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Re: VECTOR: Vector/Raster switchable monitor?


From: chumblespuzz ( )
Date: Sun Apr 01 2001 - 19:32:23 CDT


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  From: Dan Piraino
  To:
  Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 7:43 PM
  Subject: Re: VECTOR: Vector/Raster switchable monitor?

  Can a VGA monitor be used in place of a vector monitor in a vector game. Would that work? Just wondering because I can't locate a xy monitor for my Star Wars upright. Reading this posting made me wonder.
  Dan
  Noel Johnson wrote:

    Here is the seller's response to my question. It is a MAME cabinet, after all:
>The game is running MAME on a DOS box. It can play
>up to 2000 games by downloading them off the Internet and
>loading them into the C:\MAME\ROMS folder on the
>machine. It uses a VGA monitor and that is how it can
>play vector and standard res games.

>I bought it off a guy at a Flea market about two years ago
>and I need the space, so I am selling it. It is a lot of fun.

    Noel

>Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 09:14:45 -0700
>From: "Noel Johnson" < >
>To:
>Subject: VECTOR: Vector/Raster switchable monitor?
>Reply-To:
>
>Anyone seen this auction?:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1129833269
>
>Apparantly this guy has designed a monitor which can support both vector and raster games... (yeah right)..
>
>Either that or it's a MAME cabinet..
>
>It's even been "upgraded" to play with a joystick! I can hardly wait to try Tempest with a joystick... NOT!
>
>noel
>
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