Noob question about a WG monitor model

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At work I noticed this monitor sitting in the disposal area. It's a Wells Gardner 19-inch, but the model number listed on the sticker (pictured) is 19K7995. I've read that the first two numbers after the K designate the model number. However, looking on Bob Roberts' monitor ID page, I can't seem to find anything about this type of model number.

My noob question would be: Would this count as a WG K7000 series of monitor? I see there are 7200 series and 7400 series of WG monitors, but just don't know what to make of this one. If it's something that can be used in a cabinet I would ask the facilities folks here if I could take it off their hands rather than have it be tossed.
 

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looks medium res. that card should have a red wire running from the chassis to it, and then a white wire that goes to the neck socket. there will be one pin on the neck socket that's lifted out and not soldered in -- this is where the white wire goes.

it's been awhile, but I think that's how it goes!
 
Sticker on the tube says "A48ACB24X", did a bit of googling & someone was asking about a replacement one for his NARC cabinet (Medium Res).

Nice find, how come I never find arcade monitors just lying around unwanted.

Rescue it! :D
 
I'm curious to know what this came out of?

Medical equipment? Auto diagnostic equipment? I see something HP in the background.

Tube might be medium res (has a .62 dotpitch) but I'm not sure about the chassis. I think that card is an NTSC decoder or part of one.
 
Could be a regular tv. But it appears to have the 10 pin p1/p2 connector...might work if hooked up to an appropriate connector from a game harness?
 
save it and any others you come across.

I fixed a bunch of 13" k7000's for a buddy that owned an auto repair shop. He had 10 machines that had various issues from dead, to bad cap issues to any other problem that K7000's have.

The manufacture of the equipment wanted $300 per machine for repairs. I fixed all of them with caps and repairing cold solder.
 
I have the same monitor. I've never seen one like that here before. It has a lot of differences from a standard K7000. The main board is P687 (no results if you google that), neckboard is P689, then you have the unique daughterboard and even the RGBS section is different. I want to to make a detailed post about it after rebuilding it. For now, just look at the label, LOL:

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Wow! Thanks everyone for the info and the reference links. I spoke to the woman at the operations desk about taking it and she said that she couldn't give it to me, but if it walked off on it's own *wink wink*... So I scooped it up and put it in my office.

I work at a technical college, so as someone mentioned above this is probably from a piece of diagnostic equipment. We have a large automotive mechanics program along with HVAC, so it's possible it came from one of those areas.

The pic of the label that M K L shared is also on this monitor. I noticed where they cut a wire, but don't know what the black box is that it leads to. I'll have to look into it.

Anyhow, I saved it from certain doom and will hang onto it. You can be certain I'll be lurking around that hallway every day from now on looking for more. :)
 

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that "black box" looks like a iso trans to me

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This. Due to its location it probably added some "wiggle" to the screen too. I'd remove it and hang onto it for future use so long as whatever cab this monitor ends up in has its own ISO.
 
It suggests this monitor wasn't meant to be used in an arcade cab.

Yeah, those last three pins are not the same as they would be in an arcade game. I bet the chassis could be modified though.

Those chassis have a few "built in" mods like inverted input and now this one (whatever it is).
 
That's what I plan to do if I can't get it to work with an analog RGB source. The 19KHz is puzzling...
 
That's what I plan to do if I can't get it to work with an analog RGB source. The 19KHz is puzzling...

I wonder if it's modified at all. Take some pics top and bottom around that 3 pin connector. I bet those signals are just relabeled.
 
You lose. It's heavily modified. RGB signals are treated differently and pin 10 (normally used as csync) is routed to the daughterboard (the red wire):

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Yep, mine is the same with the red wire running to the daughter card. So this monitor is essentially a square peg for a round hole as far as an arcade monitor?
 
You lose. It's heavily modified. RGB signals are treated differently and pin 10 (normally used as csync) is routed to the daughterboard (the red wire):

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I lose? LOL! you're the one with the useless monitor. :) Well, not totally useless.

I bet that thing can be changed to standard operation in no time.
 
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