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Title: What size monitor in an original Donkey Knog cab?
Post by: RetroBorg on April 07, 2010, 08:05:33 am

Does anybody know what size monitor an original Donkey Kong cab had?

Title: Re: What size monitor in an original Donkey Knog cab?
Post by: javeryh on April 07, 2010, 09:04:37 am

19" (Sanyo EZ-20).  

Monitor: http://files.flipperspill.no/Support/Arcade/Monitors/Sanyo/Sanyo-EZV.pdf (http://files.flipperspill.no/Support/Arcade/Monitors/Sanyo/Sanyo-EZV.pdf)
DK: http://files.flipperspill.no/Support/Arcade/Manuals/D/DonkeyKong_Manual2.pdf (http://files.flipperspill.no/Support/Arcade/Manuals/D/DonkeyKong_Manual2.pdf)

Title: Re: What size monitor in an original Donkey Kong cab?
Post by: RetroBorg on April 08, 2010, 06:01:39 am

Thanks mate.  ;D

Title: Re: What size monitor in an original Donkey Knog cab?
Post by: HanoiBoi on April 08, 2010, 09:25:33 am

Wow javeryh, nice response!

Any chance in finding monitor size for Space Duel??

I tried your links, but didn't see SpaceDuel listed; http://files.flipperspill.no/Support/Arcade/Manuals/S/ (http://files.flipperspill.no/Support/Arcade/Manuals/S/)

I've got a PC monitor in the cab now, running MAME.  I think it's a 17".  I would love to know the largest I could fit in there (height, width, depth), but I haven't been able to quickly figure that out.

Title: Re: What size monitor in an original Donkey Knog cab?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 08, 2010, 09:42:19 am

Space Duel was a 19" monitor. Recall that 19" arcade monitor != 19" PC monitor. Your best bet is always to measure.

If you want to find manuals for games, check the Restoration Page In The Wiki (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Restoration) it has every major source for arcade documentation that I am aware of.

/me weeps for that classic Atari vector

Title: Re: What size monitor in an original Donkey Knog cab?
Post by: HanoiBoi on April 08, 2010, 10:00:35 am

Thanks CheffoJeffo.  I can measure the cabinet...it's finding a comparable monitor (external measurements) that seem to have me baffled.  I don't necessarily want to decase anything if not needed and I don't think I want to throw a wide screen in there...

I guess I want something simple and cheap, and as big as will fit.

Title: Re: What size monitor in an original Donkey Knog cab?
Post by: Veeb0rg on May 03, 2010, 02:58:18 am

Quote from: HanoiBoi on April 08, 2010, 10:00:35 am

Thanks CheffoJeffo.  I can measure the cabinet...it's finding a comparable monitor (external measurements) that seem to have me baffled.  I don't necessarily want to decase anything if not needed and I don't think I want to throw a wide screen in there...

I guess I want something simple and cheap, and as big as will fit.

This is a 19inch Viewsonic in an arcade mounting frame in my Space Duel Cab. If the monitor hadn't been free, I would have gone with a 21inch PC monitor. The viewsonic wouldn't fit until I decased it, without stripping it I could just barely fit a 17 inch in the opening. As you can see the Viewsonic tube is just a bit to small for the 19inch arcade bracket, the zipties just keep the tube in place, the weight is carried by the top 2 bolts.

(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii305/veeb0rg/Space%20Duel%20Arcade/Img_1602.jpg)
 
Jeffo, Don't weap for my vector, when I rescued the cab it had been completely stripped and was scheduled for a sledgehammer/dumpster treatment. I do plan on fully restoring it to its vector glory if I ever manage to get the monitor. None of my mame "modifcations" are permanent and can be reversed, I've taken measures to ensure this.

Title: Re: What size monitor in an original Donkey Knog cab?
Post by: gatordad on May 03, 2010, 11:44:59 pm

I believe that the tube number on the sanyo ez end in 51 which technically would be a 20 inch tube,
Tube number ending in 48 is a 19 inch tube
This is off the top of my head so don't hold me to it.
Both tubes the 19 (48) and 20 (51) should fit into a standard monitor frame as the mounts are identical

Title: Re: What size monitor in an original Donkey Knog cab?
Post by: FrizzleFried on May 04, 2010, 12:28:39 pm

Yes... the Sanyo 20-EZ is...well... 20".

It's not a Sanyo 19-EZ afterall.