homemade VGA connector

watermelon · Post by **watermelon** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:08 am

seeing as getting VGA from dreamcast is pretty easy and im getting a new moniter soon (24" HD widescreen) i thought it would be a good idea to have a go.

i really want to play Ikaruga with the screen rotated 90degrees with VGA goodness.

anyway, a lot of the stuff ive found says to wire it directly to the mobo, but this is a little too difficult for me as the soldiering areas are so small.

is it possible to make a connector instead from somthing?

anyone have any ideas?

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:18 am

how expensive could the vga box be? I think mine was only $10 and that was back when dreamcast was new.

there's really no need to reinvent the wheel.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:02 pm

I really have the urge to lock this, is the question answered?

Foxx373 · Post by **Foxx373** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:04 pm

I see dreamcast VGA boxes online for $20-$80. You could just buy one. But since the DC is so old, it migth be a problem finding them in shops. Try www.jandaman.com The shipping isnt too bad, and there is quite of DC stuff still in stock.

It might be better to buy the box, rather build a cable, or destroy the DC. It will probabbly cost you more to get a new DC that it would to get a VGA box.

dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:19 pm

http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=dcv ... ry_code=DC
10$

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:20 pm

whoa, you can connect dreamcast to a computer moniter? how hard would it be to make an adapter?

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:42 pm

http://www.gamesx.com/grafx/dricas.gif

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:42 am

Wow! Thanks for posting that. I might just build it!

I spy S-Video too. ^^ I wish my VCR supported it.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:00 pm

are the 2 chips on board or do i have to buy them?