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SophT:

--- Quote from: The Habbler on May 07, 2010, 09:50:41 pm ---So I am assuming this is how they built Bill Paxton Pinball?
http://hackaday.com/2010/03/17/bill-paxton-pinball/

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nope, he programmed his own from scratch on his own bread-board (of course he had a propeller to program):

http://benheck.com/03-16-2010/bill-paxton-pinball
http://benheck.com/bill-paxton-pinball-making-of

no PC involved
rchadd:
using this would it be possible for pinmame to drive a dmd directly?

i am interested in whether its possible to use a real dmd as alternative to using 3 monitor setup for a visual pinball cabinet

 
Paul Olson:
I haven't purchased one of these yet, but I am definitely intrigued. If I can pull a team together, I am going to try to use this for a school project. I have had a few questions, and Gerry has been great about answering them. It is great to see a product like this that is under continual development. I should be able to aford one to test out next month, so I am really excited to get started with this.
gstellenberg:

--- Quote from: rchadd on July 07, 2010, 10:48:27 am ---using this would it be possible for pinmame to drive a dmd directly?

i am interested in whether its possible to use a real dmd as alternative to using 3 monitor setup for a visual pinball cabine

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Interesting idea.  Yes, this is possible.  You would have to use a customized pinmame build (use P-ROC for DMD, use VP for table interface), but I could help you with that.  The downside, of course, is price (P-ROC + DMD).  I'd recommend using an LED-DMD to avoid requiring a high voltage power supply.

- Gerry
rchadd:

--- Quote from: gstellenberg on July 07, 2010, 03:34:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: rchadd on July 07, 2010, 10:48:27 am ---using this would it be possible for pinmame to drive a dmd directly?

i am interested in whether its possible to use a real dmd as alternative to using 3 monitor setup for a visual pinball cabine

--- End quote ---

Interesting idea.  Yes, this is possible.  You would have to use a customized pinmame build (use P-ROC for DMD, use VP for table interface), but I could help you with that.  The downside, of course, is price (P-ROC + DMD).  I'd recommend using an LED-DMD to avoid requiring a high voltage power supply.

- Gerry

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i see dmd's are pretty expensive :(

maybe cheaper alternative would actually be a second graphics card and simple lcd monitor
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