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| AlanS17:
--- Quote from: ZeroPoint on June 18, 2005, 05:54:07 pm ---The ArcadeVGA card is essential ! Do not wait...buy one today !!! --- End quote --- ... and now for a word from our sponsor - ArcadeVGA! ;) j/k I've never owned one, personally, but from everything I know about them, they take most of the hard stuff out. The only downside is that they're not cheap. For what they can do, though, they just might be worth it, anyways. |
| markrvp:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on June 18, 2005, 06:01:45 pm --- --- Quote from: ZeroPoint on June 18, 2005, 05:54:07 pm ---The ArcadeVGA card is essential ! Do not wait...buy one today !!! --- End quote --- ... and now for a word from our sponsor - ArcadeVGA! --- End quote --- |
| elvis:
--- Quote from: eggedd2k on June 18, 2005, 03:04:57 pm ---i'm getting a jamma cabinet on monday and my plan is to keep it as it is but just have a computer next to it for MAME. I was wondering whether or not an ultimarc arcade vga card was essential in order to get the correct display on the arcade monitor. can you get away with just the jpac? --- End quote --- You can use a JPac and a normal card if you like. The JPac has a signal "halver" which will protect your 15KHz monitor from 31KHz modes, which is good for the bootup/loading phase of your PC before your frontend or game kicks in at 15KHz. The downside is you need a little bit of knowhow to get it up and running smoothly. You'll basically need to much about with AdvanceMAME and various support utilities to get 15KHz modes working properly. The ArcadeVGA is simple "plug in, turn on and play" style setup. You certainly can do the same thing with non-AVGA hardware, but it means plenty of reading and mucking about. If you're the kind of person who finds reading README files, documentation and trawling the web for information distasteful, stick with the AVGA. If you don't mind tinkering and have plenty of experience hacking about config files in DOS or Linux, then you can get away without needing one. |
| wpcmame:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on June 18, 2005, 06:01:45 pm ---The only downside is that they're not cheap. For what they can do, though, they just might be worth it, anyways. --- End quote --- One other possible downside is that the built in resolutions might not match your requirements. I have my cabinet adjusted to show 288/576 lines to play vertical arcade games without stretch, PC games (768x576 looks better than 640x480), and PAL DVDs (at 720x576). I also play most games in interlace because the bezel and backdrop artwork looks so much better without any visible difference in the game display. This is not possible using the built in resolutions in the AVGA. |
| eggedd2k:
so will a DOS machine that loads the game work ok without an arcadevga card? |
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