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Title: Looking for an Image for crt using Vga666 for cga resolution
Post by: mamemaniac on September 05, 2020, 08:24:30 pm

Looking to run mame on my arcade machine. Anyone have a lead on a crt image for cga and the vga666 without roms of course?

Title: Re: Looking for an Image for crt using Vga666 for cga resolution
Post by: mahuti on September 06, 2020, 10:57:52 pm

I don't know of an image. And you probably already have the settings figured out, but if not, find an image and add the Gert settings to the boot code. 

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sudo nano /boot/config.txt
For the Gert VGA 666 to work correctly you will need SPI and I2C to be disabled. Verify that by looking in the config.txt for the following two lines:

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dtparam=spi=off
dtparam=i2c_arm=off

Then add these lines at the bottom of the file

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dtoverlay=vga666
enable_dpi_lcd=1
display_default_lcd=1
You also need to specify your screen resolution. After the lines you added above you will also have to then add one of the following configurations:

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#For 1920x1080 60Hz
dpi_group=2
dpi_mode=82
#For 1280x1024 60Hz
dpi_group=2
dpi_mode=35
#For 1024x768 60Hz
dpi_group=2
dpi_mode=16
#For 800x600 60Hz
dpi_group=2
dpi_mode=9
#For 320x240 try these settings
#hdmi_timings=<h_active_pixels> <h_sync_polarity> <h_front_porch> <h_sync_pulse> <h_back_porch> <v_active_lines> <v_sync_polarity> <v_front_porch> <v_sync_pulse> <v_back_porch> <v_sync_offset_a> <v_sync_offset_b> <pixel_rep> <frame_rate> <interlaced> <pixel_freq> <aspect_ratio>

#<h_active_pixels> = horizontal pixels (width) 
#<h_sync_polarity> = invert hsync polarity 
#<h_front_porch>   = horizontal forward padding from DE acitve edge 
#<h_sync_pulse>    = hsync pulse width in pixel clocks 
#<h_back_porch>    = vertical back padding from DE active edge 
#<v_active_lines>  = vertical pixels height (lines) 
#<v_sync_polarity> = invert vsync polarity 
#<v_front_porch>   = vertical forward padding from DE active edge 
#<v_sync_pulse>    = vsync pulse width in pixel clocks 
#<v_back_porch>    = vertical back padding from DE active edge 
#<v_sync_offset_a> = leave at zero 
#<v_sync_offset_b> = leave at zero 
#<pixel_rep>       = leave at zero 
#<frame_rate>      = screen refresh rate in Hz 
#<interlaced>      = leave at zero 
#<pixel_freq>      = clock frequency (width*height*framerate) 
#<aspect_ratio>   
dpi_group=2
dpi_mode=87
hdmi_timings=320 1 16 30 34 240 1 2 3 22 0 0 0 60 0 6400000 1


If the resolution that you are looking for is not among these then you can check this link. (https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/video.md)

I have a CGA running at 320 x 240 (not through Gert666) and I'm not doing much fancy to it. I just made a layout for AttractMode to read the text easier.

Title: Re: Looking for an Image for crt using Vga666 for cga resolution
Post by: mamemaniac on September 08, 2020, 06:55:15 am

Thanks Mahuti !!! I'll check it out.

Title: Re: Looking for an Image for crt using Vga666 for cga resolution
Post by: thomashenry on October 05, 2020, 06:53:25 am

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/fmke5w/crtpivga_v20vx_a_new_image_for_vga666_vga_crts/

Title: Re: Looking for an Image for crt using Vga666 for cga resolution
Post by: mamemaniac on October 08, 2020, 01:47:38 pm

The link is dead for the image minus the roms

Title: Re: Looking for an Image for crt using Vga666 for cga resolution
Post by: thomashenry on October 12, 2020, 06:57:14 am

Same user regularly posts updates, have a look at his posts and I'mn sure there's a version 3.x or higher of the same thing.