My understanding is that the only difference between the (not very) new Z-connector receivers and the (very very) old ones is the way the servo power is wired. The signal from the transmitter is the same.
So the new receivers should work, you just need to switch the + and - wires on the servo plug (or, leave them in the "normal" positions that all the servo manufacturers now use).
I have seen Futaba receivers used with Sanwa and maybe KO too. Although these mix-and-match solutions sort-of-work, if there is interference about, it always seems to be the mix-and-match setups that suffer.
My only experience of mix-and-match gear was running a "compatible" Hitec receiver with my Futaba transmitter. It worked on one crystal, but when I had to change crystals for the final the car went nuts and did donuts by the rostrum.
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