MAME - The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.

[Giles Orr]

On 16 June 2010 14:08, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have an album here. It's pretty hastily thrown up on FB though,
> without rotating or a step-through. Later I'll post it on my webpage
>
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=184403&id=585701916&l=3af18b43c3
>
> They don't reflect all the recent changes, but covers the basics. The
> thing was in deep need of some TLC/cleaning when I got it.
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> I just finished gutting and rebuilding an arcade cabinet with a linux-based
>>> MAME setup actually. Still trying to find an optimal front-end for a "no
>>> keyboarf no mouse" experience though
>>
>> Cool.
>>
>> Okay some questions:
>>
>> - How did you get your arcade cabinet? If there is a shop (or shops)
>> in the GTA that sell used arcade machines suitable for conversion I
>> would love to include them on the GTALug MAME page.
>>
>
> I actually bought mine off a co-worker's son, who happened to be one
> of those packrat types that had collected a few old cabinets (that was
> the only one he's sell though).
>
>> - Where did you get parts to fix / refurbish your cabinet? Again
>> something for the Wiki...
>
>
> I gutted the internals, including the power supply, boards, speakers,
> and a rather heavy old CRT, etc. I kept the frame, joystick/buttons,
> coin-door assembly, etc.
>
> The computer stuff just came from a normal PC, of course, and a pair
> of powered speakers to replace the one that was amp'ed by the internal
> power supply. I still need to replace the backlight on the sign (the
> ballast appears to be dead) and print up something "prettier" with
> colour as well for that.
>
> I used an LCD that I found at Active Surplus quite a long time ago. It
> was already out of the bezel etc so it worked nicely after I figured
> out the modelines.
>
> To interface with the PC, I picked up a "I-PAC 2" from ultimarc.com.
> That can be wired to the buttons (common ground, and one wire per
> each) and then acts like a keyboard giving off MAME-friendly codes.
> The only real work I had to do was wiring it up properly, and adding a
> UDEV entry to set permissions correctly.
>
> http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html
>
> They also have an "economy" version of the I-PAC, which is similar but
> with less inputs and you can't permanently save button layout changes
> (but the defaults worked just fine for me anyhow).
>
>>
>> - What sort of CPU are you using to drive the cabinet and how does it
>> perform on games from say the 1990s (ie: I would love to see advice on
>> how good (or bad) a machine you can use to drive a MAME system).
>>
>> Colin.
>
> I believe it was a 2.5Ghz Celeron. I haven't found anything that it
> won't run as of yet.
> I've played with MAME running on a 1Ghz Via EPIA, and most stuff even
> ran OK on that.
>
>
> Now if anyone can recommend a UI that works well with the joysticks
> etc so I can dump the mouse... that'd be awesome.
>
>
> Let me know if you need more info.
>
> - TJA
>
>>
>>> On 2010-06-16 10:08 AM, "Colin McGregor" <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2...
>>>
>>> Good stuff... Quick question, has anyone on this list built a MAME
>>> cabinet (or taken an old video game cabinet and refurbished it to play
>>> MAME)? If so, I would love to pick your brain for a bit :-) .
>>>

Tyler, if you were willing to do a GTALUG presentation on setting up a
MAME cabinet (I'd love to hear about both the software and the
physical side of it!) I would be at the absolute front of the line to
attend that presentation ...

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