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Chris:


--- Quote from: REBIRTH on June 17, 2004, 09:10:02 pm ---(2) As for crashing the OS - using my method, the windows OS shuts down normally - read my post again....  most front ends will put your Windows through a correct/normal "shut down", and if your front end doesn't, there are a ton of small utilities you can download for free that you can "attach" to your front end so when that front end stops running (when you exit it), it will automatically shut down windows normally.

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But that assumes all your users follow that process.  For my home, where the cab is used by children when I'm not there, needing a "shutdown process" wouldn't work well, and the cost of a single relay avoids the problem of having a two step shutdown.

So that answers the original question, which was "Why doesn't everyone do this?"  Because people have different setups and different needs.

REBIRTH:


--- Quote from: Chris on June 17, 2004, 09:23:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: REBIRTH on June 17, 2004, 09:10:02 pm ---(2) As for crashing the OS - using my method, the windows OS shuts down normally - read my post again....  most front ends will put your Windows through a correct/normal "shut down", and if your front end doesn't, there are a ton of small utilities you can download for free that you can "attach" to your front end so when that front end stops running (when you exit it), it will automatically shut down windows normally.

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But that assumes all your users follow that process.  For my home, where the cab is used by children when I'm not there, needing a "shutdown process" wouldn't work well, and the cost of a single relay avoids the problem of having a two step shutdown.

So that answers the original question, which was "Why doesn't everyone do this?"  Because people have different setups and different needs.

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I completely understand.  FYI - I have 3 small kids that use this all the time without me or an adult there (well rthe older two turn it on/off and they are 6 and 8).  It isn't much of a shutdown process - they tell the front end to stop, which is easier then choosing and starting a game, then just hit the power button.  But I am the first one to admit that this doesn't work fro everyone, but I suspect it would work for almost everyone.  I'm actually a nerd that way, if I could build a relay I probably would just for the sheer "fun" of it.  I am not much of an electronics expert so I just went with the easiest method I could do.

Chris:


--- Quote from: REBIRTH on June 18, 2004, 05:43:11 am ---I completely understand.  FYI - I have 3 small kids that use this all the time without me or an adult there (well rthe older two turn it on/off and they are 6 and 8).  It isn't much of a shutdown process - they tell the front end to stop, which is easier then choosing and starting a game, then just hit the power button.  But I am the first one to admit that this doesn't work fro everyone, but I suspect it would work for almost everyone.  I'm actually a nerd that way, if I could build a relay I probably would just for the sheer "fun" of it.  I am not much of an electronics expert so I just went with the easiest method I could do.

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Well, the easiest method, of course, is to use DOS and a system with an AT power supply, which is how my cabinet was originally set up.  THis gives the most realistic arcade results, but again may not be the best configuration for everybody.  :)

SirPeale:


--- Quote from: Chris on June 18, 2004, 08:51:10 am ---Well, the easiest method, of course, is to use DOS and a system with an AT power supply, which is how my cabinet was originally set up.

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Actually, the easiest would be to not use Windows, but that may not be feasible for a lot of recent sound drivers.

Chris:


--- Quote from: Peale on June 18, 2004, 08:59:06 am ---
--- Quote from: Chris on June 18, 2004, 08:51:10 am ---Well, the easiest method, of course, is to use DOS and a system with an AT power supply, which is how my cabinet was originally set up.

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Actually, the easiest would be to not use Windows, but that may not be feasible for a lot of recent sound drivers.

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??? Wasn't that what I said?

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