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OpenJamma board - interest?
paigeoliver:
How will the emulation be better when Mame is terrible on ARM processors compared to X86 ones?
404:
shanghaiguide
Thought you had all but disappeared here. I continued tinkering and collecting more igenic stuff following up on retrosticks and jepalza's dingux hack. Did you ever manage to do anything with the igenic Jamma board? I tried finding one but couldn't get a hold of one. :(
Anyway, if you do need a tester for the product, I'd be more than happy to lend a hand. As i mentioned all those months back, I too have some embedded hardware experience.
shanghaiguide:
@404 - fyi - retrosticks is me too.
Yes, I managed, but its not as fast as I would have liked on the 4755.
I'm not sure why all of you keep going, meh, M is terrible on ARM.
I've never even said the M word, and its not actually something I'd use anyway. While I admire M...E its not exactly gone in the right direction of recent years. I was more a fan of the lean mean machine it used to be.
404:
--- Quote from: shanghaiguide on February 05, 2013, 08:07:08 pm ---@404 - fyi - retrosticks is me too.
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I know, I visited often during my own igenic soc tinkering.
--- Quote from: shanghaiguide on February 05, 2013, 08:07:08 pm ---Yes, I managed, but its not as fast as I would have liked on the 4755.
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what a shame, that board looked very promising.
--- Quote from: shanghaiguide on February 05, 2013, 08:07:08 pm ---I'm not sure why all of you keep going, meh, M is terrible on ARM.
I've never even said the M word, and its not actually something I'd use anyway. While I admire M...E its not exactly gone in the right direction of recent years. I was more a fan of the lean mean machine it used to be.
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well that may be a hurdle for some. Most people would want to use this for mame. in the very least though, since you brought up SDL then advancemame should run with little issues. since you also brought up sdl, lemon launcher is generally used in some of the nix based xxxin1 arm boards. Might be something to consider when looking for a front end to use.
Xiaou2:
Maybe I skipped over it... but skimming, I saw no mention of support for Trackballs, Spinners, Steering Wheels, Pedals, Shifters, LCD 3d Glasses, ...Nor dual Time Crisis Recoil guns.
If thats so, then why bother? Many of the biggest name, and best classics, have analog controls...
Tempest, Arkanoid, Centipede, Out Run, Mad Planets, Supersprint, Race Drivin, Sinistar, Kick, Major Havok, Pole Position, Marble Madness, Star Trek, Star Wars, Daytona USA, Continental Circus 3D, Spy Hunter, Crystal Castles, TX-1, Paperboy, Return of the Jedi, Super Hangon, Afterburner II, Stun Runner, Rampart, Shuuz, Atari XO football, Discs of Tron, Enduro Racer, Golder Tee, Any Bowling games, any driving games, SanFranciso Rush, Tac Scan, Terminator 2, Thunderblade, Point Blanc, Time Crisis, Area 51, and over 1000 more.
Support for Mad Planets alone would be worth it. But having actual hardware output support for things like Force Feedback to an outrun shaker motor, 2 way gear shifter and lights for Spy Hunter, and 3d LCD glasses support for Continental Circus 3D (the effect is jaw dropping), would make me, and plenty of other pour out our bank accounts.
While money is always tight, we always find ways to get what we want. Especially if its things that we currently do not have in Mame... like actual Arcade shifter support, 3d support, easy hardware force feedback support..etc...
And even at $300, would be well worth the quality.
As for 32gb card storage, to me, thats not enough either. Maybe at least add one slot with 64gb microsd... and one input for an actual hard drive. Ability to run laserdiscs, and multiple emulators is a plus. (especially since sega master system also has 3d LCD games. I believe Famicon does too.. but probably not as good as Segas offerings). Mames set alone is way over that... and there was no mention of Jukebox support.. which also would be nice... as well as require more space. I suppose network cable could provide remote storage access.. but not everyone wants to configure that, nor has the cables running to the spot.
Also, is it mere Stereo output only? Because many games support more than 3 speakers. Games like TX-1 had speakers in front left and right, seat, and the rear. Gave true surround sound ability. Even Segas Turbo has 3 speakers... and thats way back in the 80s. Sound quality is important to me as well. Ive gotten very spoiled with a good set of headphones.. and have trouble dealing with horrible cheap onboard sound that is generally on generic motherboards. My Soundblaster Audigy, which is ages old... destroys many of the brand new generic sound chips out there... even besting my new Samsung Phones quality (sadly).
Finally, I think you should Nix composite out. You cant even find a tv that used it... and the quality it puts out is horrible. At minimum, svideo... But Id rather see Component support. HDMI is interesting, and may be needed once all the older component tvs die... but Id personally use Component out on my older tvs - which is closest to RGB, or if my Arcade monitors hold out... straight RGB. I, nor most people here, can stand Composite. Svideo quality is barely tolerated.
Edit: read some more...
Re the memory issue... Either add two 32gb sd card slots.. or maybe better... a usb port, in which you could plug in whatever you wanted. Such as a usb hub, card readers, or usb hard drives? Not sure if that would be a loophole or not?