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Rando's UAII cab progress - Playable!
Rando:
Bah,
Really?
Figured this wouldn't be much of an issue since the games I would be looking to play would be low rez so it wouldn't give me problems. Oh well, back to Craig's list (where I got this one) to see what else is out there! :(
Donkbaca:
You want at least s-video or it will look like garbage.
Plus, if you want to use a smart strip to turn it all on, you want a tv with power return. Most new Tv's have this, so if it has s-video, it will probably have it.
Turn on the tv, unplug it and then plug it back in. If it turns itself back on, you have a winner.
Rando:
Update:
Half of the Basement has been painted, and quite nicely I might add. Surprise surprise, the side that will feature the Cab was painted first! ;)
I now have a total of 3 PCs. Two non-working and a 3rd that I just formatted and gave a clean XP Home install. Specs of PC are below, please advise if this should be sufficient or if upgrades are needed:
- Dell Dimension Pentium 4 2.00 Ghz
- 80 GB Hard Drive (I have a faster Maxtor 250 GB that I can use, but want to get some things off it prior to format) (Will definitely need to do if I want Cab playing music as well)
- 1 GB RAM (was 512 MB, swapped with one of my non-working PC's)
- 128 MB ATI Video card
- XP Home edition, upgraded to Service Pack 3
I installed MAME, MAME32, and some free ROMs for testing. No major problems there. Will the above be adequate to run a front-end like HyperSpin? Desired games?
Currently running on a 17" monitor, have people searching for upgrades to that for me.
Thanks all!
Donkbaca:
I don't think hyperspin is recommended for a system that is that slow with that little ram. I would go with something simpler. I use gameex. I think its simple and flexible. It should suit you fine. I would advise against hyperspin, the alure of it is that it has a lot of bells and whistles, but you won't be able to use them because you don't have enough horsepower to run it.
What games do you plan on running in MAME? 80gb is fine if you don't want any CHD based games, but you probably won't be able to play many CHD games on your getup anyway. Otherwise you should opt for something in the 120-250gb range depending on how much you want, and try to get a faster processor. But if you are mainly interested in playing pre-1990's games and some early 90's games that should be just about adequate.
Rando:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on January 03, 2011, 11:44:59 am ---I don't think hyperspin is recommended for a system that is that slow with that little ram. I would go with something simpler. I use gameex. I think its simple and flexible. It should suit you fine. I would advise against hyperspin, the alure of it is that it has a lot of bells and whistles, but you won't be able to use them because you don't have enough horsepower to run it.
What games do you plan on running in MAME? 80gb is fine if you don't want any CHD based games, but you probably won't be able to play many CHD games on your getup anyway. Otherwise you should opt for something in the 120-250gb range depending on how much you want, and try to get a faster processor. But if you are mainly interested in playing pre-1990's games and some early 90's games that should be just about adequate.
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Thanks Donk,
I'm definitely focusing more on 80's and early 90's games, as those are what I enjoyed playing in Arcades. Not looking at CHD type games, so I will definltey look at a less robust FE.
I want it to be easy for the user, and looking good would be a bonus. I'll checkout gameex, thanks for the tip!
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