Ok - any way of getting mame to run on arcade monitor without ArcadeVGA?

[eggedd2k]

my arcadevga card i received from ultimarc was faulty so it's gone back.  i've tried powerstrip and because my graphics card is a basic one the custom resolution settings arent available (the option is greyed out and unclickable).

is there a way of getting mame to run on my arcade monitor (via the jpac) without using an arcadevga card? i've tried booting my pc straight into a dos command prompt after xp loads but still the display on the arcade monitor is crap.

thanks in advance for any input!

[eggedd2k]

just had a thought - would dos machine work without an arcadevga card?

[TheVengeance]

just had a thought - would dos machine work without an arcadevga card?

Yes it would, depending on your card. You could try having a look around here.

http://www.msu.edu/user/jonesdes/easycab.htm

He offers many different configurations for DOS and arcade monitors. Very easy to setup also.

**EDIT** I believe he is also a member of the forum, although right off hand I can't think of his name.

[MonitorGuru]

AdvanceMame with pure DOS (nothing after Win98SE) or Linux will work with most all video cards, except many on-board only videos, and drive an arcade monitor perfectly with a little configuration.

[eggedd2k]

my computer has got on-board video.

will a computer that boots straight into a game work with standard mame?

[eggedd2k]

when connected to an arcade monitor without arcadevga?

[Raven..]

I've never used an arcadeVGA card.  I use DOSfrom 98SE and AdvanceMAME.  Works great, and it may work with your on-board video.  (depends on the chip it's based on).

[TheVengeance]

I've never used an arcadeVGA card.