Arcade VGA card necissary?

[chuggy]

Is it completely necessary to get the arcade VGA card from ultimarc? I have a TNT II pro card with 15 pin, svid, and rca out. Can i wire this to my arcade monitor. Its from a dr. mario game i belive from 1991. Also if i can are there limitations to this over using arcadeVGA? I'm getting mixed answers to this question everywhere i look. thanks

[paigeoliver]

You are getting mixed answers because you are looking in too many places and asking many, many overlapping questions.

You can likely get that card working in DOS Mame, but only AFTER you build a video inversion circuit to be able to use that Nintendo monitor with a normal signal. If you don't make that circuit then everything is going to look like a photo negative.

You won't get that card and monitor combo working with Windows, or with much of anything else.

This is probably the third or 4th time I have repeated this information.

I will also once again repeat my suggestion to sell that monitor, boardset, and Nintendo power supply, as they will bring more than enough to purchase a more compatible display.

[chuggy]

How much would you suggest i sell it for? I apologize for repeat questions, but i guess i've been looking for a specific answer. When you say nintendo monitor do you mean brand? I checked the back of my monitor and it says sanyo M2B186047. There is also a spec sheet, but its ripped in half. I know there are r g b h synch, and v sych adjustments on the monitor. again i apologize for the over lap, i just wanted confirmation on a conclusion i had almost made. I guess my conclusion was wrong.

[paigeoliver]

If it is in a Dr. Mario then it is a Nintendo compatible monitor. Nintendo PCBs do not put out the same video signal as normal gameboards. So unless you have one of the few monitors with a Normal/Nintendo switch, then you would have to build a conversion circuit to use that monitor.

I would list the monitor for $50, as a Sanyo arcade monitor - nintendo type. I would list the PCB for $50 also, as tested working (an untested just brought $22, so you could probably get $50). I would list the power supply for $10 as a "Nintendo power supply".

That should bring you in $110, which is enough to get some sort of 19" VGA display.