Egret 2

Andrew76 · 07-03-2013 03:12PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Well I can't speak for SF4 as I've yet to see that on a 15Khz screen...but by and large a pc, a compatible ATi/Nvidia gfx card {something more powerful than an ArcadeVGA}, soft15Khz & a jpac look absolutely stunning if they're running through a 15Khz arcade crt.

It looks fine at low res. I had to use the 360 version rather than PC because the PC version (at least the one I had at the time) wouldn't go as low as 640 x 480 - which is the max resolution of the tri-sync.

Bear that in mind urban if you weren't already aware of it - 640 x 480 is the highest you can go on an E3/AWSD so don't expect HD visuals or anything.

CathalDublin · 07-03-2013 03:14PM

I use an arcadevga, quad core and 4gb ram
I only play retro games so no sf4 and it plays everything I throw at it.
If you plug a pc into a trisync and play 15khz games what does it look like?

07-03-2013 03:28PM

yeah,your all right.
It'd be for tate games anyway so no sf4!
on the arcade vga.No issues with bios screens with that?(or any of that crap)
how do you connect an arcade vga to a non trisync? (special cable etc)
these might be silly questions!

CathalDublin · 07-03-2013 03:31PM

You see my bios screen, that's about it, I've windows hidden
You just need a VGA break out cable
It's basically VGA at one end and bare rgb sync ground cables at the other end.
So I've mine going straight to a gamma fingerboard

07-03-2013 03:46PM

Thanks Cathal,
Just had a read on the ulimarc site.
arcadevga and jpac seen like the simplest and most flexible solution

safetyboy · 07-03-2013 03:58PM

what kind of cabs are these with LED banners

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8659383@N04/5420521641/in/photostream

Myrddin · 07-03-2013 04:00PM

urbanledge wrote: »

Thanks Cathal,
Just had a read on the ulimarc site.
arcadevga and jpac seen like the simplest and most flexible solution

I use a jpac & soft15...its perfect for my needs. A little too perfect actually, it made me sell off my pcb's as it was so much more convenient over lugging out my cab to change the boards and the difference between the two was indistinguishable

Regards bios screens & login screens, your still gonna have that issue with a tri-sync. Personally speaking a bios screen & pc booting up doesn't bother me in the slightest, I just have it set for no login screen & for HS to run when windows boots.

geotrig · 07-03-2013 04:09PM

safetyboy wrote: »

what kind of cabs are these with LED banners

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8659383@N04/5420521641/in/photostream

they are namco cyberleads ,some people lovethem some hate them supposed to be a real nice cab to play on though

07-03-2013 04:15PM

@enternow
Dont care about bios,boot screen etc.
I just read the height hzs can mess up monitors?
probly an old wives tale or something

Jack burton · 07-03-2013 04:32PM

Those namco cyberleads remind me of gundam robots!

Andrew76 · 07-03-2013 04:38PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Regards bios screens & login screens, your still gonna have that issue with a tri-sync. Personally speaking a bios screen & pc booting up doesn't bother me in the slightest, I just have it set for no login screen & for HS to run when windows boots.

Same here, bios screen etc is fine once you have no login and HS auto starts. In fairness anyone who knows anything about arcade games will know there's a PC inside it once they see the frontend and all the games, anyone who has no knowledge won't pay any attention to the bios etc.

Another thing with the candies, or ones I'm familiar with anyway, you have to flick a switch on the cab itself to turn it on. So it would already be powered on at the wall first, power on the PC with a button or whatever, wait a few seconds before turning on the cab and by the time the monitor comes on - HS will be loaded. That's what I always did.

Myrddin · 07-03-2013 04:39PM

urbanledge wrote: »

I just read the height hzs can mess up monitors?
probly an old wives tale or something

You heard what with the whatnow? A Jpac will protect your monitor, if the signal isn't 15Khz I think they lock out sync'ing as a form of protection. As far as your monitor is concerned, its just another day at the office

07-03-2013 11:16PM

Just sold my bike

Better blow it all before I have to spend it on something sensible

:D
Had to bribe the missus but I'm good to go

:D:D:D

CathalDublin · 08-03-2013 12:24AM

http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47895&title=egret-2-up-to-1000-offered-other-cabs-also
Now there's a minty e2

o1s1n · 08-03-2013 12:34AM

geotrig wrote: »

they are namco cyberleads ,some people lovethem some hate them supposed to be a real nice cab to play on though

I ****ing hate cyberleads! horrible looking machines. Almost as much as I hate Namco Exceleenas

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQgSV8U4ZdJc6j0p2us1ilwejXsbyjYMChvVCwPoWOU1G0RQcn8

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQgSV8U4ZdJc6j0p2us1ilwejXsbyjYMChvVCwPoWOU1G0RQcn8

(I do quite like Namco Exceleena 2s though)

CathalDublin · 08-03-2013 12:40AM

Those things are nasty

08-03-2013 11:21AM

Ronnie has no 29's

didnt know the e29 has a tate mech also

geotrig · 08-03-2013 11:36AM

lol e29's are a small bit more expensive as well

geotrig · 08-03-2013 11:38AM

o1s1n wrote: »

I ****ing hate cyberleads! horrible looking machines. Almost as much as I hate Namco Exceleenas

(I do quite like Namco Exceleena 2s though)

i think cyberleads are like marmite you either love them or hate them ....

they have grown on me over the years though...they are like that girl that you never reallly fancied but now you see her and think just maybe

safetyboy · 08-03-2013 11:44AM

geotrig wrote: »

lol e29's are a small bit more expensive as well

Whats the going price on the 29's?

geotrig · 08-03-2013 11:51AM

about 1500 is what i've seen before i think and thats for a ****y looking one .I
think people have been offered 2.5k fo theirs and have not sold ....parts are a bitch for it though, taito tech dont have any more cp's and most are in a bit of a state that need some work done to them

08-03-2013 12:05PM

Fcuk 1500!
I love them but not that much !
In talks about a E2

safetyboy · 08-03-2013 12:10PM

thats me out then

o1s1n · 08-03-2013 12:13PM

geotrig wrote: »

i think cyberleads are like marmite you either love them or hate them ....

they have grown on me over the years though...they are like that girl that you never reallly fancied but now you see her and think just maybe

I think Namco candy cabs are just a bit too mental looking for me in general. Consolettes, Exceleenas, Cyberleads...just came across this monstrosity now on the AO Wiki.

Those Namco designers must be lunatics.

safetyboy · 08-03-2013 12:20PM

I'd love that, CP looks a bit bogie though.

geotrig · 08-03-2013 12:22PM

aye, their cab designs are slighty out there alright ...my main problem with namco's cabs is that the pcb bay is very small in a couple of them ....i've always like the consolettas though and they suffer from that small bay thing....dynalive is fugly

The Last Bandit · 08-03-2013 12:30PM

Christ there are some ugly cabs floating about in here...

08-03-2013 12:39PM

Exceleenas2 are nice,
taitos and sega really float my boat tho

o1s1n · 08-03-2013 12:41PM

safetyboy wrote: »

I'd love that, CP looks a bit bogie though.

Whaaaat? You mad! :pac:

Strange that their candy cabs are so odd as their dedicated shooting cabs are gorgeous.

08-03-2013 02:38PM

Heres the test screen off the Egret 2
anyone care to comment?

Egret 2

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