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Q*Bert Knocker writeup, correct me on parts
SirPoonga:
OK.
There is a little bit of an arguement going on here.
aramis:
SirPoonga,
If I said anything offensive or abrasive, I apologize.
I went from never hearing about Mame to having a working, fully hand-built Mame cabinet in less than 3 months, due to a lot of reading. A lot of the info I absorbed was from your replies to messages on the old board, and I appreciate that.
Yet, as an automation engineer, I'm constantly under the challenge to develop inexpensive, simple-yet-elegant and robust solutions to problems. I wasn't trying to start an argument...I just wanted to brainstorm that alternatives.
Anyways, back to gaming! I think I have had a total of 3 hours of sleep since getting to plug this cabinet in for the first time. :)
SirPoonga:
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If I said anything offensive or abrasive, I apologize.
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No no offense taken. I just saw what possible could get out of hand. Someone disagrees with my way,t hat;s their problem. If they can prove it wrong, good. All the better:)
I really need to learn a little more about electronics, I want to know more about relays, solenoids, leds, etc...
Dav:
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Have you looked at the mame source code?????
Essentially you will have to write your own led function (with a
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SirPoonga:
i have considered other options.
What's a 555 timer?
As that might be something better to put in my schematic.
So you know how to do that counter thing with interrupts in mame. I can't figure it out. I hate low level programming or thinking at low levels. PM me or email me with info
(@hotmail.com)
If there si a better way I'm open. I still think the parallel port will be the easiest route programming wise. It really makes no difference between lpt or serial. I'm going to put in a secondary PCI card I have that has a serial and lpt on it. Hopefully that way I dont; ruin my pc by accident.
Hey, if someone wants to help me out we could make a little thing and start ebaying the hardware:) People could download the diff and compile mame themselves...
If ANYONE knows USB programming I'd rather do USB. I love the idea behind USB and I LVOE jsut plugging in and go.
There then might be better ways to implement the source code. Like using if defines and such of the hardware exists... I need to get back in the c++ side of things. I haven't done c++ programming in over 2 years.
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