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Title: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: Anubis_au on May 22, 2007, 05:54:15 am

It seems pointless to investigate a rotating monitor setup in my cab unless I am sure that my chosen video card can support such a setup. So, to that end, can someone confirm that the ArcadeVGA card can do both horizontally and vertically oriented gaming?

Which is to say, can someone confirm it can do vertically oriented pictures, since I would assume it does horizontal :P

Cheers.

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: Apollo on May 22, 2007, 06:09:39 am

affirmative

but...

http://www.ultimarc.com/monfaq.html

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: Anubis_au on May 22, 2007, 07:16:46 am

Just read the site (again). It mentions vertical games on horizontal monitors, but nothing about vertical monitors. Or did I miss it again.

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on May 22, 2007, 07:23:47 am

You can rotate the orientation with the AVGA.

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: RayB on May 22, 2007, 02:00:09 pm

You know, a vertical monitor is just a horizontal monitor turned 90'      ... ?

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on May 22, 2007, 02:04:43 pm

Quote from: RayB on May 22, 2007, 02:00:09 pm

You know, a vertical monitor is just a horizontal monitor turned 90'      ... ?

Shhhh ... you're giving away our best secrets !

 ;)

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: shorthair on May 22, 2007, 02:37:48 pm

Anubis....it ain't the card, but the emu.

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on May 22, 2007, 02:54:06 pm

Quote from: shorthair on May 22, 2007, 02:37:48 pm

Anubis....it ain't the card, but the emu.

A little simplistic, but so long as the card supports the resolution/frequency in question and the emulator can handle the rotation, things should work fine.

Bottom line for Anubis_au -- I have two cabs with AVGA/MAME that both run in the vertical orientation, with one also running horizontal (3-sided cocktail).

Cheers

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: Anubis_au on May 22, 2007, 10:58:25 pm

Boy do I feel like an idiot, reading some of these responses...

I guess I thought it was a driver issue because, to get Windows displaying on a rotated monitor, the driver has to support it. So, I thought that for rotated MaLa / MAME, it still came down to the video card driver in Windows... when, as people say, its a function of the emu itself...

Anyway, good to know it can do what I want... now I can start investigating how and if I'd manage to have a rotating monitor in a lowboy...

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: patrickl on May 23, 2007, 02:32:48 am

What if you come out of that emu though. Then the screen will be sideways.

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: Anubis_au on May 23, 2007, 09:26:11 am

I'm by no means an expert on FEs, but I recall reading somewhere that in Mala (my choice for FE) has the option of shutting down the pc when exiting (with a Are you sure? type stage) so I don't plan to be in Windows... or exit goes to sleep mode, and wakes up straight to the FE.... you can shell the FE and never see windows unless you need to.

Title: Re: Does the ArcadeVGA support both horiz. and vert. oriented monitors?
Post by: shorthair on May 25, 2007, 10:18:20 pm

Yeah. That and you can rotate Windows.