WELLS-GARDNER 27" ARCADE UNIVERSAL MONITOR 27K5201

[Poker808]

I'm thinking about buy a monitor from a guy which said he has a Wells-Gardner 27" 27K5201 monitor. It has been sitting on a shelf for 10 years and they are still in the boxes like new. Still have the plastic cover over the front class. He is asking 170 for the monitor and I was wondering if this would be a good deal. If I did buy this monitor can any of the veterians tell me how I would get this thing connected to my PC. I am looking to use it with mame, and any other emulator up to PSX. I think the specs said something about it only running in 25k mode or something like that.

Any information on this would be a great help. I just want to make sure I purchase something I'm going to like for a monitor in my arcade cabinet. currently I have a TV but it's just not the same.

Thanks,

[ahofle]

Can you post the specs?  If it's a 25khz monitor (EGA) it's definitely not a good candidate for emulation as it will be limited to 512x384 resolution.

[Poker808]

I'm not sure about the specs but they guy did say it couldn't only do 25khz...The model is 27K5201 and the monitor part number is WGM2752-U0GS37F. I really can't find much information on this monitor.

[Poker808]

If this monitor doesn't work out is there any monitors out there right now that I should be looking at for a decent price. I know a lot of the well gardner monitors are not available. I'm looking to play a lot of emulators on my cabinet but want the old CRT feel.

[ahofle]

I'm not sure about the specs but they guy did say it couldn't only do 25khz...The model is 27K5201 and the monitor part number is WGM2752-U0GS37F. I really can't find much information on this monitor.

That's actually a good thing (it's probably a standard CGA arcade monitor).  If you can somehow find some specs on it, post them here.  If it's a 15khz monitor, that's definitely a good deal assuming it works.

To connect to a PC, you will need to hack a VGA cable (or buy a VGA breakout cable from ultimarc).  Use this guide to connect the appropriate wires to the monitor:   
Then you'll either need to use Soft15khz to get low arcade resolutions, or buy an ArcadeVGA card from ultimarc.com.

[Poker808]

Sorry I ment it can only do 25khz, I think.

I can't find any more specs on this monitor.

Do you know what is available to purchase now a days for a arcade monitor.

[MonMotha]

For anyone reading this and seeing that wiring diagram above, DO NOT CONNECT PIN 9 TO GROUND.  This pin used to be empty (and as such could be connected however you feel like it), but it's now used for +5V (it was never used for ground).  So, of you connect that pin to ground, you're shorting +5V to ground.  Some video cards have protection to keep this from being too big of a problem, but many don't.

[codecrank]

if it can do 15hz ? You do all the emulation you want, run older games in progressive native res , up to 220 lines, ( work fine for most horizontal mame, nes, genesis, tg-16 ) and for snes and above, you can do 640x480, but it will be interlaced. ( personally , I can't stand interlaced.  )

but.. IMHO , 170$ is too much for a tube that only does 25hz . I just bought a used  tri-sync 27" kortek for 200$ shipped on ebay.  it can do 640x480 or 600x800 in progressive scan