Mr. Do monitor

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I'm trading a guy an Arkanoid (beat up but working great) for his non-working Ms. Pac cocktail (Nice shape). He wanted me to do some work on his Mr. Do and in exchange he would give me a MAME machine, also. MAME is in a football frenzy cab. He says that the games run 24/7 and have for 15 years or so. He used to have a "TV guy" who would come out and adjust the monitor when the colors would get "off". I said he was probably degaussing it and he said that was what the guy called it. The colors are now "off" again 10 years later. Being that this game has probably never had the monitor capped I am going to cap it for him.

Assuming this is an all original cabinet, which monitor should I expect to find tomorrow? I have extra cap kits lying around. I want to take a few potential candidates with me.
 
I'm trading a guy an Arkanoid (beat up but working great) for his non-working Ms. Pac cocktail (Nice shape). He wanted me to do some work on his Mr. Do and in exchange he would give me a MAME machine, also. MAME is in a football frenzy cab. He says that the games run 24/7 and have for 15 years or so. He used to have a "TV guy" who would come out and adjust the monitor when the colors would get "off". I said he was probably degaussing it and he said that was what the guy called it. The colors are now "off" again 10 years later. Being that this game has probably never had the monitor capped I am going to cap it for him.

Assuming this is an all original cabinet, which monitor should I expect to find tomorrow? I have extra cap kits lying around. I want to take a few potential candidates with me.

Mr. Do! was one of the first really successful 'kit' games, so I wouldn't assume it is a dedicated machine. Could have been converted from just about anything, meaning it could have just about any monitor (over 15 years old) in it if he hasn't replaced it since he owned it. My dedicated Cosmic Avenger, also a Universal game, had an NEC monitor in it. Chassis was mounted on a board, separate from the tube.
 
Mr. Do! was one of the first really successful 'kit' games, so I wouldn't assume it is a dedicated machine. Could have been converted from just about anything, meaning it could have just about any monitor (over 15 years old) in it if he hasn't replaced it since he owned it. My dedicated Cosmic Avenger, also a Universal game, had an NEC monitor in it. Chassis was mounted on a board, separate from the tube.

I'm gonna hope its not some funky monitor setup.
 
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