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Author Topic: So I found a 13" VGA monitor in the garage. . .  (Read 1216 times)

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So I found a 13" VGA monitor in the garage. . .
« on: August 03, 2009, 11:25:10 pm »
It's probably multisync. . can you say bartop?  I knew you could. :)

I'm jumping the gun of course. . I haven't actually plugged it in yet to see if it still works.
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Re: So I found a 13" VGA monitor in the garage. . .
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2009, 11:46:47 pm »
13"? Probably green.  :laugh2:

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Re: So I found a 13" VGA monitor in the garage. . .
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2009, 11:56:07 pm »
Hmmm, I hope not!!! :)  I'm pretty sure it's VGA, but you never know. hehe
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Re: So I found a 13" VGA monitor in the garage. . .
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2009, 05:36:27 am »
check the cable if it has 3 rows of pins then should be VGA or higher..

if it's only got 2 rows like a serial cable then it's either CGA or EGA most likely.
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Re: So I found a 13" VGA monitor in the garage. . .
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2009, 06:32:53 am »
2 rows can also mean RGB (like EGA) but with a different sync method (usually sync on green). If it is RGB, then HORRAY! 15 khz, native, BABY! If it is VGA and 13', I doubt it is multisync tho. Prolly in that case just 32 kHz... (still usefull tho, if you don't care about "proper" arcade rez.)
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Re: So I found a 13" VGA monitor in the garage. . .
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2009, 01:22:48 pm »
Turns out that it is VGA and 32kHz.  Hmmm, I can probably do scale-by-two-with-no-filtering stretching to make it work.  I may just wait until I get around to doing better CRT (and vector!) emulation on a highres LCD and do that for a bartop instead so that I can get vector games too.
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Re: So I found a 13" VGA monitor in the garage. . .
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2009, 01:56:32 am »
Hmmm, I hope not!!! :)  I'm pretty sure it's VGA, but you never know. hehe

 I used to have a "green" one back in 2000, but I had absolutely nothing that worked with it. Ended up tossing it when I moved figuring I would never use it. Doh!