How does the shutdown button work exactly?
Do the load game and save game work with the front end?
Thanks for all the great responses so far. I think I'm looking at the power button and 4 admin buttons. I'm not real worried about the complete authentic arcade look.
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I am using GLaunch as my front end. The game escape button quits the game and returns to GLaunch. I have GLaunch's quit key programmed as keyboard "C".
Pressing the shutdown button is like pressing "C", which exits GLaunch.
I have a program I wrote called "The Launcher", which starts GLaunch on computer boot-up.
When GLaunch exits, The Launcher gives you a few seconds to press ENTER, so if you have a keyboard hooked up you can get into windows. After the pause time, The Launcher shuts down the PC.
Check out the launcher:
http://members.tripod.com/~Skennys_Outpost/thelauncher/index.htmlAs for the load and save, while in mame, pressing SHIFT and F7 lets you save a game.
Pressing just F7 loads the game.
I am using V107 I think (the last one that supports hiscores).
I used keywiz eco2 uploader software to configure one of my unused inputs to F7.
The load button connects to this input.
The save button activates the F7 input and the shift (P1 Action button 4) input.
I used diodes to block the signals..
Here is a diagram of how I wired it: