2010 Monitor Group Buy (through Mitchomagic) - The arrangement

[Q*ris]

.... and I'm totaly OK to drive to Holland and bring back a bunch of monitors in Belgium for anybody who would be interested. Let me know, thanks already!

You do realize that the monitors will have to be picked up in England, at Rav's place, do you? We also have already some other volunteers to pick up the monitors, Level42 and Gyruss, and a guy with a van, falcon NL.

From what I understood reading the very first post of this topic:André and Pieter are picking the monitors at Rav's place to bring them to a storage room in Rotterdam.
That's why I was offering to bring back a bunch of them to Belgium (from rotterdam) for whoever might be interested.
Am I missing something ?

[gyruss]

My question remains:

Do you guys know if i could use the monitor in my donkey kong?? I know i have to buy a 'converter' for the inverse audio/video??

would be nice if someone could answer it, i'm a total noob 

[atarimania]

Hi,

In fact I have the same question as I'm also a TOTAL NOOB.. Can I use these monitors in a Donkey Kong, Atari System1, Crystal Castles.. cabinets ?

I can't go to rav for picking them but Belgium is fine

[level42]

Well for an original Donkey Kong board the video is inverted. You will have to "re-invert" it somehow. There are several tricks for this:
1) a separate inverter PCB
2) if the parts are on the PCB, you can "undo" the inversion
3) use "inverted" color PROMS

I like the last option best, but I have to look into it how to do it again (read it a long time ago). I can't burn those PROMs but I know someone who can.

Crystal Castles is a standard resolution game so you can use these monitors without any problems.

[gyruss]

Okay, so option 1 means buying something like this: http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=NININVAMP
Is this plug and play??

I have got the 4 board dk pcb (still don't know it it works, going to test it tonight), do you happen to know if the parts are on this pcb?

Sorry about those questions, i don't have any idea.

[ckong]

.... and I'm totaly OK to drive to Holland and bring back a bunch of monitors in Belgium for anybody who would be interested. Let me know, thanks already!

You do realize that the monitors will have to be picked up in England, at Rav's place, do you? We also have already some other volunteers to pick up the monitors, Level42 and Gyruss, and a guy with a van, falcon NL.

From what I understood reading the very first post of this topic:André and Pieter are picking the monitors at Rav's place to bring them to a storage room in Rotterdam.
That's why I was offering to bring back a bunch of them to Belgium (from rotterdam) for whoever might be interested.
Am I missing something ?

Ah, OK. No, you're not missing anything. Only thing is that andré and Pieter might pick up the monitors and Falcon NL might have a van available. I hope they do of course.  And I have a storage in rotterdam available for at least until mid November.

[Q*ris]

OK, let me know if I can help in any way with my vehicule. I don't mind driving a bit for you dot eaters 

[gyruss]

i'm still okay with picking up the monitors, I can do it together with Andre (if he's up to it) or with my girlfriend.

[level42]

i'm still okay with picking up the monitors, I can do it together with Andre (if he's up to it) or with my girlfriend.

As long as it's in a weekend, I'm good !

[ckong]

i'm still okay with picking up the monitors, I can do it together with Andre (if he's up to it) or with my girlfriend.

Take André, then you can talk arcade the whole day without someone telling you that it is boring and that she is not interested.  Besides, André knows where it is. And I bet that you can make it easy in one day because this time there won't be a Hamburger stop, will there André?   

[gyruss]

hahahaha, okay, so I guess, andre and I are going to pick them up.

[level42]

Hamburger stop ? What's a Hamburger ?


Damn I long for one, honestly. I think I will slip in a "bonus" for me 1 time in a weekend into the diet. Else it's going wrong and I may leave the enlightened path....

I had the pleasure of meeting Gyruss' girlfriend and she was by far the most enthusiastic female about our hobby that I've met so far, so I'm not that sure if I would be the better travel companion for Gyrus.  You're a lucky man Gyruss ! 

I have to do some "money" fighting with my "girlfriend" first to decide how many monitors I can get. I think at least 3 maybe 4.

[Superully]

if this were to take 2 months longer, i could be in again ... why not postpone it?

[gyruss]

if this were to take 2 months longer, i could be in again ... why not postpone it?

+1 i don't have a problem with waiting 2 more months. Still have to buy a lot of dk stuff.

[ckong]

if this were to take 2 months longer, i could be in again ... why not postpone it?

Perhaps because the sellers wants to get rid off them? He did already sell some and he might sell more if we wait longer. Besides, this is already in preparation for some months now, people knew what was coming and one could have put aside some money for it. It's called saving.  

And I'm sure in two months something else is up, another great deal came along that one couldn't refuse.