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few beginner questions for the arcade monitor folks
Frostillicus:
thanks guys for the good answers. Seems like another current post is talking about tvs vs monitors vs pc monitors - how do you all feel about the WG D9200? It's expensive but looks like a nice solution for guys like me...
SNAAAKE:
its >THE< solution...man..
one of my friend bought one of these WG9200
..i almost passed out when i saw mame in action.
but i got 19" myself..i consider 27" a little too big..because i am the only one who play games most of the time.
so 19" works great for me.
neuromancer:
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well what would you guys recommend in terms of software and hardware then? I
Using just DOS is fine - I assume there is an initial driver that can be loaded to output at 15khz
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ArcadeOS does that. After it starts putting out 15khz, it beeps the speaker 3 times so you know it's safe to power on the arcade monitor. I'm using an old Trident 9XXX chipset video card.
For configuring, any modern PC monitor will shut down the display when you feed it signals it can't display.
Brief moments of higher frequencies don't seem to hurt my arcade monitor. Oops.
Bob
roboto:
Ok, I am a newbie too, and I have been greatly helped just by reading these posts. I understand that you must have a certain output from the computer to ensure that you won't blow your arcade monitor when you power it up. I also read that Dos Mame has a setting in which you can set this output frequency, so that it will work w/ the arcade monitor. My question is, do you power up the machine to windows, then restart in dos mode, run mame(or arcadeos?) then turn on the monitor? If so, do you also have a pc monitor hooked up so that you can see windows in order to restart in dos mode? I am just trying to get a sense of order so that I don't screw up my monitor. I'm also trying to get a grasp of exactly which programs run and how.(haven't used dos mame yet, only 32, and haven't even gotten into front ends). Thanks!!!
james:
i forget exactly which file (system.ini i believe) allows you to change a setting to boot up only in dos mode (gui=no or false or something), and in autoexec.bat you can set it to automatically start arcadeos on bootup.
so with a few changes you can do this:
1) make computer boot in pure dos mode
2) automatically start arcadeos and load arcade monitor settings
3) arcadeos beeps and its safe to turn on your monitor.
all this without a regular monitor :D