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subzero23:

with a smartstrip, will a TV plugged in come on when a computer in the main plug/port is turned on?

And is it true you can turn your computer on by like hitting the space key three times if you set it that way, if so how?

Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: Marky_1979 on November 16, 2004, 05:47:28 am ---Thanks Guys I have the KE72 T Mainly for the trackball support but can i also attach a spinner or would I need another way of interfacing it?

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http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=27401

crashwg:


--- Quote from: Marky_1979 on November 16, 2004, 05:47:28 am ---would I need to open up my tv to wire it all up to power up at the same time.

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Some TVs will power back on and also be on the same channel as they were before you cut the power to them, most don't.  To power your TV on and off if your TV isn't one of the smart ones you will need to either
(a) open up your case and wire a pushbutton to the power button and put it on the exterior of your cab (b) use a remote, whether you use it as intended or wire up a pushbutton to that and leave the remote part in the cab is up to you
(c) make the power button on the TV accesable to the outside of the cab somehow
(d) there's probably more options but I can't think of any right now



--- Quote from: subzero23 on November 16, 2004, 06:32:28 am ---with a smartstrip, will a TV plugged in come on when a computer in the main plug/port is turned on?

And is it true you can turn your computer on by like hitting the space key three times if you set it that way, if so how?

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#1 Usually not, although there are some TVs that will.  See above.

#3 I've never heard of such a thing and highly doubt it is posible.  Not to mention you would definitly not want to do this with MAME as spacebar is button 3...  3 grenades on Metal Slug and it's game over buddy!

subzero23:

ya i read it on the main site
some motherboards or whatever have a powerup by pressing space key (which can be changed in mame to something else) 3 times

What other options are there?
I think I'm gonna be putting my computer in sleep mode...

DaemonCollector:

That option your talking about for hitting spacebar is power-on by keyboard...pretty much every comp made in the last 4 or 5 years should have it, and even some before. Usualy you can enter up to and including 5 keystrokes to start the computer, for mine I just press Player One Start and the computer turns on :)

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