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| Crowquill:
Can't find the thread right now, but not long ago someone was talking about their Nintendo Vs. Cabinet and it was mentioned that displaying different images on the monitors might be a problem due to how close the monitor yokes were. Cyberball's a bigger cab though, so it might not be a problem. The more I think about it though, Cyberball actually DID display two different images originally (the Vs cabinets showed the same thing) so it shouldn't be a problem. Carry on...never mind me. |
| driph:
--- Quote from: Crowquill on December 31, 2005, 09:33:52 am ---Can't find the thread right now, but not long ago someone was talking about their Nintendo Vs. Cabinet and it was mentioned that displaying different images on the monitors might be a problem due to how close the monitor yokes were. Cyberball's a bigger cab though, so it might not be a problem. The more I think about it though, Cyberball actually DID display two different images originally (the Vs cabinets showed the same thing) so it shouldn't be a problem. Carry on...never mind me. --- End quote --- Heh, yeah, two different images. One interesting aside, at least as far as I can tell, is that it appears that one of the two monitors is mounted upside down, although that could just be the orientation of the junk hanging off the back. I found that old Nintendo VS cab discussion when I was searching my head off trying to find prior art on this sort of project. Unfortuntely I still havent found evidence of anyone bringing a dual-screen vs style cabinet to fruition. The idea is really starting to grow on me. |
| driph:
Hmm, from the lack of specific responses or examples, I'm guessing this hasn't been done before. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing. :) So far, it doesnt look like I'd be able to retain Cyberball vs gameplay functionality within MAME. I see enough of the 4-player Cyberball cabs selling that I wouldn't be too worried about converting it, especially with the current condition of my cabinet. On the other hand, I'm not going to drastically tear into it(aside from wood restoration aspects), either. Should I be worried about display longevity, and look at replacing the 20-Z2AW monitors? (personally, as long as games display fairly accurately, I have no problem going with something other than arcade monitors, especially as I'm assuming that'd increase my usage options). |
| Kremmit:
Why worry about longevity? If you replace them now, you're out the cost of two monitors now. If you wait and replace them if/when they break, you're out the cost of one monitor if/when the first one breaks, and the cost of one monitor sometime later if/when the 2nd one breaks. I'd only replace them now if you want to swap in PC monitors, TVs, or multi-res arcade monitors, to make it easier to try the multi-screen thing with a standard video card and one PC. |
| driph:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on January 03, 2006, 04:22:26 pm ---I'd only replace them now if you want to swap in PC monitors, TVs, or multi-res arcade monitors, to make it easier to try the multi-screen thing with a standard video card and one PC. --- End quote --- I think I'll replace them with something with the capability of displaying higher resolutions. What kind of displays, I dunno, I'm still reading on the pluses and minuses. |
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