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technium:
Hi

I recently purchased off a well known auction site a Sega arcade cabinet (used to be virtua striker) which only has the crt monitor with a vga cable in it which I was told I could just hook up a pc to it and a special cable to get the joysticks and buttons to work and away I would go.

Unfortunately this has not been the case, the monitor when connected to the pc only shows wave lines almost as if its not the correct resolution, also the cables I brought have different size spade connectors on so need to sort that out.

The pc im planning on using is a Windows xp machine with onboard graphics although if you suggest I change it then I can buy a graphics card and if you think Windows is naff then I can change it to Linux but as there is different flavours of Linux could you suggest what would be better.

My idea was to just hook up the windows pc, run mame and im sorted but obviously this has now turned into a harder than thought project LOL so need some expert advice.

Someone on another forum has suggested something like soft 15khz to maybe get the monitor working but also mentioned I could need an arcadevga card but suggested I post on here for more expert advice.

sorry for being a newbie  :banghead:

thanks in advance.
TOK:
That era of Sega games are medium resolution, so if that is the original monitor it won't be 15khz. Should be 25khz.

technium:
ok but soft 15khz still changes to 25khz right???

What do you guys think is the best way forward with this cabinet? Windows or Linux? Mame or Advancemame or something completely different?

thanks again.
technium:
Anyone???

TOK:

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I would go with Windows (most front end options), regular MAME and an Arcade VGA from Ultimarc. Not sure if onboard graphics you have will support 25khz using Power Strip.
Have you checked the wiki link at the top of the page? I think you're not getting replies because you're asking the most basic of questions. Everyone has battled over this hump and its all documented.

Good luck, and post some pics in a project announcement!  :cheers:
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