Posted by Scott Oberg on October 05, 1999 at 14:28:59:
In Reply to: Re: Am I missing something? posted by Andy Geez on October 05, 1999 at 14:21:45:
Hopefully we haven't been stumbling around in the dark with the answer staring us in the face- but on a whim I looked at the display settings in Win 98 and noticed that one of the monitor options that are selectable in the advanced properties is 'Television'. Has anyone tried this, or does the whole RGB vs. Composite video become an issue here?
: I think he documented about VGATV program, i.e how it works in the FAQ, its not an easy task as each video card works with the CRTC registers differently, slightly different implementation, clockspeeds and what not.
: I think Windows 95/98 and that are different display modes to what DOS uses, but in theory it would be easier to program a VGATV program for Windows than DOS, as Windows handles all the mode changes (but now this is down to display drivers and other issues).
: Pity there isn't any easy way todo it, I'd love to see DVDs and other such things on an Arcade Monitor.
: : I tried the VGATV driver early on when I was trying to get my monitor to work, without success. I later had to tweak the HScan of arcadeos to get it to work properly from DOS, so I suspect this might actually be a vid card issue.
: : Has anyone ever loaded the VGATV TSR and then tried to launch windows? Does windows 'reset' the video signal during the bootup?
: : how does arcadeos accomplish this? Is there any reason that the same process can't occur during the windows boot sequence?
: : I'm afraid that I don't know enough about the innards of video technology to figure this out. Any ideas? Does someone with a non-ATI (not supported by driver) video card wanna try launching the NTSC video TSR driver and find out?
: : I think this would be a huge leap forward for the hobby. It could potentially allow your arcade game to be a full function "information appliance", allowing things like checking mail, websurfing, file print and proxy serving, TV, radio, and stereo tuning, all from inside an arcade game.
: : I know this is a bit of a bastardization of the hobby from a purists perspective, but dammit, it would be so whizzy...