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javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
Zebidee:
Your issue may come down to the sync.
I suspect that HDMI-VGA dongle will only give you horizontal sync over VGA pin 13, no vertical sync via pin 14?. This could explain your monitor's behaviour - it detects a connection but the sync is not right.
If this is the reason, you can get composite sync via VGA pin 13 if you enable composite sync in VMMaker and regenerate/reinstall video modes.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on January 24, 2021, 08:26:45 pm ---Your issue may come down to the sync.
I suspect that HDMI-VGA dongle will only give you horizontal sync over VGA pin 13, no vertical sync via pin 14?. This could explain your monitor's behaviour - it detects a connection but the sync is not right.
If this is the reason, you can get composite sync via VGA pin 13 if you enable composite sync in VMMaker and regenerate/reinstall video modes.
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Thanks. I’m not really sure what this means... is it an easy fix?
I had the monitor previously hooked up using a DVI to VGA adapter previously but the stupid adapter is almost 2” long and that plus the VGA connection is the reason the computer didn’t fit inside the cabinet in the first place. It worked though - picture was fine. So I just ordered THIS one instead. This will fit. It arrives tomorrow so I hope it works.
I don’t think I’ll be decasing a monitor again anytime soon. An LCD with some HLSL scan lines is good enough for my basement.
Arroyo:
I don’t believe javery is using GroovyMame. Or maybe I missed that.
I would try the native resolution of the CRT and reconnect it after setting up on your LCD.
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: Arroyo on January 24, 2021, 08:55:48 pm ---I don’t believe javery is using GroovyMame. Or maybe I missed that.
I would try the native resolution of the CRT and reconnect it after setting up on your LCD.
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You mean the CRT_emulator driver? Good point. Even so, it could be a potential solution.
There are other ways of enabling composite sync for different video cards too.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Arroyo on January 24, 2021, 08:55:48 pm ---I don’t believe javery is using GroovyMame. Or maybe I missed that.
I would try the native resolution of the CRT and reconnect it after setting up on your LCD.
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I’m not. Just MAME and Hyperspin. I’ll try changing the resolution on the LCD and reconnect. If that doesn’t work, maybe the new DVI-VGA adapter will. It was working via DVI previously.
I’m just getting sick of this project at this point - spent dozens of hours on software and hiding windows and other junk I don’t find particularly fun.