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Bought a Cabinet! Getting started but need some advice.
dethfactor:
Howdy All,
I purchased a 6' cabinet that was supposedly Xmen but also looks like it was Street Fighter 2 at one time. It has a 27" monitor in it that I was told doesn't work and seems to be cracked. It has the original wiring/power supply and the game board was removed. It has a hole and some other damage to it but it's in decent shape otherwise. I've purchased wood fill and strip and paint and am going to begin to convert it to a MAME cabinet but I do have few questions. I'm trying to consider what to do with the monitor. Should I attempt to find a replacement? Or should I tear it out and install something else? (I have a 19" LCD I can use) and if I do tear it, is there any danger in doing so? I bought new controls and thinking about buying an a new electric ice control set and wire them via an LED-Wiz.
KDOG:
The 19 in will be swimming in that cab if it had a 27 " in there before. If you have and tv that around 24", I would go that route. It really depends on how much you want to spend.New 27" monitor around 500-600 shipped.
As for the wiring if you get a replacement arcade monitor keep it and go with the jpac if not get keywiz or ipac.
It would also helped if you post a pic of the cab.
dethfactor:
Hmm.. good point. I don't actually have any CRT's for anything.. So I guess my choices would be to track a good TV down or bite the big one and drop for a new 27". I actually already ordered a J-PAC and two Ultimarc Mag-Stick pluses. As for the cab pics, I did post some but in my stupidity moved them the other day without thinking on my server. I'll repost them, but they're not very good pictures. I'll post better ones when I take them.
Ummon:
Have you measured the diagonal of that monitor? I'd guess that to be a 19" (as a 27" doesn't easily fit in older cabs, which originally had 19's in them) especially as it has a bezel. What maybe be best or/and easiest: a 21" PC CRT; or if you wanna go native but still have PC capabilities, a 19" multi-sync (will do EGA-XGA) from Billabs (though other companies may have one similar).
JinxedSoul:
looks like its a 25" in that cab