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Havok:


--- Quote from: Thenasty on February 09, 2010, 11:57:19 pm ---yous houl dnot wipe the Ultracade PC unless you have an image of it.
I say, sell the Ultracade PC with all it's adapters. Keep the CAB and Monitor, Coin Doors and Controls.

Get a a Normal PC, put and OS, MAME, FE and get AVGA Video Card along with Jpac (if the Ultracade uses JAMMA standard).

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I agree with TheNasty; slap that Ultracade pc and interface on GreedBay™ and put a regular pc with an Ipac and AVGA in and you're good to go. Considering how overpriced Ultracades are, you should get enough to cover the costs of a decent pc and the interfaces to at least break even...

Popcorrin:

I would have to agree with selling the ultracade pc.  I don't think they used much of a computer to power their units anyway.  I think you would be limited on what you could run on it. 

Ultracade did produce a video converter board that converted pc output to either standard or medium resolution for use with an arcade monitor.  I think it was called the uvc and it works pretty good. 
Now I don't know if they used it on all of their machines but I would check to see if there is one and if so it would save you having to buy an arcadevga.  Alot easier to set up too.

HaRuMaN:

 :blowup:  Set it on fiyah!

BobA:

Have to agree with the Jpac if the Ultracade interface is Jamma and you have a regular jamma harness in the cab. Even easier than an ipac.


Charlie97L:

another recommendation here for selling the ultracde specific parts on ebay.  there are doubtless people who would pay a good chunk for that, and you'll be better off spending a few hundred on a current PC to run your mame.

good luck!

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