Re: PC to Arcade Monitor without JAMMA board?


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Posted by Mr SaLTy on September 02, 1999 at 12:44:49:

In Reply to: Re: PC to Arcade Monitor without JAMMA board? posted by goose on September 02, 1999 at 09:58:59:

: : : With PC2JAMMA, to use an arcade monitor we run the appropriate VGA pinouts to the JAMMA board. Does anyone foresee problems circumventing the JAMMA board and running the VGA pinouts directly to the monitor?

: : : Specifically, are their any electrical/safety considerations I need to make (i.e. grounding, etc.)

: : : Joe

: : Nope, not a problem..... I have done it and it works fine. Go here so see the pinouts...

: : http://www.arcadecontrols.speedhost.com/arcade_pc2arcade.html

: : Just hook up the correct wires from a vga cable to the correct ones on the monitor and it works great on most arcade monitors. Assuming you use a video card that is compatable.

: : Anyway, it should work fine.

:
: how does win9x recognize the resolution of the monitor?? or do you have to switch
: the monitors back and forth?

You can't really use win9x. Not unless you use a converter that has ntsc output that the monitor can use. I just use DOS and the frontend arcadeOS that supports an arcade monitor's refresh rates.... Start it in the autoexec.bat file and it will beep 3 times when its going so you can then turn on the monitor. It has a DOS shell that lets you use EDIT and stuff. If you need the PC to support an arcade monitor and a regular monitor you could just switch monitors or use a switchbox and boot dos from a floppy when you want to use the arcade monitor.

My 2 cents




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