Tron Restore

= Description = Remettre en état la borne d'arcarde de Tron

= A faire =
 * Nettoyer et poncer la borne
 * Repeindre
 * Coller de nouveaux autocollants
 * Brancher un pc engine (ou autre) sur l'écran
 * Interfacer un pc avec les commandes de jeu
 * Faire marcher l'audio

= Components =
 * |Wells Gardner 19K4906
 * PC Engine
 * Autocollants originaux: http://www.arcadeoverlays.com/StoreFrontProfiles/deluxeSFshop.aspx?sfid=17232&c=0&search_text=tron&submit=GO
 * Manette originale http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=319&zenid=6fa2e2c526f83c87ca941d4319b8dbdf
 * Exemple de restauration: http://driph.com/words/tag/tron/

Moniteur
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/VGA_connector

To convince the video card that a monitor is present, you need a VGA dummy.

From :

8.10) Building a 5 BNC cable

This is straightforward, if time consuming and tedious.

The five coaxial cables (75 ohm, RG59 typical) are wired as shown in the table. The corresponding VGA connector pin numbers are in.

Coax Center        Coax Shield --   Red Video  (1)      Red Return (6) Green Video (2)    Green Return (7) Blue Video (3)     Blue Return (8) H Sync (13)        Ground (5,10) V Sync (14)        Ground (5,10)

Tie pin 11 (ID0) to Ground to indicate a color monitor. Leave pin 12 (ID1) open.

Make sure that the lengths of the cables are fairly well matched - to within a couple of inches - to assure that the 3 color channels line up precisely. (One foot of cable is about 1.5 to 2 ns of delay which is significant for a 10 ns dot clock!).

Also note that you will lose your 'Plug-and-Play' capabilities without the direct control connections to the monitor (or for monitors without these features).

That's it!

You will wish that your fingers were about 10 times smaller than they are, however. :-)

= Personnes interessées =
 * Fred, JB, Simon, François