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How to convert an Ultracade to Mame?
Havok:
--- Quote from: Thenasty on February 09, 2010, 11:57:19 pm ---yous houl dnot wipe the Ultracade PC unless you have an image of it.
I say, sell the Ultracade PC with all it's adapters. Keep the CAB and Monitor, Coin Doors and Controls.
Get a a Normal PC, put and OS, MAME, FE and get AVGA Video Card along with Jpac (if the Ultracade uses JAMMA standard).
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I agree with TheNasty; slap that Ultracade pc and interface on GreedBay™ and put a regular pc with an Ipac and AVGA in and you're good to go. Considering how overpriced Ultracades are, you should get enough to cover the costs of a decent pc and the interfaces to at least break even...
Popcorrin:
I would have to agree with selling the ultracade pc. I don't think they used much of a computer to power their units anyway. I think you would be limited on what you could run on it.
Ultracade did produce a video converter board that converted pc output to either standard or medium resolution for use with an arcade monitor. I think it was called the uvc and it works pretty good.
Now I don't know if they used it on all of their machines but I would check to see if there is one and if so it would save you having to buy an arcadevga. Alot easier to set up too.
HaRuMaN:
:blowup: Set it on fiyah!
BobA:
Have to agree with the Jpac if the Ultracade interface is Jamma and you have a regular jamma harness in the cab. Even easier than an ipac.
Charlie97L:
another recommendation here for selling the ultracde specific parts on ebay. there are doubtless people who would pay a good chunk for that, and you'll be better off spending a few hundred on a current PC to run your mame.
good luck!
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