Connect a Samtron 5″ CRT monitor to JAMMA arcade PCBs by building a simple sync separator

Introduction A certain subset of the arcade collecting community fell in love with these baby cute CRT monitors, with good reason. They’re actual standard resolution (CGA) tube monitors as used by classic arcade games. Also, they’re cheap! Two for $29 from Timeline, Inc. However, one major hurdle stymied the casual DIY-er: these natively accept TTL …

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