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| LordDamo:
maraxle, do you have any more info you can share about your LCD screen? That is the coolest addition to a cab i've seen yet. I looked at the product link from your site, im going to have to include one of these in my cab now i've seen it on yours! Nice cab by the way, look like new since you got all that paint off . . . |
| RayB:
How's this for an idea guys....... Print your CP overlay on "electronic ink" paper... http://www.eink.com Then program it so your OVERLAY ITSELF changes with each game!!! ;D |
| maraxle:
--- Quote from: LordDamo on November 23, 2004, 09:06:45 am ---maraxle, do you have any more info you can share about your LCD screen? That is the coolest addition to a cab i've seen yet. I looked at the product link from your site, im going to have to include one of these in my cab now i've seen it on yours! Nice cab by the way, look like new since you got all that paint off . . . --- End quote --- I'm not really sure what else I could share. On the most basic level, it's simply copying text files to a serial port (copy blah.txt com1 - done). If you want to display something fancy, like special fonts, you might have to format your text file a certain way depending on the particular LCD you decide to use. Probably the hardest part was routing out underneath the control panel so it fit properly. If you have any specific questions, I'll gladly try to answer them. |
| LordDamo:
Hmmmmm, after looking at this a bit more maraxle, I think that this addition to my cab probally wont happen. Its looks a bit tricky and beonnd me. Ive only really dont script programming (javascript, actionscript, ect) and the last time I did that, it was 2 years ago. How do you send the info in the text file to the screen exactlly? How does it interface with MAME or your frontend? I can probally come up with a zillion more questions. I recentally got a 15" monocrome LCD screen, that comes with its own special ISA card(for free ;)). I was thinking of doing something like your idea with the text files, but either send text to it or a picture, like a pic of the origonal overlay or a generic pic just showing which button does what. If you can understand my idea & can possibly help, please PM me, thanks in advance. |
| JustMichael:
What if you set up windows to use 2 monitors (like 1 above the other) and then have the frontend use the bottom one (Mame too!) and display game instructions on the top monitor when you start a game or have the game selected for more than 3 seconds? |
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