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| muell67:
I have a jamma candy cab and a J-pac. I would like to hook my computer up to the candy cab just temporarily. When I get the cash Im going to build a computer with a arcade vga card for it. My question is how do I hook my computer up without a arcade vga card. Can I just hook it up and my computer will detect the resolution for the arcade monitor? Im guessing know so what do I do? |
| krick:
--- Quote from: muell67 on July 21, 2005, 08:52:24 pm ---Can I just hook it up and my computer will detect the resolution for the arcade monitor? I'm guessing no. So what do I do? --- End quote --- As you guessed, It's not that easy. You should really read this page... http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/hardware.htm To summarize... For the official Windows MAME release (or MAME32) on a 15kHz Arcade Monitor or SCART TV -- Ultimarc's ArcadeVGA For DOS MAME on a 15kHz Arcade Monitor -- Ultimarc's ArcadeVGA. For AdvanceMAME on an Arcade Monitor -- Nvidia TNT2, Trident Blade T64, or Matrox G400 -- combined with JPAC (or Video Amplifier) Note that it's VERY important that you use a J-PAC for the above setup. When you first boot your computer, the BIOS screen is at too high of a refresh for an arcade monitor and will damage it. The J-PAC senses this and divides the signal to protect your arcade monitor. |
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