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2600:
If he can't, let me know and I'll get you a copy when I get back to the office at the end of the week.
Haven't finished the article myself, and it's good effort on the guys part, but headless is odd.
I do like what the pinmame-hw guys have done myself. It's definitely worth reading what they have done as well.
ChadTower:
Who says it has to be headless? Can't you put the PC in the head?
2600:
Not so much that it has to be headless, more that the pictures in the article the writer did not have the head connected. Like I said I haven't finished the article, but maybe he had a good reason such as not actually having it. I dunno. The PC should definitely be able to control it.
ChadTower:
My main question is stuff like the score LEDs... does it emulate those, or does it control real ones?
There is a huge difference between simply emulating the MPU while driving the score displays, and emulating the score displays too.
Ixliam:
It doesn't emulate those, but it probably could. It's basically an interface to drive some of the "moving" items, and count score, keep track of balls in play, etc. The display is purely on the monitor, but you "play" on the actual table.
What one person could do, is lets say there was no display nor could one ever be found. You could build a display, then setup LED scoring. This is pretty similar to what I did with my DIY skeeball, as my PC drives an actual skeeball display.
BTW, I don't have access to a scanner so if the other fellow above can post the articles, I'm sure those who wanted it would be appreciative. Or for a SASE I will mail you a copy.
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