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USAF MAME Cabinet is now underway
johnmartin:
--- Quote from: Jdurg on August 02, 2008, 11:23:55 pm ---A simple DVD reader would only run you about $10. I'd suggest looking around to find one as it can come in incredibly useful. If you splurge and get a writer, you can then also ghost your entire hard drive to DVDs once it's set up so you have a permanent copy of your installation.
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Good idea. I did not realize reders were that cheap. Might as well get one.
As promised yesterday here are some pics of the cabinet
Temporarily added the CP base
More work to get done today as I add the speaker board and the top panel.
Blanka:
Don't know if you want to paint or laminate, but for the last few pieces I would advise to screw from the inside. Keeps you from a lot of hole-filling work.
johnmartin:
Some more pics. I got the monitor installed. It is 20" Dell. It really looks small in the cabinet but this is my first cab and I think it is perfect. maybe oneday I'll build a bigger one but for now this will do nicely. That is my daughter acting goofy. She is pretty excited as are my boys. I was hoping to have everything running today but no dice. But I'd rather not rush it anyway so why push it. I am buying a DVD burner tomorrow and then I can get the computer completely set up and ready.
Still much to do. I have questions about my CP wiring. Most of the buttons are self-explanatory but I am wondering how to set up the spinner buttons and the admin buttons, plus a flipper button on each side for Visual Pinball. I am using a I-Pac VE and am unsure how I shold wire these, as well as the dedicated 4-way. I just downloaded the WinIpac designer and I guess I need to play with that. I am assuming the spinner buttons will tie into P1 buttons 1 and 2, and that I will need to map the 3 admin buttons to specfiic keystrokes.
BTW, I am planning on using Maximus Arcade as my frontend unless anyone thinks something else would be better. Comments as always are appreciated.
miles2912:
Multiple buttons can share the same connection. Just draw out your cp and decide where to map the same connections. I have 2 joysticks sharing connections and my pinball buttons share connections with player 2 button 4,5 and 6. Never had a problem and it works fine.
I am in southern calif if you need to see a working one. Not sure where you are as basements in California a rare commodity.
johnmartin:
--- Quote from: miles2912 on August 04, 2008, 06:57:08 pm ---Multiple buttons can share the same connection. Just draw out your cp and decide where to map the same connections. I have 2 joysticks sharing connections and my pinball buttons share connections with player 2 button 4,5 and 6. Never had a problem and it works fine.
I am in southern calif if you need to see a working one. Not sure where you are as basements in California a rare commodity.
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Miles2912,
That is what I thought I just needed a warm fuzzy since this is all completely new to me. I am using the I-Pac VE version which has the basic inputs just like the I-Pac regular version except that it only have inputs for 6 switches for each player. But on each side there is also an input A, B, C and D, which I am assuming I can use to map the admin buttons. I have 3 admin buttons, one of which will act as PAUSE and the other 2 will be CTRL-P for exiting Maximus.
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