How Does a Monitor mount in a Dedicated Galaxian?

here's a pic i found searching. looks like it's basically the same as a pac cabinet...

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Having worked on a bunch of these I can tell you this: they're all the same. It's the monitor mounts that are different.

In that first photo above its in a "universal mount" frame, and it has metal mounting bars bolted to it. They slide down wooden supports mounted on the side.

On that second, instead of metal mounting bars there's a wooden mounting "plate" that the monitor is bolted to. On the right side of the cab is a metal bolting plate where the bottom of the monitor is bolted to it. It's interesting...it almost looks like a cocktail G07 monitor in that one.

I've been working on a Pac-Man that was converted a half dozen times, and went to the metal shop with a pair of the metal support brackets from my Galaxian and had them duplicate them. $30 and 1/2 hour later I was on my way. Regretably, no photos of that.
 
Here is a pic of mine before I shipped it off. It had a WG4600 (I think) in it.
 

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most are just like a pac man, there were a few with 25" monitors, anyway they are like pac man, not like ms pac and galaga
 
I went to swap the monitor on my kids cab today. It has the wooden mount. It's weird - it's made for a vertical monitor, plus it looks like the tube is supposed tomount right to the board.

I'd be curious to see other examples of this mount. The metal bars are easy compared to the board mount.
 
Most are mounted this way in a Galaxian.
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I agree. Ive seen a few (and multied a few) that were mounted this way. Ive never seen the first pic that was posted style. maybe it was changed in a conversion at one point.
Phet,
If youve seen a Pac cabinet - it is mostly identical in the way it mounts. I had a pac and galaxian cab side by side and they looked identical.
 
Whew! I thought my (currently Ms Pac) was hacked up - it actually looks like the one with the board.

My other galaxian cab currently awaiting - whatever- has the metal bracket system in it.
 
+1!
I agree. Ive seen a few (and multied a few) that were mounted this way. Ive never seen the first pic that was posted style. maybe it was changed in a conversion at one point.
Phet,
If youve seen a Pac cabinet - it is mostly identical in the way it mounts. I had a pac and galaxian cab side by side and they looked identical.

That's just it, I do have both, and they are far from identical. The side rails extend all the way from back to front on the Pac, on the Galaxian, the rails start from the back but stop short of the front by 6-8 inches. In the pac, the right and left wooden rails are both the same width. On the Galaxian, one is 2 inches wide, the other 4.5 inches wide or so. The Galaxian has a wood ledge/ lip right behind the control panel for the front metal monitor bracket to rest on, but there is no continuous rail to slide it there. You basically have to slide it one foot, then hold the front of the monitor for the last foot so the monitor doesn't fall forward. There are 3 - 4 inch wood screws someone screwed into the panel between the power supply and coin area for the front metal monitor bracket to rest on. Other than that hack mod, nothing else has been cut/removed or changed. It's very confusing.
 
I believe I took a bunch of pictures of mine a few years back for someone. If you still are lost tonight I will try and remember to send them off to you.:20:
 
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