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Main => Lightguns => Topic started by: rbarr110 on August 23, 2005, 08:02:15 pm

Title: GunCon2 Lightgun ????
Post by: rbarr110 on August 23, 2005, 08:02:15 pm

OK - I have searched the threads and the net regarding using a guncon2 gun with mame on the pc.....however I am still confused.

From what I have found teh guncon 2 gun IS NOT yet compatible with a CRT monitor?

You HAVE TO use an arcade monitor or a television?

Is this correct?  If not can someone please help me find the information to use with a CRT monitor?

Thanks

Title: Re: GunCon2 Lightgun ????
Post by: Silver on August 24, 2005, 08:37:50 am

'Out of the box' this is correct. But.....

They can and do work on crt's if you use a device to halves the syncs of your vga signal. So you have a VGA signal going to the PC monitor as normal, but you take the syncs, process them, and feed them to the guns.

On the guncon2 forum I belive there is a circuit posted which you can build with cheap components that will do this. People have done this and reported success.

If you happen to own a Jpac, this already has a chip that does this exact process so you can use the output of that instead (although if you have a jpac you probably have an arcade monitor anyway).

I'm currently doing exactly the same myself, just need time to solder on connectors and I should be there.

Title: Re: GunCon2 Lightgun ????
Post by: RayB on August 24, 2005, 10:31:27 am

Barr, do you know what a CRT is? It means "Cathode Ray Tube". A TV uses a CRT. An arcade monitor uses a CRT. A PC monitor uses a CRT.

So maybe you'd like to re-word what you really mean...?

Title: Re: GunCon2 Lightgun ????
Post by: rbarr110 on August 24, 2005, 11:32:26 am

Quote from: RayB on August 24, 2005, 10:31:27 am

Barr, do you know what a CRT is? It means "Cathode Ray Tube". A TV uses a CRT. An arcade monitor uses a CRT. A PC monitor uses a CRT.

So maybe you'd like to re-word what you really mean...?

OK, if we are being picky what I meant to say is....

"From what I have found teh guncon 2 gun IS NOT yet compatible with a CRT PC monitor?"

And yes I know what CRT means.

BTW, thanks for the useful reply Silver.  The only circuit I have seen says it is a conversion from a VGA signal for an arcade monitor, not for a PC CRT monitor.  Is it the same circuit?

Thanks

Title: Re: GunCon2 Lightgun ????
Post by: rbarr110 on August 24, 2005, 12:17:58 pm

Forgo one other question....

Will the light guns work through tinted plexi?

Title: Re: GunCon2 Lightgun ????
Post by: Acorn on August 24, 2005, 01:07:23 pm

*possibly*

However, there will be some loss of performance, and at the very worst it will be nearly unusable. Different users have reported differently.

Read my faq at http://guncon.acornscity.com/faq.php , most of your questions are answered there (although it needs updated :) )