lets start over ( Nintendo VS Dual cab)

[daywane]

how would you Mame this cab!

[Ginsu Victim]

No, you have a perfectly good thread already.

[daywane]

now look here ...
i drink.
my head hurts 
Plus my wife ate all my  Reese's cups
Whats up with that 

[Ummon]

Ahn, yer better off with them. Garbage chocolate.

[Malenko]

how would you Mame this cab!

I wouldnt. its not a good cab to MAME

[Games001]

I'd MAME the heck out of that bugger..

2 monitors on a dual out video card.
1 PC running MAME between them
Each player has his/her own screen...

GOLD BABY! 

[polaris]

i'm sure i've read that there's an issue using this for two separate systems, the monitors interfere or something.
i'm sure i read posts on it by The Guru(tm), ken layton in arcade misc

[daywane]

I'm sure i've read that there's an issue using this for two separate systems, the monitors interfere or something.
i'm sure i read posts on it by The Guru(tm), ken layton in arcade misc

If I was to keep the Nintendo monitors anduse 2 PCs the yest there would be a sink problem.
But the Nintendo monitors are coming out of it.
I hope to put in 1,  19inch  flat LCD monitor and 1 , 20 inch CRT monitor

I am not sure if I can use the CRT one.
I hope I do not have to save up another $200.00 bucks

[Jack Burton]

Use two monitors, one pc, clone video to the second monitor.

good 4-player setup IMO

or you could lay out the control panel like this.


Side one;

8-way joystick plus six buttons for player one.

U360  joystick plus 3 buttons and spinner for player two.

Side two:

trackball and two buttons for player one.

8-way joystick and six buttons for player two.



Might be able to put a rotary joystick on there somehow too.

[daywane]

I would have to build all new controll panels and mod the cab for all that.
Controll panels are not that large

[Jack Burton]

I would do exactly that.

If I wasn't going to change the control panels then I would just add a third button for each player and call it a day.

[daywane]

Started on this today.
very tedious. 2600 is getting all the stuff inside. I am pulling the wire harness. Marking each and every connection so he can slap it in his system.
I found some missing games for it inside of it. I thing he will be happy.
Very heavy cab. I try not to move it often. I forgot I put the extra stuff inside it.
I hope to have it gutted tomarrow

[2600]

I'm sure i've read that there's an issue using this for two separate systems, the monitors interfere or something.
i'm sure i read posts on it by The Guru(tm), ken layton in arcade misc

If I was to keep the Nintendo monitors anduse 2 PCs the yest there would be a sink problem.
But the Nintendo monitors are coming out of it.
I hope to put in 1,  19inch  flat LCD monitor and 1 , 20 inch CRT monitor

I am not sure if I can use the CRT one.
I hope I do not have to save up another $200.00 bucks

The LCD and CRT shouldn't have an issue.  Even if you used one PC and the original monitors it's still possible to get the sync issue as video outputs may not have the same sync.  Adding the one LCD should resolve that issue and if you are using a regular PC CRTs then I think it's even less as likely as well because they are shielded pretty well unlike Arcade monitors

I'm torn on this one.  I'm not sure if I would make one horizontal and one vertical or keep them both horizontal and one PC.  Either way I think it's an interesting project that many have talked about, but this is the first time someone is actually doing it.

[daywane]

I would like to find someone who can make a few blank panels for me.
I would like to ship a set of the controll panels and have them made with no holes in them at all, Just the same shape.

[mimic]

I don't know like you guys, but I think this is the most perfect idea for 4 player cab if I ever saw one. Without the need for a frankenpanel. As Jack Burton mentioned on one side regular tv/monitor for best arcade experience, on the other wide screen lcd sideways for pinball, consoles and other players!
Yup, that's what I'm doing as my next project! Wish I saw it earlier!