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O'Boyle's Arcade - by the "book"
Spyridon:
Wow, how time does fly. 17 months since I posted in this thread. Well, here is where we are. Game has been fully playable...hence the no progress. What happened is that building this mame machine, got me into collecting and restoring original arcade games. Now I have 17 of them in my basement. I do love the dedicated machines, but the mame game still gets lots of play. Next step on this is to replace the crappy 19" computer monitor that is just sitting in the cab. It was just a temporary setup, but I think 17 months is long enough. Time to go.
What is your opinion on the best 27" arcade monitor to use? I'm considering the WG D9800 for $395.
--- Quote ---Specs:
Resolution: CGA-SVGA, 15 kHz-38kHz
Used On: MAME Cabinet Flat CRT
Replaces: WGM2798-U0FS06S
Games:
Global VR, Need for Speed Underground. Can be used in Pro Buck Hunter. Also has 4 spacers for CRT.
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I plan on running this off of an ArcadeVGA board
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: Spyridon on April 23, 2009, 01:18:36 pm --- I'm considering the WG D9800 for $395.
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I orderd the D9800 from eBay for $345
Spyridon:
Okay, here is what I didn't show you from 17 months ago...
I installed some tinted plexi and used two thin pieces of wood to hold it in place
Then painted them black
and screwed into place
On to the control panel wires. I used quick connects on all of the wires
Ground wires in place
One of the joysticks and corresponding buttons all wired up
and the rest of the wires (still need to get the cable ties in place to clean this up)
The finished control panel:
Working game in the place its been for the last 17 months (getting regular use):
...
Which brings us to today
...
Got this nice package in the mail today:
Placed the new monitor in the cab to test it out (it's heavy). Need to figure out how I'm going to permanently install it:
Fired up the computer. Got the Windows boot screen. So far so good:
When it got into Windows, the screen was all messed up. Plugged the old monitor in and lowered the screen resolution.
Bingo:
I need to pick up a bezel that will work with this size monitor. Screen text is a bit blurry so I need to figure out how to adjust the monitor. Also need to determine if I'm going to pick up a ArcadeVGA board or play around with Soft-15KHz. (anyone have a recommendation?)
Well, it's good to get that small monitor out of there. I'd like to finish this up so I can get back to restoring the dedicated cabs.
BASS!:
My opppinion,
If you are going to go with just mame, and no other emulators, other than classic systems then the avga is a fine card to use. It is rock solid, and the driver comes with all the resolutions that you may need. If you are a pc gamer, and you would like to drop in some heavy graphic games, then soft 15khz is the best route to go. I am currently running a ati x850 xt with soft 15 and it runs like butter. Its all up to you though.
Spyridon:
Also, the text is very blurry in Windows and in my Mala setup. I'll have to figure out what to adjust.
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