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ACT Gun Help
« on: January 21, 2009, 07:26:08 pm »
I found someone selling an ACT PC light gun for cheap...this is how he describes it:

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PC & TV USB light gun. It needs to connect to your VGA port via the VGA Box. I have the PC USB version.

Can anyone tell me if this gun will work with a JPAC/SOFT15KHZ combo  running an arcade monitor?
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Re: ACT Gun Help
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 10:30:23 am »
The USB PC version means it is meant to run on a PC monitor.   Will not work on an arcade monitor.

My Bad apparently this is the unit that works with arcade monitors.

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Re: ACT Gun Help
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 05:13:36 pm »
The USB PC version means it is meant to run on a PC monitor.   Will not work on an arcade monitor.

It was my understanding the TV version doesn't work with arcade montiors -- you want the USB/VGA version, which is the PC version, for your arcade machine.

At least, that's the one I have, and it works like a charm with my ArcadeVGA card on a real arcade monitor. 

Great question Fred; I was actually looking to upgrade to a PC with more OOmph -- but that would involve a motherboard without AGP slots -- I want to accomodate a dual or quad core processor - so it would mean bye-bye to my ArcadeVga card (v1).  If we confirm the guns work with Softkhz, then I'm all in too!  Anyone out there use this combo?  Thanks!

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Re: ACT Gun Help
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 06:18:13 pm »
I've a dual core cpu with a agp slot on the motherboard
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Re: ACT Gun Help
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 06:39:51 pm »
So you're saying you DID get it running with an AVGA/JPAC combo?  If so,  that's at least a good forward step.  Somewhere I read someone had issues getting them to work with SOFT15KHZ but for the life of me I can't find that post. 

Has ANYONE gotten these to work with soft15khz running?

I guess that's the question now.
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Re: ACT Gun Help
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2009, 01:03:17 am »
Affirmative on ActLabs w/Avga and Jpac!

Cynos -- what's the build of your mb?  Help a brother out!

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Re: ACT Gun Help
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2009, 02:46:51 pm »
Affirmative on ActLabs w/Avga and Jpac!

Cynos -- what's the build of your mb?  Help a brother out!
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heard reports on the web of people getting it running 4gb but i had no luck although I havent got the latest bios on it
I believe this has too Asrock P4i65G
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Re: ACT Gun Help
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2009, 08:47:38 pm »
Cynos you rule - thanks!!!