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SnowsDream:
Hello!

I spent time reading thru' the various links your noob thread provided. But I still got a few questions sense I have never built a cab before. I'm a teacher for this after school program and right now we made a mock musuem to video games and it was a blast and the kids learned some intresting things. I thought an awesome way to end the musuem would be too have me and the kids build a cab. So thats the situation.

My questions are basic, I just wanna bounce some ideas off of you guys sense you got all the experince I lack. First off my cash resources are limited and this is what I have to work with off hand. Wood and anything else at home depoe should be fine sense school resouces will pay for that. The pc I am donating to this project is a:

P3
256 Ram 133mhz
10gig hardrive

on board sound and graphics... =( Got no choice it's a corp pc that a hospital got rid of and I got for free =) How capable is this pc for running older arcade games. Things from the 80's to maybe 91'

I was thinking of buying one of those TV out cards thats not built into a graphics card like teh Geforces and Radeons. Anyone have any experine with those.

I was checking out the I-PAC and Opti-PAC interface boards and buttons from Ultimarcto for use in the control layout, and they seemed nice. But was wondering if any one had personal experince with them. Sense most seem to talk about HAPPS controls. Ultimarc stuff is cheaper and I'll be payin' for those out of pocket. Also I will be buyin' the coin door and tv out of pocket so I was askin' if a basic S-Video capble tv is cool and where a decent coin door is for less then 100 bucks. I'm still in the process of finding some layouts I wanna use, I want something that will susport a 25' tv but i have a 17inch monitor I wanna use too. Oh and I wanna make it a 2 player model with a rollerball. So thats it, plz lend your idea if you can.
Thanks
Jason

P.S. I also liked the ultimarc becuase the kids could do the hook ups on it. Were as I wasn't sure about other interfaces

bye
RayB:
Welcome! You're not an english teacher, are you?

OK as far as I know, a 133 mhz system will only run the REALLY old stuff, like 1979 to 1983... And it will require an emulator like Vantage, or MAME version 0.55.

Wanting a trackball (and optipac) increases your budget quite a bit. You might have to go without those.

As for the other questions, I'll let better informed members reply.

 ;D Ray B.
whammoed:

--- Quote from: RayB on March 08, 2005, 11:44:59 am ---Welcome! You're not an english teacher, are you?

OK as far as I know, a 133 mhz system will only run the REALLY old stuff, like 1979 to 1983... And it will require an emulator like Vantage, or MAME version 0.55.

Wanting a trackball (and optipac) increases your budget quite a bit. You might have to go without those.

As for the other questions, I'll let better informed members reply.

 ;D Ray B.

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Not sure here, but I think they meant the front side bus is at 133 mhz.
Witchboard:
What is your processor speed?
quarterback:

--- Quote from: RayB on March 08, 2005, 11:44:59 am ---Welcome! You're not an english teacher, are you?
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My thoughts exactly
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