Does anyone have an old 14" PC monitor lying round?

Or two?

It has to be 14" so it is going back quite a while in the PC age.  Or does anyone know a junk shop where I could likely find a couple of these babies?

I am rebuilding some old arcade machines and need a quick 14" display. 

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Have you tried the likes of cash converters? I was there yesterday and they had quite a few CRT's, though I am unsure if they had any 14".

Otherwise one of those computer recycler places might be able to help, there is on on payneham road I believe.

I have 1 very old (I think about 14 years) CRT monitor in the garage. I don't know how big it is but I think it's about 14" and has a maximum resolution of 800x600.

Do you want it? It's yours if you do...

PS. We had two but one has disappeared and I recall it being thrown out because we tested it and it did not work. This one worked last time we used it but that was over 5 years ago probably so there's no way I can be sure that it works now.

Why, pray tell, were you at Cashies buddy?

Selling stolen shit to feed your crack habit?

Sweet I'll take Oli up on his offer.  Plus knowing that he probably weaned his L337 $|<1LL$ on it makes it all the more special.

Theres a guy at the Brickworks markets that sells nothing but "junk" pc stuff. Im talking stuff between 10-20 yrs old. I'd bet you could find any number of 14" monitors there for $5 or so each.

Hes upstairs if you come from the main carpark theres stairs or a ramp, you have to walk right past him to get into the main drag there.

Bloody oath. It's even got an additional panel thing on the front to prevent radiation...

Theres still nothing like the cocktail cabinets.
They just don't design arcade games anymore which are designed to be used whilst drinking. What is the world getting to?
The worst that might happen is making silly bets and dares whilst trying to be the Galaxian master standard paro, all of which is very good fun.

This is one project I have embarked on for many of years but never really pursued it. My goal was to enclose a PC running MAME and interface it using a JAMMA harness. That way I would not overly butcher the thing and still be able to use real game boards.

Godspeed in your quests.

man, ur about a week too late mate. I just binned about 30 assorted sized CRT monitors at work...sorry bro

Yeah I know what you mean.   It has taken a while but the two (one Taito and one LAI) I have are now pretty much operational - just at the stage of re-chroming the legs, new glass and generally prettying them up.  They both now run 48 in 1 JAMMA boards which have all the cocktail classic games.  I am on the look out for an upright (lowboy) next which I will tastefully do the MAME fighting game thing on.

I highly recommend just getting an old cab, gutting it and sitting it somewhere inconvenient in your house for months.  This will then motivate you to finish it off.    

If you do get around to it I am more than happy to have a look in.

Im sure these mame arcade cabinets are a great talking point when people come over (once they're up and running). I've always wanted to do it but never got around to it...

I've got an old LG crt monitor at home. I think its 14". I'll check tonight. If it is its all yours.

Thanks Archer I'll take it (if you have it and you don't live too far out of the city).   

So... Did it work? I hope so.

I checked it worked quickly.  Haven't pulled it from its chassis yet.  I'll send a pic when its in - you'll love it.

Cool. Looking forward to the pics.

Do you have 1 screen on each side then another larger one in the centre?

No no that pic in low res from my phone is a little misleading.  It has one screen in the centre - the screen automatically rotates when its 2p's shot.   The other two things on the side are stickers for whatever game its is (often engrish).  This is the beer resting area.

I went in to the computer hoarders store at the Brickworks on Saturday and picked up two additional 14" monitors for $20 (I think the guy saw me coming).   It was kind of amazing and weird at the same time. 

So I had three and the best one being from Oli of course.  I destroyed them all in the process of removing the plastic case and trying to get them to fit in to my existing cabinet.  I discovered that PC monitors must simply be deeper than arcade monitors. 

This leads me to be on the hunt for a 14" LCD monitor...

Good luck finding a 14" LCD... I think the standard size since the time they were introduced was 15" Should be able to pick some up for under a hundred each. Are you signed up on Overclockers.com.au? They have a good trading forum but you can only access it if you've been a member for 90 days IIRC.

14" should be able to be found, but you may find that you have to source it from overseas/ebay.

A couple of clients from work have space requirements in some of their businesses and need 14" unfortunately we have yet to find a reliable aussie source for them.

Another option may be to source some old 14" Notebooks and flog the LCD from them. Not too sure how you'd go as I believe you may need a controller for that specific panel, but it might be an option, plenty of websites around that discuss these types of things as people quite often need 14" and small panels for their home made projectors.

Check Lumenlabs forums for some info on panels out there etc, but of a different topic but they may be able to help with your specific needs.


Edit: Oooh another thought I had, what about those old Commodore 64 monitors? I believe they used to take composite or VGA in and were relatively small?? May be smaller than a PC Monitor anyway?

Ah yeah the laptop stripping is a good idea. I had not thought of that!