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Author Topic: Gonna be getting a standard centipede cab--will my monitor fit?  (Read 1431 times)

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i got this monster of a 21 inch computer monitor, and im worried.  anyone have the dimentions of your standard centipede cab?

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Re:Gonna be getting a standard centipede cab--will my monitor fit?
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2003, 12:29:45 pm »
I used a dig-dug cab (same cab used for cenitpede, kangaroo and arabian knights).  The inside dimension is something like 23 1/2 in.  Your monitor should fit.

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Re:Gonna be getting a standard centipede cab--will my monitor fit?
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2003, 12:32:04 pm »
yeah, i got some official measurements from him, thanks though

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Re:Gonna be getting a standard centipede cab--will my monitor fit?
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2003, 02:40:52 pm »
Sometimes it isn't the front diagonal measurement that's gonna get you... It's the depth of the monitor that can bite you in that situation.

I put a de-cased 21" pc monitor in a taito cabinet and had to cut a small access whole for the arse end to hang out an inch or two.  The width worked out pretty well, it's just too long/deep (mileage may vary depending on angle of mounting... i.e. 90 degrees or 45 or lower degrees. )

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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2003, 03:28:51 pm »
oh,m im gonna make it fit, lol

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Re:Gonna be getting a standard centipede cab--will my monitor fit?
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2003, 04:56:15 pm »
Hee hee. I just shoehorned a monstrous KDS Pixeltouch 21 into a freaking Mini cabinet. The butt of the monitor sticks out nearly six inches in back. But I got in in there.

Last time I looked inside a Pede cab I seem to recall maybe 3 inches of extra clearance past what the normal monitor used. So you may have to take off the back door or cut a hole in it.
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2003, 05:02:10 pm »
no qualms about cutting a hole, lol
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Re:Gonna be getting a standard centipede cab--will my monitor fit?
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2003, 11:04:38 pm »
I'm MAMEing a Centipede original cab, and I gotta say I'm having the HARDEST time finding a TV to fit in there.   I can make a 20" TV fit, but there aren't any 24"/25" TVs that will fit, because this cabinet is pretty narrow.   you have exactly 23 3/4" internal width to play with.  (23.75")

The APEX GT4215 will fit  (23.1" wide) btu i hear terrible things about this TV, even though it has S-Video.
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