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Simplest and cheapest wat to get A "Pole Position" to play "Pole Position"?

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tommyinajar:
so I could get by fine with a PII or 3 pc, I''ve got an old AGP  Arcade card Ultimarc to use a monitor and run old optical games.

(I've got a 3-way Super Sprint I want to restore, I found a medium res monitor for it years back)

Also, the 75 lb power supply seems to work. EBay or scrap it...??


no, no, at worse. I'll give it to my Arcade shop dude for free.

baritonomarchetto:
Yes, if you want to setup another pc every other year, go with a pentium. My suggestion is: get a decent (and more reliable) pc with SSD for fast boot and a crt emudrivers compatible card (ATI HD5*** or HD6*** series). You will spend 100 euros and you will be golden for many years to come. This way you will be able to run the latest MAME build and gain  best emulation.
Get also an arduino leonardo (or pro micro) to interface the wheel, buttons and switches. It's the most effective way to have that cab working again as it should. It will ask for some work on your side, but hey: it's a cool project ;)

About the active high vs active low "issue": that's not a real problem since it can be solved with a simple inverting buffer circuit made of a very common IC (74HC14N)

mrchrister:
I have a Continental Circuit arcade cabinet that came with a broken PCB. I decided to put a cheap PC in there and connect all controls to an Arduino Micro Pro. If you don't mind the work and tinkering you can get this done on the cheap with lots of options for different games.
The Arduino adapter uses a modified version of the Arcade spinner project: https://craigb-spinner.github.io/Arcade-Spinner/
This hooks up all controls so they can be used by a pi4 or PC. If you want a pi for your pole position you can build this setup for around $120

negative1:

--- Quote from: MrThunderwing on August 01, 2023, 03:37:27 pm ---Or, you could just cut your losses and get one of these...


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sorry to be off topic,
but later this year, it will include the arcade rom, and might include pole position 2



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geecab:
>>Simplest and cheapest wat to get A "Pole Position" to play "Pole Position"

I hacked a PS2 mouse ages ago to do this. It may not look like the most elegant solution, but its very robust, there are no shortage of parts and mine has been working perfectly for a decade. Its very accurate too, though you have to 'gear up' the mouse axis for the best resolution. I did this with a couple of technic lego cogs.

Have a look at the  thread for my scratch built pole position cab. In one of my posts there's a close up of my mouse hack and I mention the lego cogs part numbers.
https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=130832.0

Hope this helps :)

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