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xmenxmen:
--- Quote from: pboreham on September 04, 2007, 02:53:12 pm ---Cheers XMEN - are the brackets screwed straight into the plastic?
I do bow down to peoples experience, but the trackball is in solid (prob thanks to the plastic faceplate?) - dont think its going anywhere, there is no lateral movement at all as the weight is spread over the lexan by the plastic plate.
I prob will put the L-Brackets in though for super-safety!
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Try getting a few big boys playing a few games of world bowling and you will definitely thing twice about the extra support. Remember, not everyone will be gentle and I have seen some that some a tendency of hitting down on the trackball when they attempt their roll.
Yes, they are screw directly into the trackball. Just pre-drill a small hole and then screw it in. Just make sure you check the area you are drill to make sure theres no wire in the way.
Here's one that someone even added brackets for even more support...
pboreham:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on September 04, 2007, 03:24:26 pm ---Try running Vantage on your old PC. There's no reason 1942 shouldn't run full speed, even on a peppy 386.
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Sorry, what is 'Vantage'?
When I start MAME (.117), it takes ages to load and when I load up 1942, a message pops up saying "Unable to start DirectDraw 3D" or something.
Have all the drivers for the GFX card (Geforce2 MX400) - but not sure if that is slowing it down? Have got 384mb RAM - not sure of the processor though as it doesnt show up - if I remember, I'll look in the BIOS next time I boot it.
Cheers!
torez:
DirectDraw is part of Microsoft's DirectX API. DirectDraw API provides support for hardware accelerated 2-D graphics. Simply, you don't have DirectX installed, resulting in this major slowdown. When you install DirectX and reboot, open your emulator and go to "Default Game Options." There you can check, if Direct3D is enabled and in Advanced options DirectDraw as well.
pboreham:
Ah cool thanks!
Bit embarrassed by that to be honest :banghead: Used to being hand-held by XP and Vista, but to go back to Windows 2000 is a shocker!! ;D
Will get DirectX installed and see if its any better - thanks again!
Havok:
Or, just use an older version of Mame - the newer ones are no longer "old pc" friendly...
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