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CheffoJeffo

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Pole Position Clone Update
« on: June 21, 2007, 06:28:15 pm »
I can't remember who here had asked me about these, but apparently there is an update.
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Re: Pole Position Clone Update
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2007, 10:40:15 pm »
What's his goal behind that project? To create a PPoaC? To create readily available replacement parts using modern IC's for dying PP boards? Just for  :censored: and giggles?
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Re: Pole Position Clone Update
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2007, 10:57:46 pm »
PP boardsets are really ba PITA (for more info, there was an article in GameRoom a ways back on it).

First mention I saw of the project
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Re: Pole Position Clone Update
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2007, 01:48:32 am »
Couldn't find what you're talking about at Gameroom, but I did find a bunch of memos....

PP was really that bad? Coin errors, trace cuts, bad masks, bad ROM, bad RAM.... nice....
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Re: Pole Position Clone Update
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2007, 02:19:27 am »
Quote from: CheffoJeffo on June 21, 2007, 06:28:15 pm
I can't remember who here had asked me about these, but apparently there is an update.


That was me.  I'm down to one or two Pole cabs here that need boards, I wonder if he'll finish the project before I unload them?

Either way, it's great that somebody's doing this.  We all owe that guy a beer!  :cheers:
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Re: Pole Position Clone Update
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2007, 06:45:26 am »
Quote from: SavannahLion on June 22, 2007, 01:48:32 am
Couldn't find what you're talking about at Gameroom, but I did find a bunch of memos....

Sorry, the link was just a gratuitous plug for GRM -- I don't think the article is available online.
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Re: Pole Position Clone Update
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2007, 08:48:38 am »
This is the first I have heard of this, great news!
http://ppclone.blogspot.com/ is the blog site for those wanting to bookmark something :)
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Re: Pole Position Clone Update
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2007, 09:29:47 am »
Yes, PP was always that bad.  Unreliable out of the box.  Nearly impossible with reasonable effort levels now.

BTW, cool.  I have always loved PP and PPII... but even building a MAME based cab for it is dicey because of the calibration of the wheel.
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Re: Pole Position Clone Update
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2007, 10:46:58 am »
I didn't have any wheel problems with my PP mame cabinet, though I ended up recompiling to add the proper shifter support   :dizzy:
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