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SeverdHed's Donkey Kong project...OFFICIALLY DEAD
garnerb350:
Severed...Looking nice man....keep it going!!!
severdhed:
thanks. it kinda sucks to do all of the functional work first, only to have to undo it later to make it look nice, but since i can't spend any money on it for a few months, i figured i should at least get it working. then in the spring i will strip it, bondo it, paint it and make it look a little more presentable.
i'm a little concerned about repairing the speaker grill area. the laminate is peeling off there and is missing. i am assuming that i can peel off the broken pieces, throw some bondo on there, and use a small file or something to clean up the holes...it just seems like a difficult task, but it will be a while till i have to worry about that anyway.
now i need to find a set a speakers to hack up, and start workign on my MALA layout.
Jack Burton:
That monitor is probably capable of doing native resolutions at 120hz. What is the exact make and model of the monitor?
You already have the Nvidia card so you should be able to just install a custom 31khz version of the app and be able to have full support for both windows and arcade resolutions in full screen.
It's worth your time to try this because the image results will be very good on a monitor that size viewed through that tinted class and distance. It should be 99% accurate to an arcade monitor if you do it right.
severdhed:
cool...i may need some guidance if i'm going to attempt that.
the monitor is a Systemax brand, model:DE-995 FC3
i googled it, but couldn't find much info
Jack Burton:
I couldn't find much either. Systemax didn't make that monitor though, I think all they do is rebrand monitors.
Easiest way to tel if it will work is just see if you can set a resolution of 640x480 at 120hz.
To do that just go into your display properties and then
settings tab -> advanced button -> adapter - > list all modes button -> 640x480 @ 60hz
then over to the monitor tab and uncheck "hide modes this monitor can't display" and change your refresh rate to 120hz.
If it works in this mode it should work in arcade resolutions too.