Recent content by Zepherino

Just had a awesome purchase experience with @mattsoft Great stuff for sale, responsive to messages, kept me well informed with updates, and my stuff arrived in clean working condition. Not an easy feat when you consider that one of the things in the shipment was a 13" CRT. Highly recommend.

For CPS2/3 and Naomi it should just be plug and play (RCA to consumer speakers of choice) without the need to change settings. Even if there were settings these boards are new enough that you would be setting it a software based service menu instead of dip switches. My advice before wasn't...

I don't think the video level would be a concern for blowing up the gscart immediately. I imagine the video would be overblown and it wouldn't be good for the components, but it shouldn't just kill it. I'd be more worried about pushing line level unmodified JAMMA audio into the gscart. Others...

This is expected behavior from the Dreamcast (and apparently Naomi). They both output DTV signals (720x480) out of the VGA port but leave the extra width blank. This is fine for analog sources (most non HD CRTs), but can cause some difficulty with digital displays (most flat panels) because they...

This thing is super cool! It would be a strong consideration if I was local, and still pretty tempting even though I'm not

Yup, I use heat set inserts for a decent amount of stuff that I've designed. The JAMMA expander case I put on Thingiverse/Printables a while back used them. Sometimes I would use a longer bolt and have hole in the shape of a nut on the other side instead in order to avoid inserts, mostly...

27" 16:10 is not a thing afaik. You can use something like panelook.com to try and find nonstandard LCDs or other flat panels if you want, although that doesn't mean you will find something you can purchase even if you did. I've gone down this road before of looking for weird displays many...

Unfortunately it was pretty typical performance for IPS LCDs of that era to be pretty slow. At the time, IPS was just starting to become affordable, and offered much better color accuracy and viewing angle compared to TN, but they suffered from slower response times and mediocre black/contrast...

TBH the bigger issue with this monitor will be pixel response/refresh time anyways. High speed scenes look a bit blurry, and I struggle with this when I increase the note scroll speed in DDR/ITG. For racing it may give a smear effect, although I don't know how severe. I haven't looked into the...

The LCD panels are pretty much all the same no matter the model (LG), and every model is also pretty old (except the U3023, but is expensive and still discontinued) so I don't think a specific model matters too much. I would just buy whatever is cheap and available. These monitors are pre-2010...

Yes, both sides should be powering the harness. Otherwise you're splitting video between two cabs with one power source. If you ever used a crappy passive VGA splitter before, I imagine the effect would be similar. There would be a drop in voltage and a negative effect on video quality for both...

Based on the photos shown, there's a wire (pink) soldered to pin#26, which means that this is probably wired for CHAMMA. Unless your cab harnesses are also CHAMMA, this would be the first thing to correct. Both sides being wired for 5V should be correct. You can verify the correct voltage by...

That cable really doesn't look fit for purpose... The bare PCB on the side without the socket is also a bit risky since it's easy to install upside down and accidentally push 5V where it doesn't belong for some magic smoke action. With the boogery hot glue everywhere, I would be checking for the...

The 30" would need modifications to the bezel for sure (wasnt sure until I glanced at what a 2049 cab looked like). 27" with a wider bezel on top and bottom is probably more appropriate if you're OK with the smaller vertical screen space (you may not have a choice if you dont want to cut the...

I have a ULM26 on hand which I haven't used in a long time, but frankly I wouldn't recommend it anyways. Too expensive, and the low resolution, slow pixel response time, and unusual subpixel layout (it's RGB, but turned 90deg...) has a negative effect on image quality. The only benefits are it's...