Main > Project Announcements
javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
javeryh:
--- Quote from: vertexguy on January 25, 2021, 01:24:22 pm ---Maybe consider a coin door mod so the quarter ejects to the return but still counts the credit addition? I've seen that somewhere on this board before. Then you don't need a box.
--- End quote ---
I've never seen that before. I'll have to look into it. I think what I'm going to do is just make a weird shaped coin box out of cardboard and tape and just fit it in. I'll hav to hover over the computer but I'm sure I'll figure something out.
--- Quote from: Zebidee on January 25, 2021, 04:39:02 pm ---Maybe I was overthinking your HDMI-VGA issue before with blank monitor - just wondering if you changed display settings for which video head you were outputting to? Though I guess the whole issue is a bit moot now with your DVI-VGA adapter coming in.
--- End quote ---
I am assuming it will work once I get the adapter but I'm not sure because this whole thing has been a mess. But originally it was connected via DVI out to VGA. That wouldn't fit so I had to order a new adapter... but the video card also supported HDMI out so I got an HDMI out to VGA adapter. This worked perfectly with the LCD monitors I was using to set everything up. However, it did not work when I hooked up the main CRT monitor, which I wasn't expecting. I think it is a handshake issue - the signal the monitor is expecting is different than what it is actually getting so nothing is displaying. My guess is using the DVI out to VGA adapter will work (because it worked previously when I tested the CRT monitor after it arrived at my house). I should have never bought the HDMI out to VGA adapter. I'm not even sure why I did.
javeryh:
Been wiring the coin door while I wait for the DVI adapter to arrive.
I glued 2 extra switches behind the coin returns so pressing them will add a credit. You can see the Molex connector with the 4 wires sticking out - I have to solder these ends to the green wires to the far right. The connector is so that I can remove the CP if need be. Kind of a pain but I think it’s worth it in the long run. Only issue is that I am one wire short (ground) so not quite sure how I’m going to handle that yet.
SuperMagoAlex:
--- Quote from: javeryh on January 24, 2021, 09:18:56 pm ---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.
--- End quote ---
I dont think it will work, or maybe it will work but only with an interlaced resolution like 640x480i.
You need an ATI graphic card (like Radeon R5 230...), Calamity drivers, and Groovymame to play MAME games in pixel perfect (resolution and refresh) with your crt monitor.
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: SuperMagoAlex on January 25, 2021, 05:38:52 pm ---I dont think it will work, or maybe it will work but only with an interlaced resolution like 640x480i.
You need an ATI graphic card (like Radeon R5 230...), Calamity drivers, and Groovymame to play MAME games in pixel perfect (resolution and refresh) with your crt monitor.
--- End quote ---
It has a VGA CRT monitor in there so is OK.
While one could get a lot more out of it with CRT_emudriver and Groovymame, it can happen later. More important to wrap up the cab building side of the project for now.
SuperMagoAlex:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on January 25, 2021, 06:18:23 pm ---
It has a VGA CRT monitor in there so is OK.
While one could get a lot more out of it with CRT_emudriver and Groovymame, it can happen later. More important to wrap up the cab building side of the project for now.
--- End quote ---
I thought he had a 15khz arcade monitor.
With vga monitor (640x480p), he can't use groovymame.