I'm guessing Atari's Indy 800 used modified color TVs as well
It does. It's basically a modified GE console TV chassis. It's a similar setup to the GO2 & 4500, all being delta-gun CRTs. I've had a bunch of issues with GO2s but the GE sets have always worked. Electra Pace Car Pro has a hacked-up color TV in it as well - I forget the make. Never seen inside a Wimbledon but It must be a similar rig.
I always thought Matsushitas were repurposed televisions, and that was later in the game.
Definitely. Those chassis leave most of the "TV part" of the chassis un-stuffed. As we now know, those monitors suck, but my guess was that monitors of any type were in high demand at the time and Atari would just take anything they could get. They tried ADI/Disco around the same time and this maybe why they wanted to develop their own raster monitor with Amplifone. Electrohome couldn't keep up with demand for the GO7, and I'm assuming neither could WG.
I read or heard an interview with somebody from E-home that said they chartered 747s around '81-82 for something like a full year or more to get GO7s to Midway as fast as they could. They couldn't build them fast enough and ended up not making much money because they burned up cash on shipping thinking they'd eventually catch up to the industry, but the industry folded on them instead.
So far, I have personally seen the TEC to be used in;
Midway Clowns
TEC in a Clowns must be a swap?
I've only ever seen them in Atari and only seen Motorolas in any Clowns (or any other Midway). The exception is some Gun Fights had the Midway monitor.
I've definitely had TECs in several FTs, Ultra Tank & Canyon Bomber; and Super Breakout and Tourney Table also ring a bell. I've definiterly had SBs with XMs in them though. I think my Subs has TECs in it? but I haven't been in that thing in so long I don't even remember.
TECs always seem to have issues and they tend to need nearly everything to be checked out before a power-up, like the M5000s and their drifting carbon comp resistors. The film caps on TECs love to fail and they're not great build quality overall, but they're generally not too hard to bring back from the dead at least.
Those monitors in SE & SZ minis also seem to suck. I don't think I've ever had one that didn't need work, and I have a SZ mini right now with a dead monitor that I need to spend some time on.
Joe, what's the reason for the question? Just scratching a curiosity itch?
GE monitor:
