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Just got my cabinet.. questions??
AlmtyBob:
Disabling your onboard sound is very easy, it's just a matter or going in to your bios and finding the setting. It's most likely the AC '97 chipset. AC '97 is 100% soundblaster compatible so there's no reason it shouldn't work with zsnes and other emulators.
Rick Sigouin:
I'm at work now, but I brought the manual in and it is the AC'97 Sound. Thanks for the help. Which soundblaster card do you recommend? Anyone??
Rick
ArcadeFX:
My grandma could recompile MAME. Maybe in her sleep. Don't let it scare you. It should only take you 15 minutes to download an set everything. Then another 15 minutes to recompile it. They say it can take up to an hour for the recompile but if you have a realativly fast machine it is pretty quick.
If you can follow directions then you can recompile mame.
Just read this: http://www.mame.net/compilewin.html
Frobozz:
If you're going to be running Windows, I'd just go for one of the Live! cards. They're cheap now if you get one with no-frills. The original Live!'s had some buggy issues (which were mostly in order to remain compatable with DOS) but the newer Live!'s like the 5.1 and the Audigy seem to have fixed them.
I think you can find an OEM white-box Audigy for like $59 US.
If you want to splurge, get the Platinum version or the Extigy and mount the little 5 1/4" drive bay control panel someplace within easy reach on your cabinet.
Also, try Nesten over Nesticle (it's much better), PC Atari over Stella (Actually plays Pitfall 2 decently), and one of the Windows versions of MAME. Then you won't have to swap modes all the time.
kamakazi:
you don't get the "OK" messages in arcadeOS because there is a setting to make it watch for that screen and automatically send the OK, so you never even see it.
If all you use this box for is emulators, and you aren't emulating anything fancier than SNES, get a genuine Soun Blaster 16 (if you have ISA slots) or a Creative AudioPCI card, they should be under $30 andare more than enough to handle those emulators. If you want to use the box for modern PC games as well, then buy the best genuine Creative Sound Blaster card that fits your budget, that way the emulators work, and you get all he surround and fancy stuff for your PC games.
kamakazi
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