Non-standard PC video displays

[Generic Eric]

I saw a link awhile ago where someone hooked up there supergun to a PSOne LCD portable monitor.  I don't remember where the link was.  

Do you think it might be possible to hook one of those up to a secondary video card in a pc?  If so, the idea would be to display instructions cards or something.

[android]

You would need a dual-head videocard like the ones made by matrox AND composite video out on one of the heads. You must run in WinXP/2000 (don't know about ME/98) for this to work. Then you run mame32 or winmame on one of the screens and you display the instructions in the lcd.

[Generic Eric]

I can understand the pc stuff.  I just wondered if anyone has or has seen the connector of the portable video game lcd screens, and if so, can you connect it to a pc

[Jakobud]

Most little LCD screens like the PSOne one, or other's all have some sort of TV input (svideo/composite).  There are some video cards with tvout that have some sort of dual head thing where you can display one thing on your monitor and display another on a tv, so the potential is there...

[Generic Eric]

Thats what I was wondering, if it was a common connection, or if you would have to hack a proprietary dongle.

Thanks all!

[Generic Eric]

So, I went off to newegg.com for some searching.  I found the Matrox Parhelia 128MB.   "Great for games like NASCAR, or Flight Simulator, Run 3 Monitors Simutainously Allowing Wrap-Around Views. "  A little pricey(for me) at $354.  There 256M version will run ya $599.

I have heard people at work say they had two monitors in one pc running win98.  They did mention it wasn't easy.  

I think I will just put this idea on hold for now.  Its not something I can really afford to do anyway, at least if it means buying a new card now.

[Howard_Casto]

A better lcd display choice would be the one for the nintendo gamecube.  It's square (so it's easier to mount by using the existing case)  you can get a larger version than the ps1 monitor and it has svideo input, which i don't think the ps1 has.

 

[wee beastie]

I have heard people at work say they had two monitors in one pc running win98.  They did mention it wasn't easy.  


I used to run 3 monitors under win98se back when I used to day trade.  It's not difficult at all.  You just need 2 pci slots to plug in extra video cards (I had 1 onboard VGA output).  Then, after windows detects and installs the cards (do them 1 at a time), search windows help for "multiple monitors."  It will guide you through setting it all up.

[SNAAAKE]

well,
i have ati rage fury pro and you can easly hook up a pc monitor and a tv together.all you gotta do is go to setting and turn on the tv setting.i think ps1 screen have composite input.However,it really doesnt matter becase the picture would still look nice as the screen is very small.