There is a setting in raspbian that forces hdmi to work with most
monitors I have used. I haven't tried it with CRT yet.
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/4127/no-video-on-hdmi
Modify /boot/config.txt make sure these configs are set.
|config_hdmi_boost=4 hdmi_force_hotplug=1 hdmi_drive=2|
On 10/23/2016 05:46 PM, Simon Heath wrote:
Ok, good news and bad news.
Good news: Eris, your Pi works awesome, and the RetroPie software
works great. Not perfect, but great.
Bad news, the HDMI to VGA converter I got works perfectly on the Pi
station monitor, but doesn't work with the actual arcade monitor. It
just shows fuzz and junk, as if the tracking is off on a VCR. I think
the vsync rate is off and the Pi's video chip tries to find a rate
that works, in vain. There's a control box in the machine that
adjusts the vpos and hpos and such, but I've twiddled every knob on it
and haven't found anything that even starts to look right.
It's a 24" non-widescreen monitor. Plus the RetroPie emulators for
older games appear to have a filter that simulates some of the fuzz in
a CRT display anyway. If it was up to me I'd just replace it with an
LCD and get rid of the ear-rending whine, but appropriate monitors
appear to be $100-200 on eBay and maybe someone who knows more than I
can figure out what the problem is and fix it.
Any thoughts?
Simon
On 10/23/2016 11:52 AM, Robert Berger wrote:
The laptops running the BoXZY and vinyl cutter have SD card readers.
On Oct 23, 2016, at 11:29 AM, Simon Heath <icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
In related news, is there an SD card reader at the shop? I couldn't
find one, and the one in my laptop seems to have broken...
Simon
On 10/22/2016 11:54 PM, James Keener wrote:
OK, I just didn't know the arrangement (donation or loan) :) I know
where he went! I visited his factory a few months ago:)
Sorry, just sticking my nose where it doesn't belong!
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Yevgeniy Soroka
<ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Its Jeremy's, but he moved to Silicon Valley 3 years ago to start
a company, and donated a bunch of stuff, including the arcade
machine. We can do what we want to it. Jeremy would only encourage
it.
-Geno
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 9:49 PM, James Keener <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
John, which machine? The one by the garage door that is a real
arcade box and screen with a PC in it was Jeremy Herrman's.
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 9:28 PM, John Lewis
<oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I am pretty sure Chad built this one.
On 10/22/2016 09:09 PM, James Keener wrote:
Not to poo-poo anyone, but is the Arcade ours or just on
loan from Jeremy? If it's ours, I'd be OK upgrading it:)
I like playing it from time-to-time when I stop in.
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Eris Symms
<eris.symms@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:eris.symms@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:eris.symms@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Missed the USB controls part. Either way, I can drop
off the pi tomorrow.
Eris
On Oct 22, 2016 9:03 PM, "Eris Symms"
<eris.symms@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:eris.symms@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:eris.symms@xxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
I can provide the pi 3 and the retro pie image
but I don't know much about mapping the physical
buttons via gpio.
Eris
On Oct 22, 2016 9:01 PM, "John Lewis"
<oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
I think we should replace the whole thing
with a Raspberry Pi 3. I am
willing to go in for half of a New Pi and a
hdmi to vga converter.
On 10/22/2016 08:33 PM, Simon Heath wrote:
> So I've figured out how to take the arcade
machine apart enough to
> actually do stuff to it, if we want. Turns
out that the computer in
> it is *really* old, like, Pentium 4 with
512 mb of ram. I'm kind of
> amazed it still works at all. But I tried
at least seeing if I could
> get Linux or something to boot on it, and
it's too old to boot off of
> a USB drive. And I don't really feel like
burning a CD just to see if
> that thing is salvagable. It's running an
old version of software
> called Maximus Arcade.
>
> There's a pile of custom wiring to get all
the inputs and outputs
> connected to the computer, but it LOOKS
like the joysticks end up
> plugging into a USB input, the monitor is
VGA and the sound is just a
> 3.5 mm jack.
>
> So the question is, what do we want to
actually do with it? Our
> options seem to be:
>
> * Just update the software to a new version
of the same thing
> * Keep the same computer but put Linux on
it running MAME or something
> (maybe http://www.lakka.tv/)
> * Just replace the thing with a RPi
>
> I'll play around with different programs
and see if I can find one
> that works significantly better than what
we have.
>
> On the more hardware-y side, I really want
to cover the gaping holes
> next to the coin acceptor with something...
maybe plastic with cool
> laser-cut designs and LED backlighting. The
sides of the thing are
> also just aching for paint and/or decals.
Anyone have any good
> suggestions there?
>
> Simon
>
>
>