yeah yeah... i was just saying that the IO boards are basically HID devices to windows and will emulate a mouse/keyboard. basically perfect compatibility as far as mame goes. (i think even the coin up and start are standard mame keyboard inputs.)
i'm not real familiar with how the alignment needs to go, since it's part of the game... but it's possible, i think.
don't quite remember exactly how it goes...... our friction machine died about 3 years ago after a flood in our shop, and i worked a while getting another computer up and going for it to run on, then about 6 month later one of the gun inputs stopped working, so we ended up scrapping the cabinet and storing any parts.