Anyone seen a Nintendo red tent in Australia?

[Adzy8383]

Nintendo vs. system cocktail cabinet.

Looking for leads would like to track one down. I have posted a wanted ad in wanted section.

 

 

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Edited April 8, 2017 by Adzy8383

[Arcade King]

Interesting, never heard them called a red tent cab before :D

[Adzy8383]

Good point some may not have heard it called that I'll edit the title

 

 

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[Arcade King]

Good point some may not have heard it called that I'll edit the title

 

 

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I'm just interested to know where that name come from, I've always known them as vs cabs.

[Adzy8383]

Yanks slang.

 

 

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[wweumina]

I have the shell of one which i got off the shipping container a couple of years back. It's currently dismantled and will be heading off to the powdercoaters soon. Unfortunately it came without the monitors and they're a weird size so it might be lcd for a while.

[Adzy8383]

I have the shell of one which i got off the shipping container a couple of years back. It's currently dismantled and will be heading off to the powdercoaters soon. Unfortunately it came without the monitors and they're a weird size so it might be lcd for a while.

 

Hi mate,

U wanna sell?, I have the boards for it and know my way around a tube and chassis.

 

 

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[wweumina]

No. Sorry. I'm ok with monitors aa well, it's just a matter of getting some tubes of the right size. It's a pretty tight fit in there.

[Adzy8383]

Ahh spewing for me. 19 inch squeeze in there? Get ur hands on some 48cm tv and get Joey to match u up a chassis.

 

 

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[Pelly]

Yeah Nintendo used a bespoke 18" Sanyo EZ in the Red Tents.. Similar but still different to the Sanyo's they used in all their other cabs.

 

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[djcalle]

The 18" tubes are indeed rare but can sometimes be found in old TVs.

There's one on marketplace at the moment with a tube that match size wise, may need a yoke swap but a good base given how rare they are:

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/539369263985477/

the seller sent me this picture of the tube label: 

[jbtech]

Just out of interest, what is the original size / tube number fitted to the Nintendo 'red tent'? is it 46, 47 or 48cm? Regards, John.

[djcalle]

On 16/10/2021 at 8:37 AM, jbtech said:

Just out of interest, what is the original size / tube number fitted to the Nintendo 'red tent'? is it 46, 47 or 48cm? Regards, John.

470NVB22 is the original, I believe they are 43 or 44cm. the 47 leading numbers are confusing, for instance, a regular lowboy using 48cm tubes could use A48xxxxxx or 510xxxx, they are the same size, different naming convention.