Medium Resolution Monitor - GT Fore! 2004 - Need help.

[nipsmg]

I posted in Main, but this is monitor specific.

I just won a GT Fore! 2004 motherboard and hard drive.  I had planned on using a TV and an 8Liners chassis to make the monitor... till I found out it was Medium Resolution.

Now i'm in trouble, med res monitors (large ones) are expensive and hard to come by used in the area.
I was looking on Happs for a monitor, and I came across this:

http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/49054600.htm

It says it uses RGB TTL (positive or negative)

I've got a Proton VM-290 27" "television monitor" in my cab with coax, composite, and a 9 PIN RGB TTL connector on it. (with a switch for positive or negative).

Now I had trouble getting this to work with the arcade VGA per this thread:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=4%3baction=display%3bthreadid=17274

But I'm not positive if this is a multisync monitor or not.  is there any chance I might have just severely lucked out here?

If not, I MIGHT have a 15" EGA (OLD OLD OLD) monitor at home.  could i use this at least to test the board when it comes in?

Are there any CHEAP temporary display solutions I can look at for now until I get a monitor?

HELP!

--NipsMG

[Ken Layton]

If I remember correctly many of the Golden Tee gameboards have a jumper or dip switch to select medium or standard res monitors. Many operators put these games in conversion cabinets so they needed standard res. You should confirm though with the game manufacturer's tech support dept at www.itsgames.com

[nipsmg]

Ken- YOU ARE THE MAN.

You're right, there's a dipswitch.

Life is very very good right now.

[Ken Layton]

I've also found that the Golden Tee series has their own color display standards. If your monitor looks great with other JAMMA gameboards, the Golden Tee series may have the colors off a bit. If yours has 'off' colors then go into the games' test menu and select the monitor color bars. I always had to tweak the color pots on the neckboard on Golden Tees to get the browns and oranges to look right.

[nipsmg]

I've also found that the Golden Tee series has their own color display standards. If your monitor looks great with other JAMMA gameboards, the Golden Tee series may have the colors off a bit. If yours has 'off' colors then go into the games' test menu and select the monitor color bars. I always had to tweak the color pots on the neckboard on Golden Tees to get the browns and oranges to look right.

Ok. 

I just got a free 27" TV (asking around helps) from a friend who says "the colors are off, so off you get a headache watching it".  I'm figuring that's a cap problem?

I'm going to buy an 8liners chassis and convert it.  (I'm sure i can get another broken 27" if this one doesn't work out.

That should work for this and also allow me to change my crappy monitor in the cabinet now, and replace it with something that'll work with my arcade VGA that I have sitting in a box somewhere.

 --NipsMG