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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: gibbous on November 03, 2006, 01:05:13 pm

Title: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: gibbous on November 03, 2006, 01:05:13 pm: I've been wanting one of these for a while. Finally got one. From what I can gleen, I know I can hook a computer up to it. I'm guessing it'll do 800x600. Do I need to be careful about frequency?, or does it have it's own circuitry for that? I probably will be careful anyway and boot into VGA mode, but it'd be nice to know.

Any other particulars anyone can offer would be appreciated. I think I'll put a J-Pac in it eventually. Any tips on how to get the thing upstairs would be cool.

Thanks.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: RayB on November 03, 2006, 01:17:40 pm: carefully remove monitor (don't touch any high voltage parts) and carry it up seperate (2 people if necessary).
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: CheffoJeffo on November 03, 2006, 01:25:47 pm: My knowledge of Candy Cabs is limited, but IIRC, the monitor in the 410 is multifreq supporting 15KHz, 24KHz and 35Khz. I dont know whether it is autosync or not , so you had best find a manual to see if there are switches to set.

I have no idea how that big boy comes apart ... good luck getting it up the stairs.

Cheers.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: Glaine on November 10, 2006, 09:56:08 am: If your monitor is indeed a multisynch a PC monitor should hook right up and be just fine. Honestly, I don't know what a Megalow is, but if it's a candy cab the forum at www.killercabs.com might help, they are candy cab fanatics.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: Goz on November 10, 2006, 12:31:17 pm: Nice score!

Try Mr. Megalo he's a member here as well as at NEO-GEO, SEGA-NAOMI, and Killcabs. I'm sure he can fill you in on the Megalo's
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: gibbous on November 14, 2006, 03:18:44 pm: Thanks, I've been googling like crazy, and there isn't much out there. I know it's tri-resolution, Mitsubishi. All the pics I've seen don't look exactly like mine, which has a header with a two-digit display on it. And sometimes, the display looks at you.... ???
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: gibbous on November 14, 2006, 08:41:09 pm: PIC!, see?, it "looks" at you! ???
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: AlanS17 on November 15, 2006, 10:04:23 am: Just grab it by the joystick and show it who's boss.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: eccs19 on November 15, 2006, 02:51:33 pm: Quote from: gibbous on November 14, 2006, 08:41:09 pm
PIC!, see?, it "looks" at you! ???

Neo-Geo, but only 3 buttons? That seems strange, but what the heck do I know? :laugh:
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: gibbous on November 15, 2006, 04:17:59 pm: Quote from: AlanS17 on November 15, 2006, 10:04:23 am
Just grab it by the joystick and show it who's boss.

:laugh:

There's lots of games that use less than three buttons. But, yeah, I wanna MAME this, so I'm after a six-button Astro City CP, or a drill press. Looking at eBay, I think the drill press would be waaay cheaper!
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: ChadTower on November 15, 2006, 04:20:07 pm: You should be able to do that with a metal punch much cheaper.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: gibbous on November 15, 2006, 04:32:01 pm: Really?, like one of these?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91510

Thanks. I hadn't thought of that. I'm not very tool proficient.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: ChadTower on November 15, 2006, 04:33:22 pm: That would work. I'm sure there are other tools folks here could suggest as well.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: fredster on November 15, 2006, 05:24:30 pm: Those punches are used on sheet metal. The cat's meow for stuff less than 3/32" thick.

They run about $35 for a good un.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: gibbous on November 16, 2006, 05:19:14 pm: Schweet! This will be cool. Thanks.
Title: Re: I uh...just bought a Megalo 410....
Post by: Glaine on November 22, 2006, 11:41:24 am: Hadn't seen a cab quite like that. Looks awesome, now you just need to get the scoreboard to do some more of those great gestures like wink at you, etc