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Arcade Legends 1 conversion questions
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: pinlink on September 06, 2017, 02:48:30 pm ---OK I am going to pick up this computer today unless you guys think this is not going to be able to run the MAME, NES, SNES, N64 games like I want it to:
HP 4000 Pro SFF.
160gb HDD
4GB RAM
Core2 e7500 2.93 GHz
Windows 10 Pro
$45
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It'll handle the consoles though n64 can be twitchy with some games no matter what PC you have it on.
What mame games?
Unless something changed recently (and someone correct me if wrong) you will have to go back a few yrs with mame version.
I don't think that PC will handle some of the newer games on the latest version.
gumby510:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on September 06, 2017, 04:18:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: pinlink on September 06, 2017, 02:48:30 pm ---OK I am going to pick up this computer today unless you guys think this is not going to be able to run the MAME, NES, SNES, N64 games like I want it to:
HP 4000 Pro SFF.
160gb HDD
4GB RAM
Core2 e7500 2.93 GHz
Windows 10 Pro
$45
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It'll handle the consoles though n64 can be twitchy with some games no matter what PC you have it on.
What mame games?
Unless something changed recently (and someone correct me if wrong) you will have to go back a few yrs with mame version.
I don't think that PC will handle some of the newer games on the latest version.
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You need more storage 160gb isn't gonna cut it.
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pinlink:
OK, I am now looking at computers on eBay. Thanks for all the input so far.
keilmillerjr:
--- Quote from: pinlink on September 06, 2017, 09:53:44 am ---
--- Quote from: Ken Layton on September 06, 2017, 12:58:10 am ---Have you done the simplest thing to the original computer yet which is to replace the cmos battery?
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Yes, as I mentioned I have replaced the battery, and tested the power supply. Both are good. But it will not boot up in the Arcade Legends cab, or on my work table with monitor and ps2 keyboard hooked up to it. Can't even get into BIOS. A new hard drive is $150 and I don't even know if that is the issue. Could be the ram, the motherboard, etc. I just feel like at this point I should just spend the money on an old PC and a J-Pac i(f the J-Pac is even needed).
The plan at this point is to replace the AL computer with a new (old) PC and upload games to it and use the same control panel, cab, and monitor currently used for the AL. To do this I will buy a PC, hook it up in the same way the Arcade Legends computer is hooked up, power it on and hope for the best. If it doesn't work, I will probably need a J-Pac board and then I should be good to go, correct? Thanks again for all of the help, fellas!
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Hard drive wouldn't prevent you from booting to bios. Guess you made up your mind.
pinlink:
Alright I went with this one:
Dell Desktop Computer PC Core 2 Duo 3.0Ghz 8GB RAM Large 1TB Windows 10 - 64bit
I imagine this will be able to run everything that I want plus some. I will report back after I get it in and hook it up to the USBlinx board to see if it will work. Hopefully I plug it in and it boots right up to windows. We'll see...