Zaxxon monitor used in a Millipede

[Hawk Daddy]

So would the working zaxxon monitor work in the broken millipede monitors place?  How would I go about hooking up the thing?  I'll have pictures of both of them either today or tomorrow.

Hawk

[SirPeale]

OMG no!  Just thinking about it will turn the earth on it's axis.

Don't kill the planet, man.

[Hawk Daddy]

OMG no!  Just thinking about it will turn the earth on it's axis.

Don't kill the planet, man.

Um, does that mean that it's not compatible or that you just don't like the idea?

Hawk

[SirPeale]

I'm just messing with you, man.  I saw you were online and knew you would monitor this thread closely since you just posted it.

Connection-wise, you should be just fine connecting it up.  You might have to shuffle a pin or two around for the input, but they're both standard res games, so that is not an issue.

Mounting the monitor, however, may be a problem.  I'm not sure how they mount.  If they have the same frame, then it should be fairly easy.

[Justin Z]

OMG no!  Just thinking about it will turn the earth on it's axis.

So in other words, yes please.    Scientists the world over are wondering what exactly would result if that were to happen.

Good luck -- hopefully the two frames are alike!

[horseboy]

Peale is teh mean.

[MaximRecoil]

Possible issues include (without knowing the specifics of either of your monitors): AC power connectors that don't match, a mounting frame that doesn't fit the cabinet in one way or another, or one board using a different sync than the other. Two of the issues are easy to deal with but a frame that doesn't fit a cabinet is a pain, and you'll either have to modify the frame, the cabinet, or swap the tube and chassis to a frame that fits.

[modessitt]

Hmmm....lessee.......

The Zaxxon monitor frame used a vertical shelf-mount, so the "wings" would be on the bottom and might not allow it to slide into the Millipede, which I believe has grooves cut for a horizontal shelf-mount frame to slide in.  If you haven't remove the millipede monitor yet, you'll need to remove the speaker grill above the monitor to get the monitor out.

It's a good idea (if these are two different monitor types) to hook up the monitor before installing to make sure that, not only is the sync hooked up right (while you have easy access to all the connectors and adjustments), but that the orientation is proper, although you can always switch the yoke wires to change this if you forget.

If the monitors are the same type (two G07's for example) and the problem is with the chassis and not the tube itself, it would be much easier to just swap the chassis'.  Remember to discharge your monitors before grabbing metal parts and moving them.

[Ken Layton]

Both game cabinets used vertically oriented monitors, but different frame styles. Zaxxon used a vertically mounted tube in a vertical mount frame. Millipede (like Centipede) used a horizontal shelf mount monitor slid in the cabinet vertically.

In general all the Zaxxon cabinets we ever had on our route (at the time) had Wells-Gardner 4600 vertical frame monitors. Millipede, however, could have had one of these four different monitors in it: Electrohome G07, Wells 4900, Atari Disco, Atari Matsushita. The Disco and Matsushita monitors have different video/sync wiring than standard game monitors.