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Stargate Conversion
emphatic:
Looks great! :applaud:
dexxy:
Well Done! You've created a well polished machine!
eds1275:
Yeah Canada Post will figure it out soon I imagine. They can keep my bills but there'll be hell to pay if I can't get my arcade parts!!!
pcjason:
Firstly, very nice work on your machine! The overall product looks very polished, especially with the custom artwork!
Now, I was wondering if you could share some details on the actual hardware and software setup you are using. I ask because I am currently working on a similar system to be put into a Sega Astro City cabinet. I currently have things semi-functional using an Athlon based system with onboard nvidia graphics running a slimmed down version of windows XP with the HyperSpin front end. I'm not completely thrilled with the boot time, and since I am not using an ArcadeVGA card I am relying on other software to change the output frequency after I have booted into windows, which creates an ugly flickering effect.
I recently started toying with the idea of moving to linux, so I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on a system and began to play with it. So far, I have gotten CabrioFE compiled and running, as well as launching mame. The issues that I am struggling with that I would appreciate your input on are:
- How are you getting the wheel artwork? Are you using the images provided by the HyperSpin project?
- Are you using an ArcadeVGA card? If not, I assume you are using custom modelines. Do you mind sharing them?
- How do you handle system shut down? Do you need to "properly" shut down the system, or can it handle a hard power off at any time? Do you mount the partition as read-only?
- How fast is your boot time? Is this just an ubuntu minimal install + X server (I don't believe there is any need for a window manager)?
Thanks!
tjterrill:
I was also quite surprised at the end result.
Bravo!