Main Restorations Software Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Everything Else Buy/Sell/Trade
Project Announcements Monitor/Video GroovyMAME Merit/JVL Touchscreen Meet Up Retail Vendors
Driving & Racing Woodworking Software Support Forums Consoles Project Arcade Reviews
Automated Projects Artwork Frontend Support Forums Pinball Forum Discussion Old Boards
Raspberry Pi & Dev Board controls.dat Linux Miscellaneous Arcade Wiki Discussion Old Archives
Lightguns Arcade1Up Try the site in https mode Site News

Unread posts | New Replies | Recent posts | Rules | Chatroom | Wiki | File Repository | RSS | Submit news

  

Author Topic: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?  (Read 4324 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Cameronj

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 233
  • Last login:August 03, 2012, 12:59:01 pm
  • I'm a Super llama!
Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« on: June 20, 2006, 10:18:25 pm »
I can't seem to find any.

Thanks
« Last Edit: June 20, 2006, 10:30:02 pm by Cameronj »

Kevin Mullins

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 4504
  • Last login:February 01, 2021, 01:29:34 pm
    • Me on Myspace
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2006, 10:49:47 pm »
Does not surprise me..... rare AND spendy.
Not a technician . . . . just a DIY'er.

Ken Layton

  • Guru
  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 7061
  • Last login:October 12, 2021, 12:25:59 am
  • Technician
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2006, 12:02:16 am »
Brand new ones have not been manufactured in 20 years. Used ones show up on ebay, but be prepared to get out the wallet!

Q*Bert_OP

  • Wiki Contributor
  • Trade Count: (+7)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2089
  • Last login:October 25, 2012, 07:20:42 pm
  • Oh yes, we did!
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2006, 04:28:38 pm »
The last one I saw was wg6100 series with burn-in that went for over $500 :(
WTB: The Grid by Midway (2001), looking for 2 or more complete games, and large marquee

Cameronj

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 233
  • Last login:August 03, 2012, 12:59:01 pm
  • I'm a Super llama!
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2006, 05:20:05 pm »
Dang I might as well buy a Star Wars other fully functioning cab that has one in there. Man once I get a hold of one, I might just have to see if I can get a factory in China to reverse engineer the electronics and start a new business.  ::)

Kevin Mullins

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 4504
  • Last login:February 01, 2021, 01:29:34 pm
    • Me on Myspace
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2006, 07:03:30 pm »
Was this one that you might just need repaired?
Or are you missing one and wanted to buy one?
Are you looking at buying a Stars Wars cab without one?

May be this info will get you somewhere also.
Because if it's just repairs......that might be possible.
Not a technician . . . . just a DIY'er.

Cameronj

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 233
  • Last login:August 03, 2012, 12:59:01 pm
  • I'm a Super llama!
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2006, 07:32:25 pm »
Well I would love a dedicated Star Wars, but what I was wanting is to do a VectorMame machine. That would be soooooo cool.

Kevin Mullins

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 4504
  • Last login:February 01, 2021, 01:29:34 pm
    • Me on Myspace
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2006, 08:37:34 pm »
This might be way off base an dof no help...... but google around for vector emulators.
I know I've seen something about them, but don't know much about it.

I wouldn't even attempt to mess with a true color vector monitor for that.
TOTALLY different signal inputs from what you are talking about.
 
Not a technician . . . . just a DIY'er.

hutch1980

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 41
  • Last login:September 18, 2010, 02:54:26 pm
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2006, 04:38:48 am »
I too would love to do a vector mame on an old vector color monitor. As Kevin said, the signal input is totally different, and most x/y monitors are not compatible with each other. They have different specs and run at different speeds. It's a little spendy, but probably worth it, but i think you could solve those problems by using a Zektor Vector Generator. I'm still saving up for one (and a color vector monitor, hehe). It was designed for use with mame and displaying true vector graphics on original vector monitors. They even have a pic of it running a vector arcade board on those old Vectrex home gaming systems. It's a tiny screen, but a lot cheaper than your standard vector arcade monitor. I think their webiste is zektor.com.  The card was also mentioned in the Project Arcade book too.

ArcadeMaze

  • No-Edit-Allowed
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Full Member
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 161
  • Last login:April 11, 2025, 01:36:59 pm
Re: Where can you buy a color vector monitor?
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2006, 10:32:51 am »
X
« Last Edit: May 15, 2008, 10:50:24 pm by ArcadeMaze »