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Title: frontends
Post by: killerkilley on August 20, 2007, 03:51:18 pm

is their a front end i can start from windows go straight into my arcade monitor through my VGA graphics card and just play games easily until i can set it up properly thanks

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: SGT on August 20, 2007, 05:29:18 pm

What?

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: Green Giant on August 20, 2007, 05:30:53 pm

Yes

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: loadman on August 20, 2007, 07:19:20 pm

Maybe it would make more sense in German?

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ihr ist ein vorderes Ende, das ich von den Fenstern beginnen kann einsteige gerade in meinen Arcademonitor durch meine VGA Graphikkarte und gerechten Spielspiele leicht, bis ich sie aufstellen kann richtig Dank

 :laugh2:

Dude....  Please rephrase the question  ;)

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: (+_+) on August 20, 2007, 09:33:16 pm

I was looking at Maximus Arcade the other day and thought it was a nice, well polished front end. Mala and Minwah are also very nice.

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: Dire Radiant on August 20, 2007, 10:56:29 pm

Five posts so far and not one of them with any trace of punctuation. I'm going to be kind and assume that you're disabled and have trouble using a keyboard. The alternative is too horrible to think about.

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: killerkilley on August 21, 2007, 03:46:10 pm

well sorry i am dyslexic and can't help it. Just run away with it sometimes. I am sorry if it means that much to you i just wanted a bit of help.

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 21, 2007, 03:56:36 pm

What do you have set up so far ? (e.g. can you boot to Windows on your arcade monitor ?)

Letting us know what you have working is important, then we can better help you.

Also, make sure that you check the Front Ends page in the wiki (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends).

On my first MAME cab, I used MAME32 until I got MAMEWah properly configured. Since then I have used MaLa exclusively.

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: killerkilley on August 21, 2007, 04:34:26 pm

i am just getting a flickery screen. i have my j-pac plugged in on to my usb and vga on my laptop. when i checked windows vista said my second monitor is not plugged in i am thinking it must be a driver or something   :banghead:

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 21, 2007, 06:48:38 pm

Quote from: killerkilley on August 21, 2007, 04:34:26 pm

i am just getting a flickery screen. i have my j-pac plugged in on to my usb and vga on my laptop. when i checked windows vista said my second monitor is not plugged in i am thinking it must be a driver or something   :banghead:

Well, wait a second ... you're trying to drive an arcade monitor off of a notebook VGA ?

While I'm pretty sure that I can futz my video drivers to produce a 15Khz signal from one of my notebooks (and, quite frankly, I won't bother to try), that is far from a foregone conclusion for all notebooks.

Before we get into what you need, you should tell us what you have ... I am guessing:

JPac (OK, not much of a guess)
Standard Res Arcade Monitor

If that is the case, then you need to be able to push a signal at 15Khz, not 31Khz (VGA). The JPac does not do this conversion for you (http://www.ultimarc.com/jpac1.html).

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: ahofle on August 21, 2007, 07:03:31 pm

Maybe try Soft15khz:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=66402.0

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: loadman on August 21, 2007, 07:18:47 pm

Quote from: killerkilley on August 21, 2007, 03:46:10 pm

well sorry i am dyslexic and can't help it. Just run away with it sometimes. I am sorry if it means that much to you i just wanted a bit of help.

And we wanted to help you but we didn't understand the question.   :dunno

Anyway...... Good luck with your project :D

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: Dire Radiant on August 22, 2007, 01:50:02 am

First case of dyslexia I've ever seen that only has the effect of removing all punctuation while leaving perfect spelling.

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: killerkilley on August 22, 2007, 02:42:40 pm

To dire have you noticed the spell check at the bottom of the page

Title: Re: frontends
Post by: killerkilley on August 22, 2007, 02:47:10 pm

Thanks guy's. Its only temp on my laptop until i get everything i need. Thanks again ;D