Mirroring image on LCD

GobsmackDrew

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Does anyone know a viable option for outputting a mirrored image on an LCD screen. I have a Space Invaders cab that the main board and screen have died and I am thinking of using an LCD and a 60-in-1 to bring it back to life. However, I can't find a way to get the Space Invaders on the 60-in-1 to show a mirrored image so it looks correct when bouncing off the glass. Does anyone know a way around this?
 
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The chassis, are beyond repair. I was thinking as the image is reflected having an LCD picture might not look too bad. Ordinarily I wouldn't use LCD but I want to do this as I little experiment.
 
There is no such thing as beyond repair.

If you don't know how to fix it, send it to someone here who does.
The chassis require a coil to work and that coil is no longer available anywhere. I have sent it to a couple of people and there is no work around.
 
The chassis require a coil to work and that coil is no longer available anywhere. I have sent it to a couple of people and there is no work around.
People will have stashes and Hords here of pretty much any part you think is unobtanium. We can help you get it running correctly. Post up what you have.

Sidenote. Most lcds you can't flip the image but some you can. In my experience it's sometimes in the hidden service menu of the panel depending upon how new it is and if there is extended functions available. Usually the pricier ones will have it, cheaper ones don't.

Good luck either way.
 
What SCUBA said.

This is a preservation forum. We restore original boards and monitors. Gutting games and replacing the internals with cheap 60-in-1's and LCD's is frowned upon here.

Who did you send the monitor chassis to? There are no parts that are unfixable or irreplaceable.
 
If anyone could help me, I'd much rather have this working original. Okay, I have 2 boards and 2 chassis. In fact I have 2 machines. These are Zaccaria The Invaders. I get the same result no matter which board and/or chassis I use. I just can't get the image to sync. All I get is this distorted image on screen. 1000029315.jpg1000029316.jpg1000029317.jpg I would love to have this fully working.
 
If anyone could help me, I'd much rather have this working original. Okay, I have 2 boards and 2 chassis. In fact I have 2 machines. These are Zaccaria The Invaders. I get the same result no matter which board and/or chassis I use. I just can't get the image to sync. All I get is this distorted image on screen. View attachment 768391View attachment 768393View attachment 768394 I would love to have this fully working.
Which leads me to conclude that there is something else happening that is causing it. Now there is a sticker inside the cab that mentions 'tuning the crystal' or something but I have no idea how or what that even means.
 
What SCUBA said.

This is a preservation forum. We restore original boards and monitors. Gutting games and replacing the internals with cheap 60-in-1's and LCD's is frowned upon here.

Who did you send the monitor chassis to? There are no parts that are unfixable or irreplaceable.
If there is a way to get it running on original hardware I would always prefer that. I would never destroy something if it was fixable. Just going by what the guy who sold it to me said.
 
it appears you have sync. you need to adjust H. Hold

what is this coil that you can't get? and what model monitor is this? it looks very Hantarex, I don't think they made a B&W raster monitor though..?
 
it appears you have sync. you need to adjust H. Hold

what is this coil that you can't get? and what model monitor is this? it looks very Hantarex, I don't think they made a B&W raster monitor though..?
I have adjusted everything and this is the best it gets. To be honest I have no idea about the coil, I'm not very technical, just going by what I was told.
 
coil or flyback. If its the width coil I know how to finagle an available coil that has a wide enough spec to encompass the needs but could never find a flyback for the monitor easily
 
Install a different crt monitor like g07, k4600, k4900, etc and flip the yoke wires around to invert the picture (you can cut the connector to separate wires or use a pin extractor to move the pins in the housing). Search for yoke flipping examples here. There was another thread here years back where someone did that, and also installed a switch to turn off the moon back light so it wasn't visible on non-space themed games like Donney Kong on the 60n1. Came out pretty nice I thought.

Then sell the original parts so someone else can use them in an authentic restoration.
 
Install a different crt monitor like g07, k4600, k4900, etc and flip the yoke wires around to invert the picture (you can cut the connector to separate wires or use a pin extractor to move the pins in the housing). Search for yoke flipping examples here. There was another thread here years back where someone did that, and also installed a switch to turn off the moon back light so it wasn't visible on non-space themed games like Donney Kong on the 60n1. Came out pretty nice I thought.

Then sell the original parts so someone else can use them in an authentic restoration.
How does that work with a Black and White signal and the different coloured tapes on the screen?
 
it appears you have sync. you need to adjust H. Hold

what is this coil that you can't get? and what model monitor is this? it looks very Hantarex, I don't think they made a B&W raster monitor though..?
Apparently it is a Hantarex MT-1 It is the horizontal inductor coil that is the thing we can't seem to find replacements for.
 
it appears you have sync. you need to adjust H. Hold

what is this coil that you can't get? and what model monitor is this? it looks very Hantarex, I don't think they made a B&W raster monitor though..?
Horizontal Inductor coil
 
Install a different crt monitor like g07, k4600, k4900, etc and flip the yoke wires around to invert the picture (you can cut the connector to separate wires or use a pin extractor to move the pins in the housing). Search for yoke flipping examples here. There was another thread here years back where someone did that, and also installed a switch to turn off the moon back light so it wasn't visible on non-space themed games like Donney Kong on the 60n1. Came out pretty nice I thought.

Then sell the original parts so someone else can use them in an authentic restoration.

I have 3 Space Invaders on location that I have done this to. Original tubes were
all worn out. We have 2 more with original B&W monitors that are still hanging in there.
 
How does that work with a Black and White signal and the different coloured tapes on the screen?
Space Invaders on the 60 in 1 displays in emulated color, unless you set one of the soft dip switch settings to black and white. If you wanted to play other games in the same cabinet, then you would use the color option for Space Invaders, and take off the gel overlays. If you are just using the 60 in 1 for Space Invaders only, you can keep the gel overlays and set the dip to black and white. The color monitor chassis will require you to have a harness that carries all the colors, so you might have to buy a cheap Jamma wire harness to install in the cabinet, but you would need that anyways to hook to a 60 in 1 pcb.

Of course there are other options as well. If you want to keep the cabinet harness, but upgrade the monitor to a color monitor, you can use the Midway 8080 Fusion multigame board sold at arcadeshop.com:


It supports color monitors.
 
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