It would be nice to find more information on how this is done. (if it "is" possible)
Even if the security check has been cracked, I kind of doubt that it would be possible to
play the megatouch software on an "off the shelf" pc without having some kind of program
running in the background that handles the sound and touchscreen controller drivers as well
as the coin mech / DBV interface.
Could it be possible to interface the I/O card with a certian "off the shelf" pc motherboard?
This would solve the problems listed above, but how would the motherboard's BIOS
boot the DOS / linux program stored on the flash memory of the I/O card?
I haven't found any info on the internet that shows anything like that would be possible.
If it is, then either the megatouch "scene" must be very small, or that Merit Industries must
be doing a very good job of supressing this type of information.
I'd be awfully careful here. Merit plays hardball with hacked/counterfeit boards & software. Their spies are everywhere.
Perhaps it would be best to just wait a few more years for the hardware to become inexpensive enough
so that someone like me can upgrade without having to resort to counterfeit software.