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janey6152:
I have a plug in play game. I want to make a bartop and not have to use a PC borad  Such as Mame .
just wanna  take it apart and plug it into a PC monitor , Is the an adapter to do this ????

ahofle:
There are converters that do this.  Here is one that has VGA output (no idea what the quality would be like though).

shardian:
My old IBM PC had a monitor which also had RCA plugs in the back. I used that monitor for my Genesis/32x back in the day. Nowadays, I have no clue how that was done. I do wish I still had that monitor though. ;D

So I guess my advice is hit the junk stores looking for ancient pc's and look at the back of the monitors for RCA plugs.

knave:

--- Quote from: shardian on December 20, 2007, 11:20:21 am ---My old IBM PC had a monitor which also had RCA plugs in the back. I used that monitor for my Genesis/32x back in the day. Nowadays, I have no clue how that was done. I do wish I still had that monitor though. ;D

So I guess my advice is hit the junk stores looking for ancient pc's and look at the back of the monitors for RCA plugs.

--- End quote ---

I have an old commidore monitor that also has rca plugs...I still use it as a back up for my consoles...I think it has RGB inputs as well...so I could use it as an arcade monitor too.

My question to you is: Why not use a 13" TV? I'm pretty sure you could find one cheap or free.  If you want a bigger Bartop use a 19" or 20" TV.  Most likely any TV you picked up would be cheaper than the converter from the link above.

I've looked for the same device in order to use a cheap 19 or 20" LCD monitor with my Plug and play.  This is the most inexpensive one I've seen.  Usually they are $80 or more.
Expect VCR quality Video.

janey6152:
reason why i ask is i have about 10 pc monitor sitting around doing nothing.
so i fig i could make some mame, plug n  play  with them...

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