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jerryjanis:
Ok, I uploaded it to http://host.mywwwserver.com/~bethand/temp/mame.zip
However, I'll have to remove it soon because I shouldn't be using up the bandwidth on my mom's web site. I'll get myself a real web server soon, I think so I don't have to worry about it anymore.
I tried compiling Mame32, but I've never compiled it before and it didn't work. It compiled fine, but wouldn't run any games(?). This file is the standard build of Mame for Windows. You would run something like this from the command line:
mame 720 -mouse
I can't wait to hear how it works... That's awesome that you've got the control panel ready to go. You can email me at:
jstookey
at
yahoo.com
if there's anything you need changed, or just post messages here.
btoddkelley:
I know this may sound hard to believe but i have never used regular mame!! I downloaded it and will give it a try. I built the add on panel last summer thinking that someday 720 would work with the regular controller. I havn't finished the panel (formica) but it mounts to my cab and works. It also has 2 steering wheels on the front! had to have them!I will let you know what i find out. When i get it running i will set it up side by side to my 720 cab and see how it plays!
Thanks
Todd
Lilwolf:
Time to start looking at ebay again....
have to come up with excuses for my wife on why my paypal bill is so high.... ;D
jerryjanis:
I got a USB mouse hack to work with the 720 joystick's optic sensor! I more or less followed the instructions from
http://www.members.shaw.ca/bakaye/tballhack.htm
It's preliminary - I didn't get the calibration disc to work (I don't know what the problem is yet). I had to pull the 5v & ground separately from a keyboard hack to the 720' joystick. I removed the IR receivers from my mouse. Then I soldered the other wires (x1/x2, y1/y2) from the 720' optic card directly to the holes from where I pulled the IR receivers, and it worked perfectly, with no backspin or anything.
I'll post a complete writeup eventually.
However, I played 720 with it for a bit, and with a sensitivity setting of 50%, it seemed to work fine without the calibration disc, so I think that the current standard build of Mame (without my changes) would work at least acceptably. I really need to have the joystick mounted and with buttons, also, to really play on the thing.
jerryjanis:
I got both discs working with my mouse hack, and played with my version of Mame for 720