And I move outta Reno to go to school 
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I stopped by Tuesday morning and here is the deal: [big snip]
Even though I can't really pick any of these up (tried explaining this to my sister in Tahoe, and then there is storage/shipment) thanks for the information. I would have definitely picked up a few if they were open to picking through to filter for burn.
I stopped by Tuesday morning and here is the deal:
They started out with 1654 monitors (at least that is what their inventory computer said they had). 60 pallets with 18 to 25 monitors per pallet. 6 to 8 pallets were already taken by locals that wanted to try their luck scrapping the monitors for metal. Good luck with that guys.
The sizes are 13 inch 17 inch and 19 inch tubes. It appears all of the 19 inch monitors are VGA. However with an up converter board they should look better than installing an LCD screen. Some of the 13 inch units look to be old enough to be analog and are probably CGA.
All of the monitors have screen burn that I can see. Some are severe and some very light. I selected two Wells Gardner monitors at random and brought them home with me. Both fired right up with no issue. I did not have time to adapt the gaming input connector to a VGA connector. These were working system pulls for gaming machines that are being converted to LCD, so most should work without issue.
The main brands are:
Wells Gardner
Kortek
Tovus (Same brand that Happ used for Vision Pro)
Ceronix
The Wells Gardner are a odd size 18 inch tubes (18D9301A)
The problems with these units other than the resolution issues and screen burn:
The frames are gaming style. They do not have "ears" to attach to normal arcade mounting brackets. You will have to move these units to 19 inch empty frames or fabricate an adapter bracket.
The input connector is either an 15 pin or 10 pin gaming adapter that both combines signal inputs and ac power in one. Adapters or cable modifications will have to be made.
And as mentioned by me and others in this thread, VGA signal input which will require a conversion board.
I am going back in the morning and will be picking up several pallets for myself and a few other collectors that have asked me for monitors. There is a possible deadline of the end of the month before they will need the space and have to deal with the remaining monitors. Once I get some of the other brands I will update this description.
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I asked again what the time frame was for removal and it appears that if pallets are still being claimed they will probably hold off trashing the remaining monitors for as long as they can.
In addition for anyone that appears to be a metal scrapper they are going to give them the 17 inch and 18 monitors first so that the 19 inch and 13 inch monitors will be held back for arcade collectors.
Would love to have a few for my System 2 games.![]()
Ok, the folks running this seem to be VERY cool about the situation they are in. Making adjustments so that the least useful stuff goes to the scrappers first so that others can effectively recycle the best. Not many spend the extra time to do this stuff.
In addition for anyone that appears to be a metal scrapper they are going to give them the 17 inch and 18 monitors first so that the 19 inch and 13 inch monitors will be held back for arcade collectors.
-roger-
Wouldn't the 18 inch monitors be good candidates for Red Tents and DK cocktails?
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I have been looking for a a couple nice 19" VGA monitors. If anyone that has picked up some is willing to ship to WA or will ever be in the area, I'd love to buy some.
Any updates on getting these monitors working starcade1962?