No, you're actually not wrong. Sega also sold some 50" sit-down cabs with the big bench seat that fits 2 people that did use the same stick as the UR.
I think they were factory-converted Ocean Hunter cabs that didn't sell...
The "real" DX with the force-feedback stick has the small seat with...
They're awesome, but they're expensive now. The money is probably better spent on machines for most collectors that aren't all that into consoles. The upside is that they're a limited resource and will probably continue to appreciate, if that matters.
I probably wouldn't bother owning more than...
I have them everywhere and a couple get used most days.
2030 & 2530/2730QM have been my main TVs at home since the late 90s, though they've only been on retro duty for about 15 years now.
My main monitor repair bench has a couple LMD-2450Ws just because they're easy to tuck up on the wall, and...
Use 22 AWG. 24 is fine if that's all you have.
Connectors are JST NH-series. They're really inexpensive. APAR should have them as well at a higher cost, but if you need anything else from him it's worth it to just buy there...
Tell me about it. I've got 4 of them that I bought from the old DRMO gov surplus auctions around 2000 for $100 total. I basically only ever used them in a 2x2 video wall fed from a $20 security camera that only gets used at parties for hours a year, so they're still all like new. Feels hard to...
The "Technical Magic" hardware felt like a really weird compromise because of this. High-res gfx but low-res color applied to them. Fire One seemed to make the most of it, the smooth scrolling & window effects were pretty neat.
...and the monitor in these games is interesting:
These early games are all just B/W games with colorized outputs - taking each individually-generated section of video (like a Pong paddle, for example) and mixing it though some resistors of varying values into the 3 RGB outputs so you end up with the color you desire. B/W games just sum every...
I'm in the same boat as John here. I still have 2-9100As, a programmer station, 20ish pods, most of the accessories and also a 9010A - all picked up before '00. I almost never use any it... 20ish years back when I used to use them all the time I had a library of memory maps & sigs for most Atari...
Yes. I think all games will do both 15 & 24k and the newest games like the pair of Gauntlets (with the newer video card) will also do 31k.
Some manuals for dedicated Vegas games don't fully list these options. Look at manuals for other Vegas games with similar hardware.
You're probably always...
Cap kits are best for most people, but they also make repair far more tedious than it needs to be. If you do a fair bit of chassis every year and plan to keep at it a while, just buying bulk caps and putting into a parts drawer you keep at-hand on the bench makes life waay easier. It'll be less...