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Title: Trying to set up my first Cabinet
Post by: fombelle on December 27, 2017, 07:34:45 pm

So my buddy has a laptop that he is setting up for me to use in the cabinet (Golden Tee 2004).  The laptop has a VGA out, but I guess I need something to convert video signal (I really am not great with electronics etc). 

This is the part that I found on eBay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/CGA-to-VGA-or-VGA-to-CGA-Adapter-CGA-VGA-VGA-CGA-Arcade-Monitor-Converter/221480387637?hash=item3391428435%3Ag%3A-FQAAOSwbdpWUjRu (https://www.ebay.com/itm/CGA-to-VGA-or-VGA-to-CGA-Adapter-CGA-VGA-VGA-CGA-Arcade-Monitor-Converter/221480387637?hash=item3391428435%3Ag%3A-FQAAOSwbdpWUjRu)

Will this work to allow me to use the original monitor that's in the cabinet? 

Thanks for the help!

Title: Re: Trying to set up my first Cabinet
Post by: keilmillerjr on December 30, 2017, 11:03:46 am

My advice would be to ditch the laptop and get a conventional pc with a crt emudriver compatible graphics card and a jpac from ultimarc. Read the stickie threads in the groovymame section.

Title: Re: Trying to set up my first Cabinet
Post by: keilmillerjr on December 30, 2017, 12:00:30 pm

Ps keep the crt. It requires more work to get it going with your project, but is well worth it.

Title: Re: Trying to set up my first Cabinet
Post by: buttersoft on January 09, 2018, 12:37:28 am

That device in the OP is an adapter, not a converter - basically it's just an HD/DB15 breakout, it doesn't convert a VGA signal into a CGA one.

a CRT is well wort the effort IMO, but if yours needs 15kHz/CGA, feeding it VGA through whatever plug or wires won't do you much good.

crt_emudriver is a great option. If your laptop has a Radeon card and a VGA out, there's a good chance crt_emudriver will work on it, otherwise look into crt_emudriver on a coventional PC with a compatible Radeon card.