RE: Zektor for the masses

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>From: Clay Cowgill[SMTP:clay@supra.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 1997 7:02 PM
>To: vectorlist@goonsquad.spies.com
>Subject: Re: Zektor for the masses
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>>At 05:57 PM 5/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hey Clay, there's an idea. Weren't you planning on some analog circuitry to
>>convert from Sega to WG anyways? How hard would it be to add some flip
>>circuitry (a la Atari VG -- or maybe Sega has already done this?), and maybe
>>change the levels at the flip of a bit? You'd also have to swap X and Y.
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>I had thought about something similar a little bit-- since I already have
>the opamps for converting the Sega outputs to the WG monitor, I was
>thinking it'd be neat to add a programmable gain stage in the opamps. (So
>you could have H and V size control from the menu system-- I thought it'd
>be cool to be able to spin the knob on the panel and adjust the monitor
>settings on screen. ;-)

I'd be impressed at seeing screen size under software control!
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>I suppose it's no big deal to add a "monitor orientation" output bit... A
>4052 mux should be able to handle the pre-amplified signals from the Sega
>boards. Hmmmm. That might be kinda neat, plus it could work both ways--
>Tac Scan owners could play the other games on a smaller screen size without
>having to turn the monitor...
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>(I was thinking that being able to adjust centering and size without having
>to get at the PCB or monitor would be pretty nice, anything else you think
>would be handy?)
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>-Clay
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>Clayton N. Cowgill Engineering Manager
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Received on Thu May 22 10:11:06 1997