Driving Cab Idea

[derek1800]

I have two virtua ons that were converted to sega rally. They have two 33" arcade monitors. The problem is they didn't come with the comm board and it is very unlikely that I will be able to find two, plus get the software for it. I really want to be able to race against each other so I am thinking about puting two comps in them and networking them so you can race via lan. I am just wondering how many comp raciing games support lan? Also wondering how well computer racing games will look on my arcade monitors? Should I use a arcadevga interface?

Any help or ideas would be great
Derek

[Dave_K.]

Although this doesn't answer your question, just another idea might be to put two consoles in the cabs and network them together.  Might be a much cheaper solution.  PS2 has quite a few.  And will work great with an arcade monitor.

[Stingray]

Indeed. A couple of PS2s and that would be an awesome setup for Gran Turismo 3. Gran Turismo 4 is due out this year.

-S

[derek1800]

Ya
2 ps2 == $400
I have the computers already and would only need the arcadevga's but I dont really want to fork $200 over for them. If my monitor alows it to be switched to standard.
 
I know medium res isnt good for arcade emulations but how about for pc games.
Would vga to arcade monitor work and look decent for running pc racing games. Also does using vga to arcade monitor hurt the monitor in any way?

[SNAAAKE]

Ya
2 ps2 == $400
I have the computers already and would only need the arcadevga's but I dont really want to fork $200 over for them. If my monitor alows it to be switched to standard.
 
I know medium res isnt good for arcade emulations but how about for pc games.
Would vga to arcade monitor work and look decent for running pc racing games. Also does using vga to arcade monitor hurt the monitor in any way?

What kind of monitor are these ?
24khz med res ?
Standard/med resolution all together(autoswitch) ?

There is no way to run vga computer signal on 24khz med res monitor with arcadevga video card.You might wanna use this but its not cheap.
http://happcontrols.com/monitors/96058300.htm

$450 for a pair

IF the monitors can display standard then you should get arcadevga because there is other better way.$200 isnt too bad for 2 33" monitors runnning mame. This hobby is just...expensive.
( I wish I had 2 33" monitors )

[Brad Lee]

Put the PC and guts in 1 of the machines, and build a player1 CP on that cabinet
Build the player2 CO on the second cab, using longer wires to connect it to the Ipac in cabinet 1
Find a way to duplicate the video signal to go to both monitors(Im sure there are ATI cards that'll support 2 tv-out connections)

Now youve got connected cabinets, with a single cable between them(assuming you wrap the individual wires into one)


The Need for SPeed series on PC is pretty cool on lan. Me n a buddy play on 2 pcs, one is his HTPC going to tv. Looks fine in 800x600 and very playable in 640x480

[Minwah]

Put the PC and guts in 1 of the machines, and build a player1 CP on that cabinet
Build the player2 CO on the second cab, using longer wires to connect it to the Ipac in cabinet 1
Find a way to duplicate the video signal to go to both monitors(Im sure there are ATI cards that'll support 2 tv-out connections)

Now youve got connected cabinets, with a single cable between them(assuming you wrap the individual wires into one)


The Need for SPeed series on PC is pretty cool on lan. Me n a buddy play on 2 pcs, one is his HTPC going to tv. Looks fine in 800x600 and very playable in 640x480

I doubt you could get 2 different displays (one for each viewpoint) running from the same PC.

It would have to be split-screen on both monitors, which would blow!

[derek1800]

is there any other way to get it to display at medium resolution besides the happ boards.

Im going to see if its switchable. Only thing I know is its Hitachi


Derek

[derek1800]

I took a pic of the back of the monitor. Any way opposite of were the orange and yellow wires go in there is a pin connector. Were the wires go in now it says High. I cant find a marking for the pins most likely because its on the farside. Is this how i would switch the resolution?

Derek

[SNAAAKE]

I took a pic of the back of the monitor. Any way opposite of were the orange and yellow wires go in there is a pin connector. Were the wires go in now it says High. I cant find a marking for the pins most likely because its on the farside. Is this how i would switch the resolution?

Derek

either a jumper or auto switch.got a model # and the name ?
Look for a manual online or something.

[Dave_K.]

It looks to me like that is the jumper (the connector plugged into "hi" with orange and yellow wires).  I have something similar on my hanatrex (which is switchable)...I don't remember seeing a "hi" or "low" before on mine.   The jumper connector has wires which just loop back into itself (into diff pins).  I don't like the fact that one of those yellow wires is disconnected...may be a problem if you switch to low res. To switch to low res, just pull the connector off and move put it on the other line of pins next to it.  Of course there is no sense in even trying this unless you have a 15khz rgb input source to test it with....

Lookup the monitor info/documentation just to make sure.

[derek1800]

its a hitachi type a68ksa30x