So, squared away the monitor, bought an untested k7401 chassis from ebay , told the guy 75 for the chassis and $20 more if it worked. Got it, it worked, looked NOS, so I sent him $25 as a paypal gift.
At first I put it in and the grid pattern looked like this:
Then I noticed my old non working chassis had a mini adjustment board that his lacked, transplanted that to the new chassis and:
To note, this monitor is a 27" and not a 25" like originally came with the cab.
Adjusting the monitor:
And moving it into it's final stop in the line up, between my HS5 clone cab running Strikers 1945 and my NeoGeo restore:
Heres the 3D printed case I made at work:
Its a little rough, I didnt want to wait long, and its completely functional.
Darksoft kit in action:
Kinda neat how the case is like a nightlight inside:
Bought a 5 foot long cable from aoiddr over on arcade-projects.com so I could move the LCD behind the coin door:
According to tracking the art should be here TODAY!
Here's the complete line up, for now:
not pictured is my Cruisn USA which is on the opposite wall.
Box of NeoGeo carts next to the NeoGeo