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Jeromebechaz:

--- Quote from: Toadie on April 25, 2013, 05:57:18 pm ---So If I understand what you're saying, you're a fan of having admin access at your fingertips?  :laugh2:

Shoot us a pic of your control panel, I like your ideas and honestly don't like the admin buttons either, but I think the idea of putting them elsewhere in the cabinet sucks just as much...

Do you not use reset or shutdown?

I believe the 4 recommended admins are:

Pause
Exit
Shutdown
Reset

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can you tell me what the reset button does? Does it reset the game? Or the computer?

PL1:
In MAME, F3 resets the game.

If the computer locks up, you can press and hold the shutdown button to kill power, so no advantage to having that function on the CP.


Scott

Jeromebechaz:
So if you wanted a reset button you would just extend the reset cables from the computer

chucklepie:
I'm not a fan of admin buttons but on my CP I didn't want every body pressing START+button to go back so I added a dedicated button for ESCape. This button is a tiny thing though (about 5mm) and is black and blends with the black background; I've used the same button for the power which is wired directly to the power button on the PC.

Remember if you get IPAC or similar you can use SHIFT facility for most admin actions.

PL1:

--- Quote from: Jeromebechaz on April 25, 2013, 07:33:40 pm ---So if you wanted a reset button you would just extend the reset cables from the computer

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Yep, extend or wire it in parallel -- preferrably mounting it where someone isn't going to accidently hit it.   :hissy:

Some Dell systems are a pain to sort it out (ribbon cable for front panel connections IIRC) but on most MBs it's no problem.


Scott

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