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"The Varsity Club" Dual Monitor Arcade *Reconstruction has begun* 12/29/09
gamenut:
so how did you fix the problem you were having with the attract mode in powermame?
I'm having the same problem.
mccoy178:
I never did. Mike fell off the face of the Earth.
gamenut:
I noticed that :cry:
mccoy178:
Here is the installation of the coindoor wiring. First I switched out the quarter coin receptors for the token ones. Here is a pic of them installed:
Next, I added a screw terminal so that if I ever need to take the coindoor off for any reason or need to do any rewiring, I have an easy access point.
Here is a pic of the ground wire ran to the terminal. I added the wire holder to help keep things organized.
I made a bunch of identical wires then soldered them together. It worked quite well for the application.
Here is a pic of all the power wires and ground wire ran to the screw terminal. I also direct soldered the wires to the micro switches instead of quick disconnects.
Just another pic of the wires before I soldered them. For the noobs of the world.
I numbered the screw terminal for later access.
When connecting the lower screw terminal to the one in the control panel, I made my grouping of wires in advance. This worked out very well and I highly recommend it to keep the wires looking nice.
Here is the screw terminal in the control panel. I wanted to make it so that if I ever need to take the cp off, it won't be a huge headache.
Here is where I tied it into the keywiz. I then went into the keywiz software and told it where they are.
I didn't take pictures of the coindoor lighting hook up, but it was just as simple as the microswitches. I have the lights routed to the ledwiz for powermame use.
mccoy178:
I changed my bootscreen thanks to the tutorial in the wiki using bootskin_free. Thanks MYX!!! I just googled "bootskin" and it was like the fifth option down. I followed the directions in the wiki to a tee using photoshop cs and bam!, there it is. I also used some of the other regedit tweaks to eliminate popup windows among other things. I also changed it so there is no longer a log on screen. Here is the bootskin I used. It is OSU's legendary coach Hayes.