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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Justin on February 19, 2003, 10:30:57 pm

Title: Will ArcadeVGA work with TV or PC monitor?
Post by: Justin on February 19, 2003, 10:30:57 pm

has anyone tested this yet?  I'd like to buy an ArcadeVGA and hook up a TV (or possibly a PC monitor) for a while before I can shell out $$$ for a REAL arcade monitor, like a W.G.
Andy mentioned he left all the original modes in the ROM / drivers ...

Can anyone confirm that the ArcadeVGA card will work connected to a TV, utiklizing the ATI's TV-out port?  (this would probably mean bypassing all the special modes...  just what I want for now).

Thanks for anyone who can test this for me!

-J

Title: Re:Will ArcadeVGA work with TV or PC monitor?
Post by: SirPoonga on February 19, 2003, 10:46:27 pm

Read the FAQ!!

Using the top VGA connector on the card.

The top connector has the following function and can be used as required:
DOS: Duplicates the lower connector exactly. So you can connect a second arcade monitor.
WINDOWS (with the ATI drivers loaded): Runs as a normal SVGA monitor. So you can have a normal and arcade monitor connected. The SVGA monitor will not display a picture though, until Windows starts.

Using the S-Video Connector.

This connector can be connected to a TV for troubleshooting purposes. We do not recommend using TVs for gaming for the reasons we explain in the Arcade Monitor FAQ (poor TV picture quality).

Title: Re:Will ArcadeVGA work with TV or PC monitor?
Post by: OSCAR on February 19, 2003, 10:48:51 pm

Unless you have a 15KHz monitor to be able to install the drivers first, I'm afraid you are out of luck.

See about the 20th post or so of this thread for more info:
 http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=4983.

Title: Re:Will ArcadeVGA work with TV or PC monitor?
Post by: SirPoonga on February 19, 2003, 10:50:24 pm

Ahhh, forgot about that, Andy needs to add that to the faq.

Title: Re:Will ArcadeVGA work with TV or PC monitor?
Post by: Justin on February 19, 2003, 11:10:24 pm

Quote from: OSCAR on February 19, 2003, 10:48:51 pm

Unless you have a 15KHz monitor to be able to install the drivers first, I'm afraid you are out of luck.

Weird...  can't install drivers without a 15Khz monitor...  

Why not install the files manually?  Why not use another VidCard to install the drivers?  I don't quite get it  :(

Title: Re:Will ArcadeVGA work with TV or PC monitor?
Post by: OSCAR on February 19, 2003, 11:20:15 pm

Quote from: Justin on February 19, 2003, 11:10:24 pm

Weird...  can't install drivers without a 15Khz monitor...  

Why not install the files manually?

Because you can't see anything.  Without a 15KHz compatible monitor, at best you will get a scrambled picture, at worst a blank screen.

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Why not use another VidCard to install the drivers?

If you can get Windows to allow you to install video drivers for a card that isn't physically installed, then perhaps, I haven't tried that.  Sometimes Windows will give you that "You are attempting to install drivers not specifically written for this device...." type of error, but it might work.   ???