Some kick off questions for the Cinematronics list:
(First of all, welcome to John Keay, who was volunteered for the list by Paul
Kahler)
For folks that have cinematronics monitors with the variable intensity board
installed (Solar Quest, etc.) what happens when you try to run regular cnma
vector games with the monitor?
How about the converse? (ie, Solar Quest with a Star Castle setup?)
Does anyone have schematics for the Boxing Bugs color translator board?
Answers will help with the following goal:
Fabricate a generic PCB that can take input from any cinematronics vector PCB
and output signals in a form suitable for Atari vector monitors. Question is
whether the 64 level intensity board should be incorporated into the
translator board reproductions.
Given the success of the emulator effort, it is clear that most of the games
can be run with a multi-game hack on AA/SQ hardware (ignoring sound). Having
a translator board would open up these games to a lot of people who don't have
access to a dedicated cinematronics cabinet.
Ray
