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JAMMA compatible MAME cabinet : Feedback please
ma70ltd:
Thanks for the input CheffoJeffo.
Maybe I was a bit unclear in my first post.
I'm actually building a Cabinet from scratch - primarily to run MAME, but I also want to add the JAMMA compatibility, hence why I am running a TV - and note that arcade monitors are hard to come by second hand in OZ, otherwise I would have gone the arcade monitor route.
And as for sound, I plan on using an amplified sound card, that way it should be fine to run sound for both the MAME machine and the game PCB's.
RayB:
--- Quote from: ma70ltd on November 08, 2005, 07:16:26 pm --- arcade monitors which run at 15khz.
a standard TV(50-60 KHZ)
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You're wrong. You're mixing up vertical and horizontal refresh rates.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: RayB on November 08, 2005, 09:23:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: ma70ltd on November 08, 2005, 07:16:26 pm --- arcade monitors which run at 15khz.
a standard TV(50-60 KHZ)
--- End quote ---
You're wrong. You're mixing up vertical and horizontal refresh rates.
--- End quote ---
He's not alone ... I goofed (in my head at least) thinking that TV had horizontal scan rate of 30 kHz instead of 15.75 k
Hz ..
ma70ltd: I get it now ... will be intrigued to see how it works out ... wonder what kinds of resolution issues you'll run into. Keep us updated.
Cheers.
ma70ltd:
--- Quote from: RayB on November 08, 2005, 09:23:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: ma70ltd on November 08, 2005, 07:16:26 pm --- arcade monitors which run at 15khz.
a standard TV(50-60 KHZ)
--- End quote ---
You're wrong. You're mixing up vertical and horizontal refresh rates.
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You're right, My mistake.
But that shouldn't affect my project plan.
I should be fine running the video feed from the J-PAC/JAMMA harness and running it through the RGB-> PAL video convertor - as per Jeffo's bit of advice
I guess in the end it comes down to : I either have to buy an arcade VGA card or just build an S-Video double adapter. I think the latter will be cheaper for me.
Thanks Jeffo, Ray and Bob for your feedback :) Will keep you all posted