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I like reading about the games folks find on the
side of the road. I'm happy to say it finally
happened to me. :>

Traveling to Church one Sunday morning (see it
pays to go to Church) and found a Gravitar sitting
on the side of the road. Needless to say I
slammed on the breaks and took a look. I was sad
to see it had been converted, but the cabinet was
still in nice shape with good side-art, front,
etc. Fortunately, a buddy of mine was looking for
this game and already has most of the parts (He
still needs a wiring harness and I understand
Gravitar, Black Widow and Space Dual all use the
same harness. Anyone have one???), just lacked
the cabinet. He's already looking forward to
the restoration, so we can count this one saved!

It has a WG7000 series monitor, but the neck is
smashed. Anyone know of WG49xx tube is typically
compatible with WG7000 series chassis or is the
tube usually different? I suspect different, but
thought I should ask.

Scott C.
 
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Congrats on your find.
Those all use the same harness so you should be able to find one fairly
easy.


Troy,


Scott Caldwell <lscottcaldwell@excite.com> wrote in message
news:qkUce.2296$gd5.2103@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
> I like reading about the games folks find on the
> side of the road. I'm happy to say it finally
> happened to me. :>
>
> Traveling to Church one Sunday morning (see it
> pays to go to Church) and found a Gravitar sitting
> on the side of the road. Needless to say I
> slammed on the breaks and took a look. I was sad
> to see it had been converted, but the cabinet was
> still in nice shape with good side-art, front,
> etc. Fortunately, a buddy of mine was looking for
> this game and already has most of the parts (He
> still needs a wiring harness and I understand
> Gravitar, Black Widow and Space Dual all use the
> same harness. Anyone have one???), just lacked
> the cabinet. He's already looking forward to
> the restoration, so we can count this one saved!
>
> It has a WG7000 series monitor, but the neck is
> smashed. Anyone know of WG49xx tube is typically
> compatible with WG7000 series chassis or is the
> tube usually different? I suspect different, but
> thought I should ask.
>
> Scott C.
 
Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?)

Congrats. Free games rock. I got a Galaxian, Asteroids and Star Castle at
the dump......twas a nice morning to go with my coffee! 😀

tim (NH)

"Scott Caldwell" <lscottcaldwell@excite.com> wrote in message
news:qkUce.2296$gd5.2103@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
>I like reading about the games folks find on the
> side of the road. I'm happy to say it finally
> happened to me. :>
>
> Traveling to Church one Sunday morning (see it
> pays to go to Church) and found a Gravitar sitting
> on the side of the road. Needless to say I
> slammed on the breaks and took a look. I was sad
> to see it had been converted, but the cabinet was
> still in nice shape with good side-art, front,
> etc. Fortunately, a buddy of mine was looking for
> this game and already has most of the parts (He
> still needs a wiring harness and I understand
> Gravitar, Black Widow and Space Dual all use the
> same harness. Anyone have one???), just lacked
> the cabinet. He's already looking forward to
> the restoration, so we can count this one saved!
>
> It has a WG7000 series monitor, but the neck is
> smashed. Anyone know of WG49xx tube is typically
> compatible with WG7000 series chassis or is the
> tube usually different? I suspect different, but
> thought I should ask.
>
> Scott C.
 
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Technically, the don't use the *same* harness - the basics such as power and
video are the same but SD differs in that it uses a 24 pin Molex connector
at the control panel to hold all of the additional wires going to the
control panel. You can use a SD main harness, it just won't mate to the
factory Gravitar control panel harness. :)

--
-Steve P.

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"Troy" <troyl@lvcm.com> wrote in message news:EsUce.235$eU.87@fed1read07...
> Congrats on your find.
> Those all use the same harness so you should be able to find one fairly
> easy.
>
>
> Troy,
>
>
> Scott Caldwell <lscottcaldwell@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:qkUce.2296$gd5.2103@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
>> I like reading about the games folks find on the
>> side of the road. I'm happy to say it finally
>> happened to me. :>
>>
>> Traveling to Church one Sunday morning (see it
>> pays to go to Church) and found a Gravitar sitting
>> on the side of the road. Needless to say I
>> slammed on the breaks and took a look. I was sad
>> to see it had been converted, but the cabinet was
>> still in nice shape with good side-art, front,
>> etc. Fortunately, a buddy of mine was looking for
>> this game and already has most of the parts (He
>> still needs a wiring harness and I understand
>> Gravitar, Black Widow and Space Dual all use the
>> same harness. Anyone have one???), just lacked
>> the cabinet. He's already looking forward to
>> the restoration, so we can count this one saved!
>>
>> It has a WG7000 series monitor, but the neck is
>> smashed. Anyone know of WG49xx tube is typically
>> compatible with WG7000 series chassis or is the
>> tube usually different? I suspect different, but
>> thought I should ask.
>>
>> Scott C.
>
>
 
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Yeah, technically the control panels have some different wiring/ connectors.
I play all three games in my SD cab.
I have customized the connectors to switch between panels easily, plug and
play.
if you get a Gravitar harness you would have to add some control wires to
play the other two, easy enough to do.


Troy,


Steve Prendergast <stevepren-newsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:96-dnVz_iagQiOnfRVn-qA@adelphia.com...
> Technically, the don't use the *same* harness - the basics such as power
and
> video are the same but SD differs in that it uses a 24 pin Molex connector
> at the control panel to hold all of the additional wires going to the
> control panel. You can use a SD main harness, it just won't mate to the
> factory Gravitar control panel harness. :)
>
> --
> -Steve P.
>
> All messages are scanned with Norton Anti-Virus
>
> "Troy" <troyl@lvcm.com> wrote in message
news:EsUce.235$eU.87@fed1read07...
> > Congrats on your find.
> > Those all use the same harness so you should be able to find one fairly
> > easy.
> >
> >
> > Troy,
> >
> >
> > Scott Caldwell <lscottcaldwell@excite.com> wrote in message
> > news:qkUce.2296$gd5.2103@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
> >> I like reading about the games folks find on the
> >> side of the road. I'm happy to say it finally
> >> happened to me. :>
> >>
> >> Traveling to Church one Sunday morning (see it
> >> pays to go to Church) and found a Gravitar sitting
> >> on the side of the road. Needless to say I
> >> slammed on the breaks and took a look. I was sad
> >> to see it had been converted, but the cabinet was
> >> still in nice shape with good side-art, front,
> >> etc. Fortunately, a buddy of mine was looking for
> >> this game and already has most of the parts (He
> >> still needs a wiring harness and I understand
> >> Gravitar, Black Widow and Space Dual all use the
> >> same harness. Anyone have one???), just lacked
> >> the cabinet. He's already looking forward to
> >> the restoration, so we can count this one saved!
> >>
> >> It has a WG7000 series monitor, but the neck is
> >> smashed. Anyone know of WG49xx tube is typically
> >> compatible with WG7000 series chassis or is the
> >> tube usually different? I suspect different, but
> >> thought I should ask.
> >>
> >> Scott C.
> >
> >
>
>
 
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"Troy" <troyl@lvcm.com> wrote in message news:LaVce.237$eU.12@fed1read07...
> Yeah, technically the control panels have some different wiring/
> connectors.
> I play all three games in my SD cab.


I do too.. The SD harness is the best bet for multi-game useage. :)


> I have customized the connectors to switch between panels easily, plug and
> play.
> if you get a Gravitar harness you would have to add some control wires to
> play the other two, easy enough to do.
>
>
> Troy,


Yep. I have mini adapter looms made up to mate between the SD and GR/BW/MH
CPs.

You can add standard wires stolen from, say, a spare JAMMA harness into the
GR/BW harness to add the additional controls for SD, etc...

-Steve P.
 
Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?)

WG49xx and wg7000 have different pins on the neck.

7000 has a smaller neck with 8 pins 46xx has larger neck with 10 pins

"Scott Caldwell" <lscottcaldwell@excite.com> wrote in message
news:qkUce.2296$gd5.2103@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
>I like reading about the games folks find on the
> side of the road. I'm happy to say it finally
> happened to me. :>
>
> Traveling to Church one Sunday morning (see it
> pays to go to Church) and found a Gravitar sitting
> on the side of the road. Needless to say I
> slammed on the breaks and took a look. I was sad
> to see it had been converted, but the cabinet was
> still in nice shape with good side-art, front,
> etc. Fortunately, a buddy of mine was looking for
> this game and already has most of the parts (He
> still needs a wiring harness and I understand
> Gravitar, Black Widow and Space Dual all use the
> same harness. Anyone have one???), just lacked
> the cabinet. He's already looking forward to
> the restoration, so we can count this one saved!
>
> It has a WG7000 series monitor, but the neck is
> smashed. Anyone know of WG49xx tube is typically
> compatible with WG7000 series chassis or is the
> tube usually different? I suspect different, but
> thought I should ask.
>
> Scott C.
 
Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?)

Yep, that's what I thought. Thanks.

Scott C.

Jason Souza wrote:
> WG49xx and wg7000 have different pins on the neck.
>
> 7000 has a smaller neck with 8 pins 46xx has larger neck with 10 pins
>
> "Scott Caldwell" <lscottcaldwell@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:qkUce.2296$gd5.2103@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
>
>>I like reading about the games folks find on the
>>side of the road. I'm happy to say it finally
>>happened to me. :>
>>
>>Traveling to Church one Sunday morning (see it
>>pays to go to Church) and found a Gravitar sitting
>>on the side of the road. Needless to say I
>>slammed on the breaks and took a look. I was sad
>>to see it had been converted, but the cabinet was
>>still in nice shape with good side-art, front,
>>etc. Fortunately, a buddy of mine was looking for
>>this game and already has most of the parts (He
>>still needs a wiring harness and I understand
>>Gravitar, Black Widow and Space Dual all use the
>>same harness. Anyone have one???), just lacked
>>the cabinet. He's already looking forward to
>>the restoration, so we can count this one saved!
>>
>>It has a WG7000 series monitor, but the neck is
>>smashed. Anyone know of WG49xx tube is typically
>>compatible with WG7000 series chassis or is the
>>tube usually different? I suspect different, but
>>thought I should ask.
>>
>>Scott C.
>
>
>
 
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