Omega Race Tube

[RetroJames]

I aquired a tube and mounting bracket from an Omega Race cabinet.  No chassis, just the tube.  It is in good shape, but with 4 stationary omegas parked (burnt) in the middle.  Not a big deal if you use it for omega as that is where your new ships sit during the game anyway.

Just wondering if those chassis ever show up anywhere and if the effort would be worth it.  Any input?

[paigeoliver]

The chassis is the hard part to come by when it comes to vector monitors. The tubes aren't anything special. Especially since apparently some non-vector tubes can be swapped/converted/something to be used with a vector chassis. I am not sure of all the details on that, I just remember reading a webpage about a guy doing a tube swap into his Star Wars cockpit, and I remember that the last Tempest i played on location had an obvious trinitron tube in it.

[MonitorGuru]

> the last Tempest i played on location had an obvious trinitron tube in it.

How they managed that, I'd like to know!  I have _very_ limited Trinitron knowledge, but isn't it different pinouts, different connector, different power and different yoke and geometric requirements IIRC.  

Not saying it wasn't done or trying to be sarcastic, I really am seriously wondering how a Trinitron was modified for either raster or vector chassis.. Would be an interesting read.

[paigeoliver]

> the last Tempest i played on location had an obvious trinitron tube in it.

How they managed that, I'd like to know!  I have _very_ limited Trinitron knowledge, but isn't it different pinouts, different connector, different power and different yoke and geometric requirements IIRC.  

Not saying it wasn't done or trying to be sarcastic, I really am seriously wondering how a Trinitron was modified for either raster or vector chassis.. Would be an interesting read.

Or maybe it wasn't a Trinitron tube. All I know is that it WAS NOT a normal Tempest tube, it had a totally different look to it, you know how some TVs when you stare at them up close just look "different", it was one of those. Hard to explain, but if I showed it to you in person you would know what I meant.

[MonitorGuru]

You mean that it was only curved on the horizontal (4) axis and not also the vertical (3) axis (lookin at it as a horizontal mount tube, not as it lay in a tempest in a vertical mount)?

Yeah, I know what you mean.. Trinitrons give a totally different look than regular curved or even pure flat square corner tubes--something with the geometry just doesn't look right.