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ArcadeMaze:

--- Quote from: shawnzilla on February 10, 2006, 05:43:54 pm ---For those of you with WG6100s, what ZVGTWEAK settings would you recommend?

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My tweak settings are currently open to suggestion.  At this point I am still using the defaults(at least for the 6100).  I will probably start fooling with them once I have the monitor where I want it for real. (I am aligning/converging/messing with the yoke tabs using a real Tempest test pattern).

As for an 800mhz machine, that is what Zonn stated on his website as his testbed system.  But there are some on the Vectorlist that are using a 400 mhz Pentium III as their system.  I am still sorting out the speeds, I am using a 1Ghz machine without sound as my test bed temporarily and it appears that frame rates are slightly slower when using a 19V2000 monitor as opposed to using a 19WG6100 monitor.   Hmmmmmmm.....

I am actually surprised at the number of MAME vector people on this board.  I would have thought that it would be more than 6.  I guess Saint was right, we are a niche group.  ;)

XtraSmiley:
Well, to be honest I've got 2 of these things ready to go, but I didn't really want to mess around with it until the ZVG got WinXP drivers.  That was like 2 years ago...

I guess I'll have to really get off ---my bottom--- and try to dual boot my laptop to see if I can get it running.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: Peale on February 10, 2006, 10:50:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 10, 2006, 12:53:22 pm ---You can also pick up a 700mhz computer for free with very little legwork.

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Yeah?

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chad is being literal here. if you go into someones house and then pick up the computer so long as there is no one home there will be very little legwork  ;D

ArcadeMaze:

--- Quote from: shawnzilla on February 07, 2006, 09:09:14 am ---Guys,

I think I may legally be a moron. Sooo...got my fancy new WG 6101 the other day. I hooked it up to the good old ZVG and....NOTHING. I couldn't get a pulse from the monitor to save my life.

I finally spoke with the guy whom I bought it from, and he asked "did you plug it in?" I was like, "yes, of course I plugged it into the ZVG!" He's like, "ok, but did you plug it into a 110V power source?"

So, I don't know why I thought the ZVG would actually power the monitor (maybe, because it plugs into the transformer). Anyway, I ended up splicing a computer power cable into the transformer and just like magic, my new monitor works! Do I feel like a dumbass or what?

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Don't feel too terribly bad, when I first tried to fire up my 6101, I didn't get anything either.  But that was because I left the plug for the on/off switch and door interlocks unpopulated on the power block, so I didn't have a complete circuit.    'Doh!

ArcadeMaze:

--- Quote from: shawnzilla on February 10, 2006, 09:42:39 am ---This is becoming a sickness. I can't stop thinking about vector monitors!  ;)

Now I want a B&W one (other than my Vectrex). Not that I'd want to buy another ZVG just for my Vectrex, but it'd sure make a fun little bartop machine. Something to the effect of putting it in a box with a nice bezel, and making the control panel detachable so that the monitor can be rotated.


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But it is a good sickness.   :)  I had originally planned to stop with just the 6101, but I thought about it too much and I decided to get the 19V2000 and build seperate machines(It helps that both monitors can do dual-duty as spares in my dedicated vector machines).  So, I know of the vector madness... But on the plus side, vector monitors are pretty easy to fix.

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