60 in 1 spinner support ?

[Arm123]

Hey guys,

I'm about to convert a showcase cabinet to a 60 in 1 with a trackball.  With Arkanoid being one of my favourites, i have a couple questions.

1. Does the 60 in 1 even have spinner support ? or does this get taken / used by the trackball when installed ?
2. If the spinner works, which product would work best ?

I have heard that the newer 60 in 1's have 2 headers on them for trackball support.  Since my boards have not arrived yet, im wondering if one of these headers can do 'double duty' as a spinner ?

Anyone that can shed some light on this, please do.

[miles2912]

What is a 60 in 1?  Some commercial product?

[Arm123]

What is a 60 in 1?  Some commercial product?

Hmmm...   sarcasm ? 

60 in 1 is a 'newish' jamma pcb board that runs emulation software for classic vertical games.

http://www.jammaboards.com/store/60-in-1-multigame-pcb/prod_212.html

[Arm123]

I wonder if i could try to hack the track ball header to use the x axis only for the spinner ?

Ill have to wait for my boards to arrive to try it.

Any other suggestions ?

[Blanka]

Plug-in question:
The 1069 in one uses a Celeron and a hard disk?
Does that one run MAME?
Does it have legal licenses?
Can I thus buy it, and use the HD in my PC?

[CheffoJeffo]

Plug-in question:
The 1069 in one uses a Celeron and a hard disk?

Yes, although I dunno about the exact nature of the processor.

Does that one run MAME?

Yes, against license and wishes of MAMEDev.

Does it have legal licenses?

Nope.

Can I thus buy it, and use the HD in my PC?

Besides not being licensed, also remember is older version of MAME, etc.

[Turnarcades]

From what I understand they run a custom chipset and are programmed to output at a certain frequency, so a direct HD swap is unlikely.

[Arm123]

I wonder if i could try to hack the track ball header to use the x axis only for the spinner ?

Ill have to wait for my boards to arrive to try it.

Any other suggestions ?

anyone ?

[CheffoJeffo]

I had a look at my 60-in-1 this morning and it does have two headers (in addition to the connection via the JAMMA harness), but I couldn't find the manual and I don't have a functioning spinner sitting around right now.

Sorry.

[Arm123]

No worries my friend...  I guess ill be the gunnie pig   

[u_rebelscum]

If you can hook up a TB, you should be able to hook up a spinner, as both (usually) use the same quadrature signal.  (I'm assuming standard arcade TB's and spinners, not ones with special boards.)
Again, if the hacked mame can see the TB, a spinner should work, but 

The question is whether a TB & a spinner can be hooked up at the same time (as Cheffo's hint at two headers might mean), or if a switch is needed and both the spinner and TB needs to be wired to the same header.


Let us know how it turns out.

[miles2912]

What is a 60 in 1?  Some commercial product?

Hmmm...   sarcasm ? 

60 in 1 is a 'newish' jamma pcb board that runs emulation software for classic vertical games.

http://www.jammaboards.com/store/60-in-1-multigame-pcb/prod_212.html

No man.  Seriously never heard of it... and not sure why you would want one with cheap PC's and MAME?

[Arm123]

I thought about using MAME...

But i didn't want to go threw the hassle of setting up arcade vga and getting a computer, setting it up, configuring MAME.

This i very easy to setup and enjoy.  My next project, i may get a MAME system up and running.

[miles2912]

I hear ya.  Sounds like a great cost effective way to get into the hobby.  Hope all goes well getting the spinner up and working.