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grantspain:
just remember there is no real difference in a mame cab and dedicated cab,they all do exactly the same thing and run the same way
the only real thing that you can't get is the experience of one particular game,i.e i have wave runner deluxe cabs and they all get the same problems so i know exactly what is causing the particular fault
it's just a case of getting the correct mind set and not being afraid of new things and always look at things logically
always start with the basic,simple causes
or come and work with me for a month >:D
shardian:

--- Quote from: grantspain on November 05, 2007, 09:31:11 am ---just remember there is no real difference in a mame cab and dedicated cab,they all do exactly the same thing and run the same way
the only real thing that you can't get is the experience of one particular game,i.e i have wave runner deluxe cabs and they all get the same problems so i know exactly what is causing the particular fault
it's just a case of getting the correct mind set and not being afraid of new things and always look at things logically
always start with the basic,simple causes
or come and work with me for a month >:D

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There is a fairly big difference between setting up a mame cabinet and troubleshooting/repairing dedicated arcade equipment. A mame cabinet is just a pc and a pc monitor sitting on an arcade shaped desk.
ChadTower:
Plugging and playing with working components is very different from trying to debug a nonworking 20+ year old game... there isn't a whole lot of physical trouble shooting, especially within PCBs, building a MAME cab.
grantspain:

--- Quote from: shardian on November 05, 2007, 09:41:00 am ---
--- Quote from: grantspain on November 05, 2007, 09:31:11 am ---just remember there is no real difference in a mame cab and dedicated cab,they all do exactly the same thing and run the same way
the only real thing that you can't get is the experience of one particular game,i.e i have wave runner deluxe cabs and they all get the same problems so i know exactly what is causing the particular fault
it's just a case of getting the correct mind set and not being afraid of new things and always look at things logically
always start with the basic,simple causes
or come and work with me for a month >:D

--- End quote ---

There is a fairly big difference between setting up a mame cabinet and troubleshooting/repairing dedicated arcade equipment. A mame cabinet is just a pc and a pc monitor sitting on an arcade shaped desk.


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same thing guv,you just thinks its different but there again what do i know i have only been doing this 20 years ;)
ChadTower:

Okay, let's put it this way... clearly if this guy has built a cab he doesn't understand what he did or how the parts work.  We know this since he has said so.  Parts are so plug and play now and there are so many howtos out there that people are building cabs with no real idea of what is going on in there.
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