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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: payment_due on June 12, 2005, 02:39:20 pm
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Does anyone know if it is possible to connect a Notebook computer up to a JAMMA cab using the J-PAC/I-PAC interfaces?
I'm curious because I have an extra Laptop that is lying about that would fit perfectly in a cab I'm getting soon, and that would allow me to skip building an extra PC for emulation.
Any help is appreciated.
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Quick answer.
NO.
Long answer, yes, as long as your notebook has a keyboard port and you are willing to purchase an expensive scan convertor.
A lot of notebooks have TV-out. You might be able to take advantage of that somehow?
In general though putting a notebook in a Mame cabinet is a waste of a good notebook. Especially since used notebooks outprice equivalent used PCs by about 500 percent.
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Hmm. OK, thanks Paige. I guess it's back to building a PC for it then. :D