Mame Component Integration

[vegetariansoul]

I am leaning towards Ultimarc VGA, Wells Gardner 9200, Windows, MameWah, and Avres Utility?

A dedicated mame cabinet and maybe Daphne.  What "picks to click" or suggestions do you guys have?

CHOOSE YOUR FAV FOR EACH

-->  Windows or Dos?

-->  What frontend?

-->  What video card?

-->  What monitor?

Show me the money!

[jerryjanis]

-->  Windows or Dos?

Now that the ArcadeVGA is available, forget about DOS...  (unless of course you want to run mame on a really old machine, or don't want to pay the $$$ for the ArcadeVGA) and Windows.  With dos you can forget about Daphne, networking (use kaillera to play mame against other people, configure the arcade cab remotely using vnc) and a ton of other stuff - usb support, software that does stuff in 3d...  'Specially with the 9200, are you nuts?

-->  What frontend?

Almost all frontends I've tried frustrate me too much to even get them working...  MameWah wasn't like that. Gamelauncher and AdvanceMenu are the only other ones I've ever gotten to work, and they both lack MameWah's nice features.

-->  What video card?

I dunno - ArcadeVGA is great w/ my standard res arcade monitor...  What's the deal with using the AVGA with the 9200?  Is that so you don't have to use hardware stretching to display all the different arcade resolutions? (I'm ignorant)

-->  What monitor?

I LOVE having the 25" standard res monitor with the arcadeVGA.  I like the authenticity of it, and I suppose it's fun to rig it to actually display stuff.  One problem with it is that 720 is one of the few games that used a medium resolution monitor so it doesn't look all that great (interlaced)  . Most people seem really happy with either.

Show me the money!

[vegetariansoul]

 27 Inch D9200 Digital Monitor - Universal (15/25/31 KHZ)
Part Number: WGM2792-U0TS41B
             Price: $495.00        
 
That is from the WG website also, what is the dif?

Great post by the way.

-Mike

[jerryjanis]

Oh, oops, I think that crt means that it's not VGA.  I think that it's like an old commodore 64/amiga monitor - that's not what you want.  You want the cheaper one (phew!)