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Ed ONeill:
 MameMe

I think I am going to use a tv/vcr combo so I am thinking a trap door (remove front panel) to access the front of the tv so my son can watch tv,play a movie or game. This would also solve the powering on the tv .

I also haven't decided about the powering of the joystick yet but I may just add a switch on top or back of the game . This would then make it like a real arcade game.

DrewKaree...would an old ati all in wonder work for you?

Just my 2 cents
ED
DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: Ed ONeill on December 01, 2004, 07:58:57 am ---DrewKaree...would an old ati all in wonder work for you?

Just my 2 cents
ED
--- End quote ---
Is that a standalone box?  I thought it was a video card?

What I'm looking for is a standalone box that'll convert the signal so all I'd have is the 5-in-1, the converter, and a PC monitor.  Failing the standalone box-type converter, someone's DIY converter.  Using a videocard would require the use of a PC, which negates the cool/cheap factor of the 5-in-1.

All the standalone boxes I've come across are in the $130-ish + range, which is silly expensive.

I'd like to build a bartop with a 5-in-1 and a PC monitor, so something like a hack RCA-to-VGA box or a box priced somewhere in the $30-50 range would be reasonable to me.  Otherwise, like I said, I might as well use one of the old pc's lying around here and make a vantage machine and spend the $130+ of a converter box on a cheap TV and videocard, which that route will almost definitely end up being way more expensive.

I'm off to google the ATI thing, though, so thanks Ed, I'll see if it'll work for my purposes and edit here accordingly  :)
Ed ONeill:
 :-[...Man I don't know what I was thinking when I posted that must have been a brain fart

DrewKaree:
I didn't smell anything, so you coulda just acted like it wasn't yours  ;)
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