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Marky_1979:
Cheers mate where's best to get the beta bright signs from? ebay? and do you know if they do it in the size i require?
Marky_1979:
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roger:

--- Quote from: headkaze on November 23, 2008, 12:16:42 pm ---As I said you can use LCDGen with MameWah

Check this out http://silverfoxy.blogspot.com/2007/12/silver-softwares-mame-lcd-gen.html

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This works great indeed.

MAMEWah nicely sends the info in the .lcd files to the display when a game is started. What I haven't been able to figure out is  how to get it to display generic information about the emulator when no game is running, i.e. after MAME quits and we're back in MAMEWah. Is there a default .lcd, and if yes, what is the proper filename?

Thanks.
roger:

--- Quote from: Marky_1979 on November 25, 2008, 06:26:21 pm ---Cheers mate where's best to get the beta bright signs from? ebay? and do you know if they do it in the size i require?

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Yes, ebay is a good place to start. There are three different models that should work fine. The 1026 and 1040 are somewhat older, and the 1036 is the newer model of the "BetaBrite Classic" series. They all have RS-232 connectivity and they all use the same protocol. The files that LCDGen generates are compatible with all these display. More info here: http://www.betabrite.com/pages/bbclassic.htm
They are all the same size (see specs).

There also is a new "BetaBrite Prism" display with more colors, but all the ones I have seen for sale use USB, although the specifications state "USB or RS-232". I haven't been able to figure out if, although it is a USB device, it mounts as a COM port. A lot of devices like this use the FTDI USB chipset, which the PC sees as COM port. This is probably the case for the BetaBrite Prism as it would allow for the same protocol to be used. However, I have not been able to confirm this yet. Perhaps someone here in this forum can shed some light. Until you know for sure, I would not buy a "Prism". I would go for a "Classic". More info on the "Prism" here: http://www.betabrite.com/index.htm

You can also find BetaBrite displays at amazon.com.
Paladin:
If anyone is interested, I was searching ebay for arcade stuff and found some Golden Tee LCD scrolling signs.  I don't know how hard they'd be to hack, but they don't seem too expensive considering they come with the whole marquee box as well.  I'm not affiliated with the seller, but thought it'd be a cool project for someone.

ebay item# 180340138795
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