Why Advancemame is cool

[RayB]

Scan lines are completely the result of the number of lines spread across the tube height, + the focus setting! There is a knob on all arcade monitors called Focus, which controls how sharp the line drawn by the gun is. So you can imagine if the setting is set to really sharp focus, and a low number of lines are being drawn across the screen, there will of course be room for "blank" areas between lines. Typically you want your monitor focus set to just the right balance where scan lines are minimal, but pixels not too blurry either.

So to answer efjaywel, no, its NOT generated by the game board hardware. It's purely the monitor.

[tikbalang]

here is a tutorial:

http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/monitor1.htm

[fjl]

So to answer efjaywel, no, its NOT generated by the game board hardware. It's purely the monitor.

I knew it!

So now lets go back to other thing I don't understand, the topic at hand.

What are they getting advancemame to do? Force the PC monitor to somehow do scanlines?

[Ummon]

Scan lines are completely the result of the number of lines spread across the tube height, + the focus setting! There is a knob on all arcade monitors called Focus, which controls how sharp the line drawn by the gun is. So you can imagine if the setting is set to really sharp focus, and a low number of lines are being drawn across the screen, there will of course be room for "blank" areas between lines. Typically you want your monitor focus set to just the right balance where scan lines are minimal, but pixels not too blurry either.

So to answer efjaywel, no, its NOT generated by the game board hardware. It's purely the monitor.

E, It would be best to read this page.

...Triad Shadow Mask - Trinitron hybrid type layout. Wellsgardner's D9200 uses a layout like the one above, as do most modern arcade monitors and TVs.

And to read the following pages to understand the rest.

[RayB]

have, did, stand by my explanation.

[Ummon]

Oh. I meant both quote references for efjayel.

[Hoopz]

Oh. I meant both quote references for efjayel.

Unless you spoon feed him, it aint gonna happen.