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Mr Ironpants:
Okay so sometimes I am about as smart as a bowl of wet mice.  Good thing is I can help you with this.  I actually ordered the PS for ours.  This is the website I used.  http://www.alpha-american.com  I'd like to tell you it was a pleasant experience but it was a little like pulling teeth.  I did get what I needed and it works so I guess that is all that matters.

Texasmame:

--- Quote from: Mr Ironpants on August 21, 2006, 10:13:03 am ---Okay so sometimes I am about as smart as a bowl of wet mice.  Good thing is I can help you with this.  I actually ordered the PS for ours.  This is the website I used.  http://www.alpha-american.com  I'd like to tell you it was a pleasant experience but it was a little like pulling teeth.  I did get what I needed and it works so I guess that is all that matters.



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Ah, thank you.  See what you mean - never understood sites that required you to jump through hoops to get prices.  Ah, well.

Nice avitar, eh!

dblume:
I just found some helpful information regarding manipulation of BetaBrites at www.i-hacked.com that should set you on the right path.

Texasmame:

--- Quote from: dblume on August 21, 2006, 04:34:12 pm ---I just found some helpful information regarding manipulation of BetaBrites at www.i-hacked.com that should set you on the right path.

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Thanx.  Yeah, that's where I found how to hack a cable together.

Silver:
Can't help you on the hardware/data cable, but once you've got that side working, I wrote a simple program that will go through your rom collection, compare it to the info from ControlDat and Mame's Listinfo, and produce txt files that will make the Betabrite display the game name (with or without all the "clone" or "US version1.20490293" stuff) and the controls used in that game.

Some frontends will automatically send the data from the file out to the sign as you browse or play the games - I know MameWah will, I'm sure others do. You can grab it here, if its any help: http://www.silverfoxy.f2s.com/LCDGen.html

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