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Soft-15KHz - slim new tool for 15KHz on normal vga cards
SailorSat:
Hi.
I just want to say that I'm releasing "Soft-15KHz" to the public.
It's a simple tool programming videocard drivers to support 15KHz AND arcade resolutions.
As on post, I support ATI Catalyst, NVidia ForceWare, Matrox PowerDesk and various 3Dfx Voodoo3/4/5 drivers.
If you're intrested in details take a look at
http://www.arcadeinfo.de/showthread.php?t=8170
ahofle:
Thanks for coming out with this! Although I wish you had started working on this a bit earlier.
Has any tried it out yet?
SailorSat:
Well my cab runs with two radeon 9200se without problems, and I've tried about 20 different video cards, and only a hand full made any problems.
ahofle:
What about all the POST/bootup screens? Aren't those in VGA (31khz) resolution? Could that damage an arcade monitor?
SailorSat:
Yeah they are 31KHz, but to be honest, neither my Hantarex nor any of the TVs I had hooked up (those SCART RGB stuff rocks!) did blow up or take any damage.
They simply cannot sync to it.
You could either use a J-PAC to filter out the BIOS screens, or you could enjoy a doubled bios output (like that "feature" on the J-PAC).
A third, yet not that nice way would be to use a second (S3 Virge PCI or such) VGA Card for BIOS and OS loading screens, and then disable the S3 in Windows so your main Video Card takes over (in 15KHz).
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