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miner49er:

--- Quote from: Silas (son of Silas) on May 15, 2009, 12:53:42 pm ---Why are you running AdvanceMame? I haven't used it. What does it offer over SDLMAME and a Linux front tend like say WAH!Cade? (that's how I'm setup at the moment but always open yo new ideas!)

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Well, I'm still looking into ideas at the moment. I don't want to use X windows if I can help it. Why? Because I don't see the point in starting X when i can use the kernel framebuffer driver and save a bit of overhead and startup time.

I want this cab to be as seamless as possible I.E. to start quick and show little sign of being a PC inside.

For now though, I've just installed debian net install with the bare minimum and it starts up in seconds.

My cab arrives this week - can't wait to start tinkering! Hope I don't blow it up!

What distro are you using?
Do you autorun into X, then autostart WAH!cade?
What VGA card do you use (assuming you have an Arcade monitor)

I'm on a tip hunting mission at the moment :-)

Barry Barcrest:
I take it you are in the UK, a friend of mine is watching one of these cabs on ebay. Is yours 6 button, because i was wondering how the 6 buttons would work with a J-Pac as i believe Jamma is only 3 buttons.

miner49er:
I am the UK. Mine has 6 buttons (or will have when it arrives).

I'm not sure about this myself, I'm very new to this arcade stuff.

Aren't the extra buttoned JAMMA systems knows as JAMMA+ ???

I hope I can make use of this damn thing :-o

miner49er:
I have my machine in a working state now and I blummin love it!
So much fun, it's untrue. so addictive.

I'm using AdvanceMenu under debian linux, with an ATI rage 128 Pro plugged into a J-Pac that I purchased off someone from this very forum!

I have an issue with bleeding on the monitor but I've temporarily fixed that by reducing the brightness in advanceMame.

I will play until a feel the urge to tweak, then possibly replace the caps on the monitor chassis (I'm learning all the lingo as well!)

The monitor is also mounted horizontally and I find myself playing more vertical games (bombjack, Flying Shark, Pacman, 1942), so I may rotate it as the scaling kinda ruins the look of those games...

Did I mention I love my cab!

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