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Jamma + MAME? possible?
SirPoonga:
sound and video between the the pcb and the computer are still a problem with this setup. Again, just email Andy at ultimarc or post on ultimarc's forum to see what people have done. That;s the purpose of the jpac and arcadevga, to get a computer into a jamma cabinet. however, not sure about switching.
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on May 22, 2003, 05:28:03 am ---sound and video between the the pcb and the computer are still a problem with this setup. Again, just email Andy at ultimarc or post on ultimarc's forum to see what people have done. That;s the purpose of the jpac and arcadevga, to get a computer into a jamma cabinet. however, not sure about switching.
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J-Pac hooks up video, as long as your video card can drive an arcade monitor (gonna be DOS and arcadeos fer sure, but a lot of cards can do it). As for the sound, all you do is hook up your PC sound to the cabinet speakers (or speaker if it is a mono cabinet). Hook up the Golden Tee speakers too, I don't think that would conflict, it's not like they will both be on at the same time.
SirPoonga:
actually, I think the arcadvevga works with the jpac. again, the best thing to do is ask the expert, Andy.
AlanS17:
I'm just speaking from experience. I actually had a PC and game board in the same machine and would switch them out. Sound was a problem, but video wasn't. Even still, I think the J-Pac includes posts for PC sound. I was just lazy to and cheap to hack an audio cable. I would bet it's not so hard, though.
The cabinet I used was a KI2. I was blessed with that machine because it used to similar parts to a PC board. All I had to do was move one AC cord back and forth along with the JAMMA connector.
mattudland:
I have a Street Fighter Alpha 3 cabinet, with a computer in it. I use the arcadeVGA and J-Pac, and because I have a seperate power supply for the two, I just switch out the Jamma connector. It's probably dangerous, and I'm a moron and will fry something I'm sure, but I've just spliced in the wires for sound and that's the only obstacle... It's really a piece of cake if you are willing to open up the cab and change out the plug.
I don't have access to pictures, sorry, my cabinet is in storage in Oklahoma and I'm in Virginia for the next 3 months.