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Title: Possible help needed... arcade monitor
Post by: vidmouse on June 03, 2008, 06:19:39 pm
I might be able to get this off ebay and use it for my new driving cab...
would mean that I'm restoring a project vs MAMEing it.

SHOTEN THOSE LINKS< DOGGONE IT! (http://cgi.ebay.com/Arcade-Nintendo-Monitor-2-partially-working-NR_W0QQitemZ370056169553QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370056169553&_trkparms=72%3A552%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)

Worth getting?  How easy is something like this to fix?
Is going into a Special Criminal Investigation cab, the car is
red, so I need to have red working.

Thanks for any help
Title: Re: Possible help needed... arcade monitor
Post by: grantspain on June 03, 2008, 07:05:37 pm
thats a real old monitor,the red not working could be something as easy as a broken pot/bad solder joint or a drive transitor.on the other hand being so old it could be a tube gun dead-and that you ain't gonna fix
Title: Re: Possible help needed... arcade monitor
Post by: SirPeale on June 03, 2008, 07:11:36 pm
If you could pick that up (and not have to ship it) and get it for *CHEAP* (I mean under five bucks) then do it just to get some experience under your belt.

Note that it's a Sanyo EZ which requires a 100 volt isolation transformer, not a regular 110V one.
Title: Re: Possible help needed... arcade monitor
Post by: Arm123 on June 03, 2008, 08:43:22 pm
yup... did the same thing at an auction with a crt that was missing green.  Came with an entire dynamo cabinet for $25.

Ended up being the crt gun which was dead.  I tried to rejuvinate but she was too far gone.  I ended up buying a new monitor.
Title: Re: Possible help needed... arcade monitor
Post by: vidmouse on June 04, 2008, 12:23:22 am
Thanks, I'm more tempted now to get it, esp since I should be able
to pick it up close.

Here's another one (http://cgi.ebay.com/Arcade-Monitor-1-partially-working-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ370056164905QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370056164905&_trkparms=72%3A552%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14) the same guy has on sale, but there's
already a bid on it.  Wonder which one is better to get?