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paigeoliver:
#1 is the AC line filter.
#2 Is the isolation transformer.
#3 is the power supply.
As far as identifying your monitor you are photographing the wrong stuff. We don't need to see what kind of tube it has, we need to see the circuit board of the monitor, and in particular any numbers or stickers on them. It looks like a Wells Gardner monitor to me, but I know my 19" monitors a lot better than my 25" ones. Matter of fact, it looks like the kind of monitor you have is silk screened on the lower left hand of the monitor circuit board. Don't feel bad though, when I got my first monitor my first thought was identifying it by the tube.
Also, your monitor is working, it just needs a little work. Often you can adjust out a lot of monitor problems, although with the exact age of your machine I suspect the monitor has never had a cap kit done and that will take care of most of the problem.
Finally, your cabinet SHOULD be able to just barely squeeze in a 27" monitor, and those are pretty common in VGA format. But I would just use the one you have.
A little monitor burn is no big deal and really doesn't detract from the arcade experience, since the arcade experience usually had burned in monitors.
Jake:
Thanks for the help guys.
I emailed Joey at jomac.net and he says it's a standard 26" KTM-26 Kortek chassis CGA only 110V and offered to service it but is it really worth it to send all the way to Australia?
Chris G:
Not sure where you live, but I can't imagine it being worth the cost/risk of shipping it to have it serviced...
BTW - there was a tiny bit of burn-in on the WG monitor I bought and it's either gone away somehow or I just don't even notice it...
Chris
Jake:
Yes that would be way more expensive than I'm willing to pay. Luckily, I found an arcade repair shop here in town. (I live in Gainesville, FL) I'm going to take the chassis to them for a hands on diagnostic.
The monitor's burn in isn't noticeable when it's on and the camera really brought it out more than just looking at it. One thing about this monitor though is that it's absolutely filthy. I mean, I've worked on car engines that had less shmutz than this thing.
Chris G:
I was concerned about the 15-20 years worth of grime on mine too so I called a couple local repair shops. They almost laughed at me, like "so what?" The impression I was left with was that unless you really know what you're doing, chances are you can do more harm than good trying to clean it, and if it's working fine, then why bother? So far the house hasn't burned down...
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