Posted by Mr SaLTy on August 18, 1999 at 18:26:47:
In Reply to: Need some opinions on building a Mame cabinet please. . . . posted by Ace on August 18, 1999 at 13:56:32:
As for the cabinet... it obviously would be cheaper to get a non-working cabinet since you are going to gut it. But a 25 inch monitor is great.
You can't just 'hook up' an arcade monitor to a computer. BUT there is a way to do it. Go here...
http://www.arcadecontrols.speedhost.com/arcade_pc2arcade.html
This is how I did mine. Keep in mind that arcade monitors do not support VGA frequencies so you will need to use a frontend for mame that supports an arcade monitor. I use ArcadeOS...
go here for that....
http://www.vti.ie/~blewis/index.html
Hope that helps.
: I have an opurtunity to purchase 1 of 4 actual
: arcade units(100% working, 25" monitor, and atlest 5 buttons per player)1. Mortal Kombat 3($545) 2. Wrestlemaina($595) 3. Run-n-Gun2($395)
: 4. Killer Instinct2($595- also is the only one of these to include a medium resolution monitor.(does this really matter?)Does anyone know if it matters which of these units I "gut out"?I may have asked this in the past, but from what I gather, an arcade monitor will hook up to your computer like a computer monitor does?Correct or not?Any other comments or suggestions welcome, as I am going to purchas soon;) Thanks