> > Why does everyone talk about security chips on these voodoo cards? I mean, wouldn't
> > that be a video bios?
> >
> > I got Offroad thunder to start loading on a custom PC with a generic Voodoo2 card
> > with no isuse other than the fact I had a blank screen since no monitor I have
> > supports 24khz
>
>
> One more thing,
>
> I may be wrong, but I think if you got Offroad to run off a PC and you plugged
> directly from the PC into a VGA monitor it should have shown you a picture. I think
> the med res, 24khz is converted by the Magic Bus card, ie, the Diago pcb. The 3D card
> is plugged into the Magic Bus card and the magic bus card outputs to the arcade
> monitor at medium resolution.
Medium res is 24Khz, no conversion is done.
> Did you try it that way? I know you have to have the Com Port 1 cable plugged into
> the Diago pcb or you will get an error and it won't run.
I never said I had all the hardware, I just made a PC and tried to see how far I'd get.
> When I try on mine I get a screen that is loading game data but hangs and won't
> complete. That is when I use the Gauntlet card directly into a VGA monitor.
>
> Thanks again,
> Russ
...The harddrive sounds bad if it's hanging on the loading screen..
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