Fox1 PM'd me about my suggestion to use a JROK sync cleaner PCB to separate the AW CSYNC into HSYNC and VSYNC in the hope of getting a picture on his monitor through VGA. This can be done either with an internal mod to the AW motherboard or by building an external device that goes in between the VGA port of the AW motherboard and a standard VGA cable. I'm going to post instructions about the internal mod but since I don't currently have either an AW or a JROK sync cleaner everything will need to be double checked (by Fox1 or whomsoever wants to try this).
There's plenty of room in an AW mobo to install a tiny PCB like the JROK sync cleaner. I tentatively suggest to mount it near the VGA port, under the metal shielding, to keep the wires short and tidy.
Take a piece of plastic sheet and cut it to the size shown in the pic (don't forget the screw hole). The plastic piece must be thick enough to keep the bottom of the JROK PCB away from the amplifier pins (which could also be trimmed if need be):
The bigger IC (an EX-OR gate) as well as the thru-hole components (header, LEDs) on the JROK must be removed (or the shielding can't be put back on). The heat sink screw and the plastic piece should keep the JROK secure and stable enough:
Flip the AW board over and cut the CSYNC trace so that there's no more continuity between the Jamma sync pin (Jamma P) and pin 13 on the VGA port:
Solder wires (AWG 28 ribbon cable recommended) as shown, double-checking that everything is correct (gnd to gnd, 5V to 5V, etc.)
Should there be problems with mounting the JROK that way, put it somewhere on the bottom of the AW case.
