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pointdablame:


--- Quote from: tommy on February 18, 2005, 01:25:52 pm ---I said pcbs are for beginners because  take a person who has never done anything with a arcade machine  is it going to be harder for him to slide the jamma connector off and insert another pcb  or is he going to  go through all the trouble of setting up a mame cab

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The point is though... if you can set up MAME on a pc.. and you have a JPAC... you can build a mame cab in the EXACT way you just said.

JAMMA cab + JPAC + MAME PC = MAME cab in like 20 mins.

tommy:

I dont want to get into a big thing about this  , you have to know what your doing to wire all the hardware etc not to mention the software  in a mame cab ,and for a beginner i believe it would be easyer to just swich pcbs on a jamma cab, thats the point i was making  your assuming this person has all the knowledge to do anything he wants    beginner is the key word here 

tommy:

Whats the most common problem on this forum, how do i start my mame project, what do i need to get everything up and running , not how do i get this damn jamma connector off     ;)

pointdablame:


--- Quote from: tommy on February 18, 2005, 02:15:21 pm ---I dont want to get into a big thing about this  , you have to know what your doing to wire all the hardware etc not to mention the software  in a mame cab ,and for a beginner i believe it would be easyer to just swich pcbs on a jamma cab, thats the point i was making  your assuming this person has all the knowledge to do anything he wants    beginner is the key word here 

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You still don't understand what I'm saying.  There is no hardware wiring in my example.  If you have a standard JAMMA machine.... you can plug in a JPAC and it will automatically convert the already wired JAMMA controls to keyboard presses.  You are essentially done at that point.

Yes, you need to know how to set up a PC to run MAME, but those skills and the skills to wire a cab are entirely different.  I know a ton of people who got MAME running but could not wire controls without a bit of reading.

My point is.... you can set up a MAME machine just as easy as swapping PCBs.. and I'm not sure you understand that.  I'm not talking about building a cab from scratch here.. you can swap these parts out at will.

RayB:

Really splitting hairs here.... I'm sure there are still people who eyes would glaze over when you mention what you need to do to MAME a JAMMA with a JPAC. You have to disable the cab's original power supply. You have to hook up the JPAC, you have to set up PC guts etc. Lot's of n00Bs are scared of all that. but swapping a JAMMA pCB? Even easier than what you're claiming is easy, Point.


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