Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: helpmebuild on February 18, 2008, 02:02:27 pm
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Hey again all,
OK so I am trying to finalize my parts for ordering and getting everything down. I have done some serious searching and reading on the topic of connecting a computer to an exsisting arcade monitor but am still a little confused. Some of the pages, including the monitor guide I found here seem ancient and very intense. I'm aware that much like older tube televisions these monitors can store a ton of juice and kill you if you touch them in the wrong place, so I am weary about any kind of serious contact with them. My question is this: is there a simple way to connect my Wells Gardner U2000 monitor to my PC without any risk of blowing myself across the room? I have seen numerous parts on Ultrimac and they seem to be what I need I think but am not 100% sure if they will do the trick? Is this as simple as buying a ArcadeVGA Card and connecting it?
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yes an arcade vga card would work fine,you would have to do a little wiring for the video input
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yes an arcade vga card would work fine,you would have to do a little wiring for the video input
would have to do a little wiring for the video input if i DIDNT go with the Arcade VGA? or will I still need to wire with use of that card?
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Yes, you still need to connect the cable from the ArcadeVGA to your monitor....
But it's nowhere near the "F-Points"......
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Dude, in this hobby, it's almost nothing BUT wiring. Get used to it! :D
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its only 5 wires to connect,nothing scary.
also it is extremely difficult to kill yourself with an arcade monitor,i know because i have tried loads of times :blowup: