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picked up a MAME w/cab the other day........

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slider2732:

It is easy to do, but needs lots of hours spent going 'WTF' at it to get it to run right lol
Main things would include the presumed hard drive with the MAME software. It will be configured for that ATI Rage video card and for the soundcard that's on the machine.
You might get lucky by taking both off and putting them on the replacement computer...but there are always factors not planned for and usually needs a lot of tweaking.

Also, if you replace with something a lot newer, it may not even have ISA slots on it, cos i'm guessing the soundcard will probably be a genuine soundblaster.

The cab will be 1983, but the PC is about 1997.

Is it DOS based ? or Windows ?



CartridgeStealer:

I believe the cab was homemade, but I could be mistaken. Its doesnt weigh as nearly as much as the standard arcade machine. I worked in an arcade and those weighed alot!

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slider2732:

Sooo...the PC spec currently is:
AMD K6@300Mhz processor
64mb RAM
2.5Gb hard drive
DOS front end

While i'd recommend putting a whole new Pentium III system in there:
You could tweak things quite a lot, by installing more RAM and possibly up to a 450Mhz or 500Mhz end of the line K6. The thing being that these would be very cheap to do and easy, with no configuration problems.
As soon as you work out the little bar on the side of the processor after taking the heatsink/fan off you'll have nearly done the processor upgrade. Same with the RAM if there are a couple of spare slots. I'm guessing there's just one module in and the motherboard probably has 3 slots. Typical for those boards is to go up to about 256mb, maybe more. Though performance won't benefit much with the lowly games currently on the system, as they don't need much RAM.

Lot of time seems to have gone into the art side...it's bright and cheerful, bordering on garish. Very nice in some ways :)



slider2732:

*edit*..after having another look at your original pics.
The RAM seems to be the 2 strips of pins type, so they'll be 16mb x4 lots.
I'd say the board is maxed out pretty much.
Those older AT style ones probably won't go much above the 300Mhz processor already in it.

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