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| elvis:
--- Quote from: MinerAl on August 21, 2005, 12:30:16 am ---I'm not sure but doesn't MAME put both of the monitor signals stacked on one monitor for those games? What i mean is, I don't think MAME will output the top screen to one monitor and the bottom to another, I think it wants to put them both on one. --- End quote --- I think you're overestimating the complexity of dual-display cards. Most modern dual-head video cards support a "span" mode where it considers the various screens to be a single large display. That display just happens to be cut into smaller viewing windows. If you have a MAME game that stacks the two images on top of each other, then simply set up a span mode in your video card config tools that does the same. Then tell MAME to stretch the picture to the entire display area, and it will appear to the observer that there are two independant displays. If you span two 1024x768 displays vertically, the system doesn't see two displays. It sees one large 1024x1536 display. Likewise you can do the same horizontally and have a 2048x768 display. It's just up to you to stretch MAME across that large display, and conveniently have the display chopped in the middle by the limits of the monitors. No need to tell MAME anything about your physical setup, only the logical resolution it needs to know about. |
| MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: elvis on August 21, 2005, 02:00:03 am --- --- Quote from: MinerAl on August 21, 2005, 12:30:16 am ---I'm not sure but doesn't MAME put both of the monitor signals stacked on one monitor for those games? --- End quote --- --- End quote --- |
| Wade:
--- Quote from: maxim_recoil on August 19, 2005, 08:25:19 pm --- --- Quote ---I'm a big fan of Mame and all, but it would be easiest and cheapest to just get the real deal and swap the boards. --- End quote --- I disagree. If what I want to do can be easily done with a pair of PC monitors and a typical dual VGA video card, then there must be a way to do the same thing with arcade monitors. --- End quote --- Feel free to disagree. But realizing you are starting your argument with a big *IF*. I'm simply saying that I think it would be easier to use the real boards. Those games aren't even expensive to buy. The game boards are what, maybe $50? You might spend more trying to find a single VGA card that can do what you want. And who knows if that card will be supported 5 years from now. Like I said, I think it is even less future-proof than using the original hardware. You might be surprised how many people can repair original boards. They can almost always be repaired, with a few exceptions that have special processors. Good luck on it. If you find a good way to do it, I'm sure there will be others who are interested in doing a similar thing. Wade |
| MaximRecoil:
--- Quote ---Feel free to disagree. --- End quote --- |
| romperwomb:
Another thing to consider if you do try this is the Sanyo monitors Nintendo cabs use have "inverted video". Here is an interesting thread on this. I have a PC-10 cab that was converted to Jamma/Blood Bros. that I plan to convert back into a Punch-Out/swapable. I've picked up a Punch-Out and Arm Wrestling boards on the eBay. I have yet to test them but they were sold as UNTESTED and that usually isn't a good sign. Having a PC to throw in would be an interesting solution. |
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