Patent office they had a book in the gift shop which contains instructions for converting a B/W CRT to an o-scope. (Don't know about color CRTs though)

Originally Posted by matthewray2b

My goal is to play some Vectrex games or possibly run Asteroids on it.

For that you need to essentially create a vectorscope (both X and Y axis instead of just one). However, unless you own a Vectrex mainboard or something I don't know how you would drive such a thing for games.