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caykroyd:
Is it possible to run mame in a Golden tee cabinet?  I'm buying a golden Tee Complete cab, and want to put my mame computer in it?  What is necessary to be able to switch between them?

miles2912:
Golden tee cabs are some of the best to mame.  They generally take a 27" monitor (wells-betson) standard and have nice large CP areas to work with.  The hard part is usually finding one at a reasonable price.  I looked for a while and the cheapest I could find one for was 500.

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caykroyd:
Well, I want to mame it, but also keep the Golden Tee functionality.  I think I will build a separate control panel that is swappable.

This way I have an original Golden tee and with a swap of a control panel and somehow switch to computer for mame, I will be able to play other games.

Is this possible?  Maybe just switch the monitor input to the computer's video card?

miles2912:
Possible?  Yes.  One BIG HUGE Pain in the --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--?  Yes.  Honestly it is more trouble than it is worth.   Swapping out the CP's will get old quick.  You would have to design a quick disconnect for the existing game both for the CP to circuit board and then for the monitor.  Now you have to figue out how to re-connect the monitor to a PC for MAME.. Not sure how the monitor is hooked up?

Mame a has a few versions of golden tee.  I might just run it off mame and sell the rest out to fund the conversion.  Unless the cab is a newer version of golden tee (expensive cab here - sell it and Build your own :)).  Lots of variables here.  Do you like Golden Tee?  How is it all hooked up inside?  Cab in good shape?  How bad do you want a mame cab - or do you like playing 3000+ games?  ;D

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caykroyd:
I'm not sure the condition or guts of the cab.  I am gonna look at it after the holidays.  I'm not opposed to making quick disconnects. 

I wonder if Golden Tee would restatr each time I disconnect.  That would be a problem.  If I can just do disconnects and both MAME computer and GoldenTee stay in current state, it would work.

The Golden Tee in MAme is too old.  I want the newer one, but also want MAME.  I may be too lazy to build a cab.  So this is an alternative if it is feasible.

I guess once I look at the guts of the cab, I'll know a little more, but sounds like its possible.

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