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ok let's all tell a story on how we found BYOAC.
MinerAl:
I bought a working Tron machine in 1997 at the community thrift store on half price tuesday for $12.50. I got it home and it sorta worked for a few games and then crapped out.
I hopped on the internet at work and searched for free tron emulators, and stumbled across a very early version of a certain arcade machine emulator, and kept up with it. It occurred to me almost immediately that I could "repair" my Tron with a computer and the emulator, but I didn't do anything about it for years.
The Tron machine died in a flood. Very sad. My parents thought nothing was salvagable and threw it away. Much sadder. In 2002 I found a $40 Atari Football in another thrift store, and immediately got on the internet to find parts to turn it into a Generic Arcade Machine Emulator (GAME) machine.
Found Ultimarc.
Found BYOAC.
Read BYOAC front to back a few dozen times, built my cab, and then (feeling now qualified) I got on the forums. I wish I'd been here before I maimed the A.F., Would've done a much better job.
Been here for years... try only to post something if I have something to contribute :)
Sinner:
I got into MAME with version .36 and was addicted, but it sucked using keyboard and game pads...I decided I wanted to build a cabinet and see if I could figure a way to use PC joysticks...seemed like too much work, so I never did anything, then I bought an XArcade...it was just what I needed to spark the urge to build a cabinet again...I found BYOAC, when I was googling to see if anyone else had built a cab around their XArcade...I forgot about doing that and decided to build my own controls after finding this site, and buying THE book...
For the record, I really appreciate all the help people have given me since I've joined the forum...I've met a few really kewl people, learned a lot...thank you.
ften:
For some reason I decided to click cmdrtaco information on Slashdot and then saw his Jubei and knew I had to build my own. It's kind of intresting how many people found this place through his site.
Now I'm a proud owner of a woodgrain cabinet... sniff sniff
-FTen
Scott84:
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monkeybomb:
Midway classics ---> Retrogaming ---> Hotrod ---> The main board for 6 months -----> the forums