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| CheffoJeffo:
First, check to see if the monitor is easily rotatable (assuming that you want a horizontal orientation). I think it should be, but always best to be sure, particularly without seeing pics (I don't even know if Contra came in a dedicated cab). If you do choose to MAME it, you are most likely looking at a 2-player cab and, since the cab is already wired JAMMA, I would choose a JPAC over an IPAC every time. It is easier and leaves you much more flexibility going forward (say, if you make another MAME cab and want to change this back or to something else). Using an IPAC means rewiring, which is unnecessary and destructive. Only hitch is amplifying the audio from your PC. I use a little audio amplifier running from the PC to the JPAC, but you can use regular PC speakers instead of the cabinet speakers. Since it seems you may be confused from your question -- you can't connect a prefab X-arcade to a JPAC. Get your MAME box configured and running at 15Khz (using soft15 or ArcadeVGA), hookup some PC speakers and plug in your JPAC (disconnect the existing switching power supply first). Then you can play and get a feel for things without compromising the cabinet. Once you are more comfortable or motivated, you can work on changing the control panel. It may sound complicated, but it isn't and there are lots of people who can step you through it. |
| mikev43:
I will post pics tomorrow and would appreciate some more direction.. I like the idea of almost simulating with the jpac and not having to really do too much except unplug a couple of connections.. One question no one seemed to answer was can this thing be taken apart board by board so it's totaly in pieces? I would think it to be easier to work on plus I would have a very hard time getting this sucker in the basement though I'm sure there is a way.. If it was at least half taken apart it would be a LOT easier... |
| CheffoJeffo:
Hard to tell without seeing the pics, but the majority of cabs aren't likely to come apart AND go back together again. |
| shfifty:
--- Quote from: garnerb350 on August 30, 2010, 09:48:39 pm --- --- Quote from: Turnarcades on August 30, 2010, 09:38:26 pm ---DO NOT do an X-Arcade conversion. Please god no. :( --- End quote --- agree...do NOT do a an x-arcade conversion....I have an x-arcade ...and i agree with Turn...if you are going to mame it...get the controls and an I-PAC...trust me you will have less problems in the long run... --- End quote --- I agree. Having an x-arcade just makes you want a better controller |
| Stobe:
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on August 30, 2010, 09:38:26 pm ---DO NOT do an X-Arcade conversion. Please god no. :( --- End quote --- Does anyone else see the irony in the fact that 90% of the advertisements I see in the top banner here are from the one company that everyone seems to tell people to avoid using? Granted, I realize we are, in general, advising against using an X-arcade on a real cab in lieu of using buttons and joysticks purchased elsewhere. And I'm sure, despite X-arcade's buttons and joysticks not being 100% up to par with Happs products (for example), no one would disagree that their products, as stand-alones, are great products that many around here have purchased at one time or another. But I still find it ironic every time I see such a reaction as above (the same type of reaction I make myself, when I see someone do a real nice job with a new cab build, and crown it with a tank-stick) ok, you can have your thread back. Sorry for the temporary detour. |
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