SLG 3000 and 60in1 board to lcd

Optimus Prime · 29-09-2014 01:59PM #1

Hey guys, i know a couple of you have these, im thinking of picking one up.

Ive a cocktail table here that im trying to get going but cant get my hands on a arcade monitor at the minute and im getting impatient about finishing it!

Ive a 60 in 1 board in it that just has space invaders enabled and ive an lcd im going to put in it. im thinking of getting one of these for scanlines. are they any use?

Space invaders looks flat on the lcd so it would really annoy me, im thinking this will get it closer to looking like a arcade monitor.

o1s1n · 29-09-2014 02:03PM

I had that setup in a tabletop before and it looked decent enough.

Basically it went supergun > scaler > vga out to SLG3000 > VGA monitor.

Optimus Prime · 29-09-2014 02:04PM

whats the "scaler" do?

o1s1n · 29-09-2014 02:06PM

It takes video from the supergun and converts it to VGA (for the SLG3000 and the monitor)

Optimus Prime · 29-09-2014 02:09PM

ok cool, so i probably dont need that for a 60in1 board as that has a builtin vga connection on it, so ill go 60in1>slg3000>lcd ?

o1s1n · 29-09-2014 02:11PM

Basically what I did was buy one of these with the 'jamma adapter'.

http://arcadeforge.net/Scaler-and-Strike-Devices/cga2vga-Scaler-PCB::13.html

The Jamma adapter pulls video from the board before it hits the supergun and sends it to the scaler.

The supergun then powers the board and routes the controls.

There's probably a more direct way of running the video in your jamma loom to an LCD, might have to do a bit of a hack job to get the SLG3000 in there though.

Edit - just noticed what you said about the VGA out on the 60 in 1 - sorted

Yep so just 60in1>slg3000>lcd

Optimus Prime · 29-09-2014 02:14PM

Cool, sounds like my best option until i can find a arcade monitor ( and not blow it like the last one.)

CathalDublin · 29-09-2014 02:39PM

would you not be better off with a VGA CRT than a LCD/SLG?
I can get you one of them for nothing, I think theres a 19" could be 17" in an office I do work in thats going to end up in the bin

The Last Bandit · 29-09-2014 02:42PM

Cocktail table would take a regular 14" portable TV (decased) ?

CathalDublin · 29-09-2014 02:53PM

I've used regular de-cased TVs 2 or 3 times in the past and they look arcade perfect.

Optimus Prime · 29-09-2014 03:12PM

Its a 13 inch that was in it originally. I actually have a 13" (maybe 14 not sure) arcade monitor in it i got off mitch. it was 130v, i bought a stepdown converter, hooked it up and it worked perfect.. for five minutes.. then smoke started coming out of one of the boards.

Andrew76 · 29-09-2014 03:15PM

keithgeo wrote: »

...I actually have a 13" (maybe 14 not sure)... worked perfect.. for five minutes..

The obligatory:

Optimus Prime · 29-09-2014 03:16PM

CathalDublin wrote: »

I've used regular de-cased TVs 2 or 3 times in the past and they look arcade perfect.

The hassle of getting the right size, trying to find one that auto switches on etc.. i tried when i built my first cab to use a tv but never got it working correctly.

SLG 3000 and 60in1 board to lcd

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