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Happs vision Pro 19 Missed your chance - but a conversation none the less.
MYX:
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Any help you (or anyone) could give me would be really appreciated!
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Javery: An AVGA card won't help if you have the SVGA or VGA monitor. AVGA is for CGA monitors only.
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In the modern world yes there would be drivers for modern monitors. The AVGA card kind of forces the computer to go backwards. It makes the monitor go to smaller resolutions at lower frequencies. CGA is a step below VGA and therefore does not want to see 1120 x 768. Most games were at shockingly low resolutions. I am a graphics and video guy, so it is a little wierd to say... Lower resolution is beter. (for the clasics)
I'm totally knew to this so this is more of a question than a comment but isn't their a special driver for higher res?
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DrumAnBass:
The xbox outputs either a TV signal (composite or S-Video) or a component video signal. None of which can be displayed on a CGA monitor. They do make Xbox to VGA signal converters but you will need a VGA monitor (or higher) for that; see http://www.x2vga.com/
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--- Quote from: MYX on January 31, 2006, 04:23:45 pm ---It was my understanding that with the Arcade VGA card used in conjuntion with the Happs VP that one would be abul to play all the old games 640 x 480 and under. Am I wrong? I am about to order this thing and I also want to be able to play all these games. :-\
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I have an xbox set up. From what I understand the CGA should play everything right that is on an xbox, momeox? And even my xbox games? I am not to sure as to what it does. But I do know mameox does not play chd files.
So which brings me to my question. Will this monitor suit my needs? And if it is playing on a tv then the games should work on the monitor as well......
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markrvp:
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--- Quote from: javeryh on January 31, 2006, 12:24:02 pm ---Oops. Shows you how much I know. You don't happen to know the answer to my question anyway do you? I posted in the monitor forum but no one has answered yet. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=49319.0
Any help you (or anyone) could give me would be really appreciated!
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Javery: An AVGA card won't help if you have the SVGA or VGA monitor. AVGA is for CGA monitors only.
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Thanks a lot for the answer... I didn't want to spend the money on the AVGA card only to find out it won't work. So am I screwed as far as playing MKII and the like? Is there a way to get my arcade monitor to display these games? THANK YOU!!
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It is my belief that the AVGA card will output a 640x480 resolution game to a CGA monitor. I'm not sure what sampling, merging, scan-doubling, etc. takes place, but I feel pretty confident that it will do it because I can run Windows at 640x480 on a CGA monitor with the AVGA card.
RayB:
--- Quote from: markrvp on February 01, 2006, 03:22:01 pm ---It is my belief that the AVGA card will output a 640x480 resolution game to a CGA monitor. I'm not sure what sampling, merging, scan-doubling, etc. takes place, but I feel pretty confident that it will do it because I can run Windows at 640x480 on a CGA monitor with the AVGA card.
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It's called interlace mode Mark. If you look at the image carefully you'll see a sort of "shimmering" or flicker withthe horizontal lines.
whatzcrackn:
--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on February 01, 2006, 02:10:26 pm ---The xbox outputs either a TV signal (composite or S-Video) or a component video signal. None of which can be displayed on a CGA monitor. They do make Xbox to VGA signal converters but you will need a VGA monitor (or higher) for that; see
http://www.x2vga.com/
I have an xbox set up. From what I understand the CGA should play everything right that is on an xbox, momeox? And even my xbox games? I am not to sure as to what it does. But I do know mameox does not play chd files.
So which brings me to my question. Will this monitor suit my needs? And if it is playing on a tv then the games should work on the monitor as well......
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I dont think what you said is accurate. goto: http://www.ultimarc.com/xba.html
X-Box to Arcade Monitor/Speaker Adaptor