RE: New Vector Games

G'day Jeff and folks,

Now this I like....Jeff has vision!!! But I'd be a little wary of putting
four vector monitors in any games. I'm sure the MTBF might be measured in
weeks. And as you've said there's always the "wall of flame" risks...I'd
hate to loose three good monitors to that oddball flakey monitor that
decides to light up.

Actually, a "videowall" vector monitor isn't that tough. Just hook up the
outputs of your 12 person eliminator to a laser and point it at a movie
screen. Of course, you have a couple obstacles beyond the $10K startup
cost. I imagine you'd have a tough time drawing all the vectors for 12
players with a laser. Well, that and "screen burn" takes on a whole new
meaning!

                Steve Ozdemir
                sso@plpt.com

ps - I can see it now..."Honey, how about getting me some laser equipment
for Xmas?" I can hear her response already, "Just as long as you don't
bring it in the house (or burn marks in her walls)."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Anderson [SMTP:mayday19@idt.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 1998 8:48 PM
> To: 'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu'
> Subject: RE: New Vector Games
>
>
> ok.. I have a new idea here.. how about a videowall vector monitor? what a
> better way to play a game of 12 player eliminator!
>
> How hard would it be to do a 2X2 (4 screens) videowall? Could it be done
> with some simple analog circuits to send each monitor only one
> 'quadrant'? I know this is quite a pain with raster video because the
> frame has to be captured and divided up.. I dont know enough to attempt
> such a project myslef but it seems easily doable because the monitors
> already divide the circuit up into quadrants for the yoke..? maybe use the
> deflection board of one monitor and instead of the yoke use a voltage
> divider to trim the output down to input levels for 4 G08s (or 6100).. Or
> you could also sub a 6100 deflection board for using atari games with it..
>
> If somebody draws up some plans I'll build it up.. I have 4 G08s and
> plenty of spare parts I can commit to it :>
>
> We can dub it the "WALL OF FLAME"
>
> Jeff
>
>
Received on Mon Dec 21 10:37:27 1998