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What's this I hear about BIOS, a SmartStrip and the "one button power on"???
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thebrownshow:
So coin doors aren't essential, but being able to turn it off without having to shut down IS?  ???
nostrebor:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 26, 2006, 04:38:27 pm ---Do what Noestrobor did, but use DOS instead of Windows.  That way, there's no need "shut down" the computer.  Just flip it off.

I personally hate anything that breaks the illusion that you're on a real arcade cabinet.  I did draw the line at a coin door, though.



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If my cabinet was mame only, I would never consider a windows enviro. It also runs many windows only games and is my testbed for FE's, encoders, and such. Thus, it must be powered by the Devil's OS ;) It is actually no big deal to shutdown. I just push my pause button and off it goes. Takes 2 seconds. Then, flip the power switch.

All of my MAME only builds are/will be DOS, as long as I don't have to use any USB devices.
ppilot:

--- Quote from: Doc Thirst on January 26, 2006, 02:26:00 pm ---I used a regular 110 switch to cut/allow power to a regular 110 outlet housed in the cab as well to the marquee light.  I then plugged in all my hardware (speakers, monitor, computer) to a power strip which is in turn plugged in to the outlet in the cab.  I set the bios to "Restore Power after AC Power Loss" as mentioned before.  I wired an indust extention cord to the switch and wa-la, flip the switch and the whole sha-bang fires up.

Pardon my sloppy pic, but here it is:

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Question for you.  I've done exactly the same thing, and I find that if I let the machine power 'all' the way down, it won't come back online.  What I normally do is flip the switch off when I hear the 'power down whine' to make it work.

Does this make sense?  If you shut down (via mamewah or whatever), wait one full minute, then flip the power switch 'off' and back 'on' does the machine come online?

Just wondering.  Thanks.
thebrownshow:
Sometimes I'll shut my PC down, walk away, and come back in a few minutes and kill the power to the cabinet.  It always comes back on.
javeryh:

--- Quote from: Doc Thirst on January 26, 2006, 02:26:00 pm ---I used a regular 110 switch to cut/allow power to a regular 110 outlet housed in the cab as well to the marquee light.  I then plugged in all my hardware (speakers, monitor, computer) to a power strip which is in turn plugged in to the outlet in the cab.  I set the bios to "Restore Power after AC Power Loss" as mentioned before.  I wired an indust extention cord to the switch and wa-la, flip the switch and the whole sha-bang fires up.


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Great pic!  Here's what I'm thinking of doing:



Will this setup work for one button power on and off?  I don't have a marquee (it's a cocktail) and I think this is everything that's going in there...

Any thoughts/corrections would be great!
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