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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Arm123 on August 13, 2008, 08:48:02 pm
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Hey guys,
I'm about to convert a showcase cabinet to a 60 in 1 with a trackball. With Arkanoid being one of my favourites, i have a couple questions.
1. Does the 60 in 1 even have spinner support ? or does this get taken / used by the trackball when installed ?
2. If the spinner works, which product would work best ?
I have heard that the newer 60 in 1's have 2 headers on them for trackball support. Since my boards have not arrived yet, im wondering if one of these headers can do 'double duty' as a spinner ?
Anyone that can shed some light on this, please do.
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What is a 60 in 1? Some commercial product?
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What is a 60 in 1? Some commercial product?
Hmmm... sarcasm ? :o
60 in 1 is a 'newish' jamma pcb board that runs emulation software for classic vertical games.
http://www.jammaboards.com/store/60-in-1-multigame-pcb/prod_212.html
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I wonder if i could try to hack the track ball header to use the x axis only for the spinner ?
Ill have to wait for my boards to arrive to try it.
Any other suggestions ?
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Plug-in question:
The 1069 in one uses a Celeron and a hard disk?
Does that one run MAME?
Does it have legal licenses?
Can I thus buy it, and use the HD in my PC?
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Plug-in question:
The 1069 in one uses a Celeron and a hard disk?
Yes, although I dunno about the exact nature of the processor.
Does that one run MAME?
Yes, against license and wishes of MAMEDev.
Does it have legal licenses?
Nope.
Can I thus buy it, and use the HD in my PC?
Besides not being licensed, also remember is older version of MAME, etc.
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From what I understand they run a custom chipset and are programmed to output at a certain frequency, so a direct HD swap is unlikely.
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I wonder if i could try to hack the track ball header to use the x axis only for the spinner ?
Ill have to wait for my boards to arrive to try it.
Any other suggestions ?
anyone ?
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I had a look at my 60-in-1 this morning and it does have two headers (in addition to the connection via the JAMMA harness), but I couldn't find the manual and I don't have a functioning spinner sitting around right now.
Sorry.
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No worries my friend... I guess ill be the gunnie pig ;D
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If you can hook up a TB, you should be able to hook up a spinner, as both (usually) use the same quadrature signal. (I'm assuming standard arcade TB's and spinners, not ones with special boards.)
Again, if the hacked mame can see the TB, a spinner should work, but :dunno
The question is whether a TB & a spinner can be hooked up at the same time (as Cheffo's hint at two headers might mean), or if a switch is needed and both the spinner and TB needs to be wired to the same header.
Let us know how it turns out.
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What is a 60 in 1? Some commercial product?
Hmmm... sarcasm ? :o
60 in 1 is a 'newish' jamma pcb board that runs emulation software for classic vertical games.
http://www.jammaboards.com/store/60-in-1-multigame-pcb/prod_212.html
No man. Seriously never heard of it... and not sure why you would want one with cheap PC's and MAME?
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I thought about using MAME...
But i didn't want to go threw the hassle of setting up arcade vga and getting a computer, setting it up, configuring MAME.
This i very easy to setup and enjoy. My next project, i may get a MAME system up and running.
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I hear ya. Sounds like a great cost effective way to get into the hobby. Hope all goes well getting the spinner up and working.