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Golden Tee plus Mame
caykroyd:
Is it possible to run mame in a Golden tee cabinet? I'm buying a golden Tee Complete cab, and want to put my mame computer in it? What is necessary to be able to switch between them?
miles2912:
Golden tee cabs are some of the best to mame. They generally take a 27" monitor (wells-betson) standard and have nice large CP areas to work with. The hard part is usually finding one at a reasonable price. I looked for a while and the cheapest I could find one for was 500.
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caykroyd:
Well, I want to mame it, but also keep the Golden Tee functionality. I think I will build a separate control panel that is swappable.
This way I have an original Golden tee and with a swap of a control panel and somehow switch to computer for mame, I will be able to play other games.
Is this possible? Maybe just switch the monitor input to the computer's video card?
miles2912:
Possible? Yes. One BIG HUGE Pain in the --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--? Yes. Honestly it is more trouble than it is worth. Swapping out the CP's will get old quick. You would have to design a quick disconnect for the existing game both for the CP to circuit board and then for the monitor. Now you have to figue out how to re-connect the monitor to a PC for MAME.. Not sure how the monitor is hooked up?
Mame a has a few versions of golden tee. I might just run it off mame and sell the rest out to fund the conversion. Unless the cab is a newer version of golden tee (expensive cab here - sell it and Build your own :)). Lots of variables here. Do you like Golden Tee? How is it all hooked up inside? Cab in good shape? How bad do you want a mame cab - or do you like playing 3000+ games? ;D
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caykroyd:
I'm not sure the condition or guts of the cab. I am gonna look at it after the holidays. I'm not opposed to making quick disconnects.
I wonder if Golden Tee would restatr each time I disconnect. That would be a problem. If I can just do disconnects and both MAME computer and GoldenTee stay in current state, it would work.
The Golden Tee in MAme is too old. I want the newer one, but also want MAME. I may be too lazy to build a cab. So this is an alternative if it is feasible.
I guess once I look at the guts of the cab, I'll know a little more, but sounds like its possible.