Sir Kongsalot
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Swapping a computer monitor into a Donkey Kong cabinet?
I have no current need to do this, but just out of curiosity, if my Sanyo were to take a dump and I wanted to stay up and running while repairing the monitor, could I use a standard computer monitor as a temporary replacement, and if so, what would I need?
I see a lot here and there about connecting a "modern" MAME setup to a "vintage" Sanyo, but not much about doing the other way around (connecting a "vintage" game board to a "modern" PC monitor).
So, I'd start with the standard Nintendo 6-pin video out cable. Where would I go from there?
Does something like this exist?:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cga-Vga-Vga...891?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ca2f7f9b
(One that actually matches the Nintendo video cable?)
What about power? Obviously I couldn't just plug the PC monitor into the isolation transformer at the bottom of the cabinet, so I assume I'd have to plug in the monitor's power cable separately from the cabinet's regular power cord.
And of course I'd need the video inverter as well.
Who is doing this (there must be somebody) and how are you doing it?
I have no current need to do this, but just out of curiosity, if my Sanyo were to take a dump and I wanted to stay up and running while repairing the monitor, could I use a standard computer monitor as a temporary replacement, and if so, what would I need?
I see a lot here and there about connecting a "modern" MAME setup to a "vintage" Sanyo, but not much about doing the other way around (connecting a "vintage" game board to a "modern" PC monitor).
So, I'd start with the standard Nintendo 6-pin video out cable. Where would I go from there?
Does something like this exist?:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cga-Vga-Vga...891?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ca2f7f9b
(One that actually matches the Nintendo video cable?)
What about power? Obviously I couldn't just plug the PC monitor into the isolation transformer at the bottom of the cabinet, so I assume I'd have to plug in the monitor's power cable separately from the cabinet's regular power cord.
And of course I'd need the video inverter as well.
Who is doing this (there must be somebody) and how are you doing it?
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