Archived from groups: rec.games.vectrex (More info?)

Ok, sorry about the blatant ad, but it is partly Vectrex related:

We have ZVG's back in stock, and on sale for $199.
(Until the 1st week in August)

For those that don't already know, the ZVG (Zektor's Vector Generator) allows
you to play DosMAME on a vector monitor, (no I still don't have any Windows
drivers for it, anybody want to write some?).

The ZVG plugs into a parallel port on one side, and a vector monitor on the
other. It supports all vector monitors, with the notable exception of the
Cinematronics monitors that are driven using digital signals.

Supported monitors include (we have pre-wired cables for these):

* WG6101, WG6401
* Amplifone
* Sega (G08)
* G05-801, G05-802, G05-805
* 19V2000
* Dual trace oscilloscope in the X/Y mode
* Vectrex

The ZVG will drive the X/Y monitor built into the Vectrex, and does so with a
jumper only installation. No soldering and, no cuts. Connecting the Vectrex to
the ZVG is a completely reversible procedure. The funny thing is even a hole in
the bottom of the molded case, just the right size to allow one to replace the
back while still being connected to the ZVG. Thanks for that Jay Smith! I'm
sure you were thinking of us! ;-)

By using some of the test patterns built into some of the vector games in MAME,
or by simply freezing MAME on a particular screen that's giving you problems,
the ZVG can be used as a decent vector pattern generator.

The link is: http://www.zektor.com/zvg

And now back to your regularly scheduled discussions...

-Zonn
--
Zonn Moore Run MAME's vector games on a real
Zektor, LLC vector monitor using the ZVG!
www.zektor.com More info at: www.zektor.com/zvg
(Remove the ".AOL" from email address to reply)

Archived from groups: rec.games.vectrex (More info?)

Actually, it's totally Vectrex-related, and with all the great vector
emu projects that you've worked on, you've more than earned your
welcome here... Anyway, I'm not sure if it's been asked or answered
before, but how hard would it be to get Zektor working with MESS, since
it's so similar to MAME and it would allow Vectrex games to be played
on a third party monitor?

cc

Zonn wrote:
> Ok, sorry about the blatant ad, but it is partly Vectrex related:
>
> We have ZVG's back in stock, and on sale for $199.
> (Until the 1st week in August)
>
> For those that don't already know, the ZVG (Zektor's Vector Generator) allows
> you to play DosMAME on a vector monitor, (no I still don't have any Windows
> drivers for it, anybody want to write some?).
>
> The ZVG plugs into a parallel port on one side, and a vector monitor on the
> other. It supports all vector monitors, with the notable exception of the
> Cinematronics monitors that are driven using digital signals.
>
> Supported monitors include (we have pre-wired cables for these):
>
> * WG6101, WG6401
> * Amplifone
> * Sega (G08)
> * G05-801, G05-802, G05-805
> * 19V2000
> * Dual trace oscilloscope in the X/Y mode
> * Vectrex
>
> The ZVG will drive the X/Y monitor built into the Vectrex, and does so with a
> jumper only installation. No soldering and, no cuts. Connecting the Vectrex to
> the ZVG is a completely reversible procedure. The funny thing is even a hole in
> the bottom of the molded case, just the right size to allow one to replace the
> back while still being connected to the ZVG. Thanks for that Jay Smith! I'm
> sure you were thinking of us! ;-)
>
> By using some of the test patterns built into some of the vector games in MAME,
> or by simply freezing MAME on a particular screen that's giving you problems,
> the ZVG can be used as a decent vector pattern generator.
>
> The link is: http://www.zektor.com/zvg
>
> And now back to your regularly scheduled discussions...
>
> -Zonn
> --
> Zonn Moore Run MAME's vector games on a real
> Zektor, LLC vector monitor using the ZVG!
> www.zektor.com More info at: www.zektor.com/zvg
> (Remove the ".AOL" from email address to reply)

Archived from groups: rec.games.vectrex (More info?)

On 13 Jul 2005 09:41:33 -0700, in rec.games.vectrex, "BaronVR"
<vectrexnow@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Actually, it's totally Vectrex-related, and with all the great vector
>emu projects that you've worked on, you've more than earned your
>welcome here... Anyway, I'm not sure if it's been asked or answered
>before, but how hard would it be to get Zektor working with MESS, since
>it's so similar to MAME and it would allow Vectrex games to be played
>on a third party monitor?

I've been told it's relatively easy to do, but it's outside my realm of
knowledge.

-Zonn
--
Zonn Moore Remove the ".AOL" from the
Zektor, LLC email address to reply.
www.zektor.com

Archived from groups: rec.games.vectrex (More info?)

Any chance of future upgrades for USB instead of Parallel? I'm
starting to realize that parallel and serial ports are going away
completely these days (I use primarily laptops, and my latest has
neither of these ports)...

USB and PCMCIA parallel ports only support printers, nothing more
complicated (like my parallel EPROM burner), so I'm a little hesitant
to buy any more parallel/serial devices...

Just a thought...

Rik

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:13:08 -0700, "Zonn" <news-zonn@zektor.AOL.com>
wrote:

>Ok, sorry about the blatant ad, but it is partly Vectrex related:
>
>We have ZVG's back in stock, and on sale for $199.
>(Until the 1st week in August)
>
>For those that don't already know, the ZVG (Zektor's Vector Generator) allows
>you to play DosMAME on a vector monitor, (no I still don't have any Windows
>drivers for it, anybody want to write some?).
>
>The ZVG plugs into a parallel port on one side, and a vector monitor on the
>other. It supports all vector monitors, with the notable exception of the
>Cinematronics monitors that are driven using digital signals.
>
>Supported monitors include (we have pre-wired cables for these):
>
>* WG6101, WG6401
>* Amplifone
>* Sega (G08)
>* G05-801, G05-802, G05-805
>* 19V2000
>* Dual trace oscilloscope in the X/Y mode
>* Vectrex
>
>The ZVG will drive the X/Y monitor built into the Vectrex, and does so with a
>jumper only installation. No soldering and, no cuts. Connecting the Vectrex to
>the ZVG is a completely reversible procedure. The funny thing is even a hole in
>the bottom of the molded case, just the right size to allow one to replace the
>back while still being connected to the ZVG. Thanks for that Jay Smith! I'm
>sure you were thinking of us! ;-)
>
>By using some of the test patterns built into some of the vector games in MAME,
>or by simply freezing MAME on a particular screen that's giving you problems,
>the ZVG can be used as a decent vector pattern generator.
>
>The link is: http://www.zektor.com/zvg
>
>And now back to your regularly scheduled discussions...
>
>-Zonn

Archived from groups: rec.games.vectrex (More info?)

Would one of those USB parallel adaptors work with the Zektor ?





Richard H.

Archived from groups: rec.games.vectrex (More info?)

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:53:58 GMT, in msg
<eq44e1548cr6djlbbe68rilrnv657lu5ro@4ax.com>, Rik <Rik1138@nowhere.net> wrote:

>Any chance of future upgrades for USB instead of Parallel? I'm
>starting to realize that parallel and serial ports are going away
>completely these days (I use primarily laptops, and my latest has
>neither of these ports)...
>
>USB and PCMCIA parallel ports only support printers, nothing more
>complicated (like my parallel EPROM burner), so I'm a little hesitant
>to buy any more parallel/serial devices...

No, no chance of it, unless somebody wants to make a big power buy.

There's just not enough quantity sold to reengineer the ZVG. And the with the
amount of work I have to do on the home theater stuff, there's not going to be
any time to reengineer it "just for fun", which is how I designed it.

The USB chipsets that make using USB, easy started to become available about 6
months after we went into production with the ZVG. Too bad, had I designed one
of those in, Window's drivers would have been a breeze. Of course DOS would
have been a bitch!

I haven't tried any of the USB to parallel port adapters, mostly because I don't
know of a free USB stack available in DOS. My best guess is they probably would
not work anyway. I believe the ZVG firmware is fully ECP compliant, and that my
driver on the PC side is fully compliant as well. However having written both
sides, and having nothing independent to test the drivers with, I can only
guarantee the drivers work together, and not with any other drivers.

-Zonn
--
Zonn Moore Remove the ".AOL" from the
Zektor, LLC email address to reply.
www.zektor.com