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Necroticart

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Jamma questions
« on: November 26, 2008, 01:21:31 am »
I want to make a scratch built jamma box to have MK1-4 plus Mame in I have used an ipac to build a Mame cabnet before so i know how that works but as a jamma setup I'm a little confused and want to make sure I got the right idea of how to accomplish this project from what I gather I can hook up my controls a jamma harness then to the 6-in-1 MultiJAMMA Switcher PCB on jammaboards.com and hook the power supply to it then connect each of my Mk games to the board and a Jpac for Mame then use the RGB / CGA to VGA Converter PCB off the same site to hook it up to an LCD TV does this sound right or am I missing some thing

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Re: Jamma questions
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2008, 06:15:43 am »
Your config sounds OK.
Check the picture quality of the CGA to VGA converter though. These are generally not renowned for great quality video.
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Re: Jamma questions
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2008, 10:32:34 am »
then is there another device I can use to get the best PQ i want to hook this up to a 47" LCD Samsung HDTV so I want it to look great

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Re: Jamma questions
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2008, 05:07:18 pm »
Unfortunately there is no real option for connecting a JAMMA board to a TV other than a scan converter unless the TV has a European SCART RGB connector.

Its possible some are better than others but I have seen some really bad ones.
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Re: Jamma questions
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2008, 09:35:44 pm »
I used to have a cga to vga converter board and it worked very well.  I used it with a neo-geo and mortal kombat 2 with no problems other than having a little trouble with centering the picture on MK2.  I could get it to either cut an inch off th e bottom or an inch off the top.  The one I had looked like the one Yaton sells on arcademvs.com, but I don't know if it was the same model.

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Re: Jamma questions
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2008, 10:42:56 pm »
thanks for the site the Arcade RGBS CGA/EGA/YUV TO 2 VGA CONVERTER had a youtube video and it looks like it does a nice job and it is an easy way to get an arcade machine in my living room with out taking to much room up my wife is still on me about the Mame machine in the garage

here is the vid so everyone can check it out I'm definitely going to have to buy one
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