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Hello, check on ebay, as I bought one not too long ago. If none pop up,
do a search for ended auctions and look for the guy selling them. It's
a 5" standard res monitor made by Samsung. Pretty cool little thing
actually.

Bentley Bear wrote:
> If such a thing exists.
 
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Try searching for Samtron. I bought one from Timeline surplus

maybe the links below will come through. if not email me at

bob at langelius dot com

http://www.timeline-inc.com/blowout.html#monitor

Then it needs to be converted.

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/spies.cgi?action=url&type=conv&page=SamtronCGAtoArcade.txt

I have not done the conversion yet, but i bought 2 for ~$20 ea a year
ago. i was thinking of making a tiny Galaga.

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yep, they do. I've got 2 of them. They are cheap but come in a
cardboard "frame" and need a little bit of modding but work great.

http://www.timeline-inc.com/blowout.html#monitor


Pat D.


pittmanrob@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello, check on ebay, as I bought one not too long ago. If none pop up,
> do a search for ended auctions and look for the guy selling them. It's
> a 5" standard res monitor made by Samsung. Pretty cool little thing
> actually.
>
> Bentley Bear wrote:
>
>>If such a thing exists.
>
>
 
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so how hard is it to hook up one of these 5 inch color monitors to a jamma
board? probaby a vertical one. and.. would the display look any good?

anyone have any pics of one running a game?

k.


"Pat D" <patdanis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> yep, they do. I've got 2 of them. They are cheap but come in a
> cardboard "frame" and need a little bit of modding but work great.
>
> http://www.timeline-inc.com/blowout.html#monitor
>
>
> Pat D.
>
>
> pittmanrob@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Hello, check on ebay, as I bought one not too long ago. If none pop up,
> > do a search for ended auctions and look for the guy selling them. It's
> > a 5" standard res monitor made by Samsung. Pretty cool little thing
> > actually.
> >
> > Bentley Bear wrote:
> >
> >>If such a thing exists.
> >
> >
 
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Hasn't JROK got something about using a lcd playstation monitor as a
standard res rgb monitor somewhere?
"Keith in NJ" <winner@soulshot.com> wrote in message
news:-qmdnfMgxtKDXhTfRVn-sw@comcast.com...
> so how hard is it to hook up one of these 5 inch color monitors to a jamma
> board? probaby a vertical one. and.. would the display look any good?
>
> anyone have any pics of one running a game?
>
> k.
>
>
> "Pat D" <patdanis@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:DNydnZYzdb_nxRTfRVn-rg@comcast.com...
> > yep, they do. I've got 2 of them. They are cheap but come in a
> > cardboard "frame" and need a little bit of modding but work great.
> >
> > http://www.timeline-inc.com/blowout.html#monitor
> >
> >
> > Pat D.
> >
> >
> > pittmanrob@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Hello, check on ebay, as I bought one not too long ago. If none pop
up,
> > > do a search for ended auctions and look for the guy selling them. It's
> > > a 5" standard res monitor made by Samsung. Pretty cool little thing
> > > actually.
> > >
> > > Bentley Bear wrote:
> > >
> > >>If such a thing exists.
> > >
> > >
>
>
 
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Hey Keith, I just ordered one of these 5" monitors yesturday. I'll let
you know how it turns out when I get it and do the conversion to the
monitor so it'll work with jamma arcade boards.

Don
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I don't think I every noticed him. Anyone know who he is?

Don
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still wondering.
has anyone hooked up one of these to a jamma board? how's it look.

i'd definitely like to build a super mini machine based off one of those
small footprint multi jamma boards.

that's be pretty cool i think.

k.



"VaxX" <geoff_gunn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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..au...
> Hasn't JROK got something about using a lcd playstation monitor as a
> standard res rgb monitor somewhere?
> "Keith in NJ" <winner@soulshot.com> wrote in message
> news:-qmdnfMgxtKDXhTfRVn-sw@comcast.com...
> > so how hard is it to hook up one of these 5 inch color monitors to a
jamma
> > board? probaby a vertical one. and.. would the display look any good?
> >
> > anyone have any pics of one running a game?
> >
> > k.
> >
> >
> > "Pat D" <patdanis@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:DNydnZYzdb_nxRTfRVn-rg@comcast.com...
> > > yep, they do. I've got 2 of them. They are cheap but come in a
> > > cardboard "frame" and need a little bit of modding but work great.
> > >
> > > http://www.timeline-inc.com/blowout.html#monitor
> > >
> > >
> > > Pat D.
> > >
> > >
> > > pittmanrob@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > > Hello, check on ebay, as I bought one not too long ago. If none pop
> up,
> > > > do a search for ended auctions and look for the guy selling them.
It's
> > > > a 5" standard res monitor made by Samsung. Pretty cool little thing
> > > > actually.
> > > >
> > > > Bentley Bear wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>If such a thing exists.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
>
>
 
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Hey Don, ever see the guy at the NJ auctions with the board-tester built
into a case? He has an LCD screen, buttons, ps, (not sure about battery...)
built into an aluminum case (smallish at that)...

"Don NJ" <piiifast@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> Hey Keith, I just ordered one of these 5" monitors yesturday. I'll let
> you know how it turns out when I get it and do the conversion to the
> monitor so it'll work with jamma arcade boards.
>
> Don
> NJ
>
 
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ok cool. let me know man.
i will probably order one.

k.


"Don NJ" <piiifast@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> Hey Keith, I just ordered one of these 5" monitors yesturday. I'll let
> you know how it turns out when I get it and do the conversion to the
> monitor so it'll work with jamma arcade boards.
>
> Don
> NJ
>
 
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If you do get one, one of the chips to do the conversion is a little
hard to find. I had to order 2 of them because of a $25 minimum order
placement. Thank god the company I work for deals with them because I
don't think they sell to the general public. Anyway the chip is a
EL4583CN. It's used to separate the composite video sync. I'll let
you have it at cost.

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Pat D <patdanis@comcast.net> wrote:
: yep, they do. I've got 2 of them. They are cheap but come in a
: cardboard "frame" and need a little bit of modding but work great.
:
: http://www.timeline-inc.com/blowout.html#monitor

They're not that cheap after they gouge you on shipping though :)

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It's not so much the cost of shipping. It's that they just throw them
into a box and the tube likes to rip out of the chipboard housing
during shipping. it is really just a temporary housing till they can be
installed into whatever they were designed for.

This whole thread has me looking into making a small pcb for the
conversion. Does anyone know a cheap way to convert Autocad data to
Gerber?

Thanks,

Bob
 
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Mark,
I was just wondering about converting .dwg or .dxf files to gerber.
last time i made a pcb from acad it cost me $200 to get it redrawn in
gerber.
Thanks,
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That layout was made simply using Tim's conversion document. There are
some other cuts and wires that are needed. The PCB is really just for
convenience. And I haven't tried it yet ;)

1. EGA Conversion PCBs
2. ?
3. Profit!


tom

p.s.:
http://www.arcadecollecting.com/info/Samtron_5inch_CGA_to_Arcade.txt
http://www.arcadecollecting.com/info/samtron1.jpg
http://www.arcadecollecting.com/info/samtron2.jpg
http://www.arcadecollecting.com/info/samtron3.jpg

or better yet:
http://www.arcadecollecting.com/info/sonylcd.jpg
 
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Oh,and I almost forgot. There is a better circuit for doing the
conversion. I stole the idea from Mark! :) Haven't redrawn the
schematics or done the layout yet... Mark knows the circuit I am
talking about. Yes.



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That would involve me sitting down and redrafting the circuit. Perhaps
next weekend all things being equal. In theory it should work. In
theory.


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Bob <bob@langelius.com> wrote:
: It's not so much the cost of shipping. It's that they just throw them
: into a box and the tube likes to rip out of the chipboard housing
: during shipping. it is really just a temporary housing till they can be
: installed into whatever they were designed for.

....and the neck boards crack and the neck pins get all bent up.

: This whole thread has me looking into making a small pcb for the
: conversion. Does anyone know a cheap way to convert Autocad data to
: Gerber?

You can't just make a plug-in board

Those monitors are digital CGA only... you need to eliminate a chunk of
the circuit before worrying about an interface board.

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rgvac_junk@mgcap.com wrote:
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:> Bob <bob@langelius.com> wrote:
:
:> : This whole thread has me looking into making a small pcb for the
:> : conversion. Does anyone know a cheap way to convert Autocad data to
:> : Gerber?
:
:
: http://www.ionpool.net/ega_adapter.gif

....but you're still running analog signals into a digital IC on the
monitor chassis. Some cga/ega monitors would take analog signals in...
this one is digital only... 16 colors: R,G,B + bright/dim


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