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Title: Replace Monitor "PC to ARCADE" (ArcadeOs)?
Post by: ahmer on February 16, 2005, 07:20:21 am

I configure ArcadeOs on my 19" standard PC monitor,Now i want to replace it by an Arcade monitor.
How to check and run ArcadeOs when i go to buy an arcade monitor?
In "arcadeos.cfg" change (incabinet=0 to incabinet=1)

thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Replace Monitor "PC to ARCADE" (ArcadeOs)?
Post by: SirPeale on February 16, 2005, 07:57:57 am

Yes, that's it. 

Title: Re: Replace Monitor "PC to ARCADE" (ArcadeOs)?
Post by: ahmer on February 21, 2005, 07:26:14 am

No results found on ArcadeMonitor when i tested it.
what about mame.cfg
please let me inform some of these options.

Title: Re: Replace Monitor "PC to ARCADE" (ArcadeOs)?
Post by: ROM: Spaceknight on February 21, 2005, 09:24:14 am

You'll have to change 'monitior=standard' to 'monitor=arcade' in your mame.cfg.

You haven't specified what type of hardware you're using, IE video card, how your computer is hooked to said monitor.  You may need a video amp, if you don't have one already.

Title: Re: Replace Monitor "PC to ARCADE" (ArcadeOs)?
Post by: ahmer on February 21, 2005, 04:16:44 pm

I have seen a video amplifier(an open circuit) BTW i set my harddisk to my friends pentium1 based cab when i checked it.
i am currently using my P-4 having a 32 MB INTEL chipset 3D.with a PC monitor.Does it compatible with arcade monitor.
featuing a pentium3, 933 Mhz
with any specific chipset with ISA sound and ATI RAGE video setup for original arcade monitor.

and what these options do in mame.cfg

vsync = no
waitvsync = no
triplebuffer = no
tweak = no
vesamode = vesa3
antialias = yes
translucency = yes
vgafreq = -1
alwayssynced = no
depth = auto
skiplines = -1
skipcolumns = -1
beam = 1.000000
flicker = 0.000000
intensity = 1.500000