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CGA Monitor?
« on: June 22, 2003, 05:05:26 pm »
What games used a 29 inch cga monitor? I found one for sale (new)and was kind of baffled by it. Maybe I'm a moron (no I am a moron) but isn't VGA the standard now.  

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Re:CGA Monitor?
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2003, 05:14:50 pm »
PC's use VGA cards and monitors. CGA is a lower resolution used for many arcade games. There are plenty of proven ways to make a PC work with a CGA monitor, though. The best I know of is that ArcadeVGA video card from http://www.ultimarc.com

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Re:CGA Monitor?
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2003, 02:53:37 am »
From what I have heard, some CGA Monitors have digital inputs, not analog.   This can be difficult to interface.

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Re:CGA Monitor?
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2003, 03:05:30 am »
WHAT !
no,its no digital monitor.
as far as I know..cga=15khz analog monitor.
aka "standard" arcade monitor.
clear?  :)
« Last Edit: June 24, 2003, 08:41:01 am by saint »

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Re:CGA Monitor?
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2003, 11:12:42 pm »
Well I found a new 29inch one cheap from a reputable person, but I just didn't know if that was the way I should go. I haven't heard of many people using one which was why I posted the the topic

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Re:CGA Monitor?
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2003, 12:05:55 am »
Heh... Sorry about messing up your post Snaaake! I clicked the wrong link, meant to reply, and now it isn't letting me fix it.  :o  >:(

(saint sez:  Fixed I think.  Here's what I think Tom's message was meant to be:
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While on this board, CGA usually means standard resolution (15kHz horizontal) analog RGB, but CGA can also mean TTL level RGB (ie used on old PX/XT computers).
« Last Edit: June 24, 2003, 08:41:50 am by saint »

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Re:CGA Monitor?
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2003, 12:30:32 am »
Heh... Sorry about messing up your post Snaaake! I clicked the wrong link, meant to reply, and now it isn't letting me fix it.  :o  >:(
Yeah what the heck ! ???
I never even wrote none of that...LOL :o
I forgot what I actually wrote :P