Look what I just won on Ebay :D

PC_Arcade

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 3290882060

hey hey hey

I won

Now to get that bad boy converted to MAME.

J-Pac on the way

Polityk · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 10:26 am **Post subject:**

Wow man, this is some fancy stuff...

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 10:56 am **Post subject:**

And the package & posting ?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 11:20 am **Post subject:**

Luckily I live in the same city, so just petrol.

I DREAD to think how much P&P would be :lol:

d0c · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 1:44 pm **Post subject:**

that looks nice pc_arcade, i hope you are going to make some pictures to show us how you converted it to mame. what mame set up are you getting or going to use with this one?...

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 2:14 pm **Post subject:**

I'm not decided as to the PC for mame, It'll end up using either a PIII 733 with 512 Mb ram or an Athlon 2400+ with 512Mb ram.
Which ever I don't use will be / become my emule machine. I'm going to add a spinner and a trackball at some point in the future too

This is my first Jamma machine, so I'm quite looking forward to the challenge

I'll let you know how I get on if you're interested.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 3:10 pm **Post subject:**

sweet mate!

sickboy · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 5:25 pm **Post subject:**

cool nice 1.....i want!!!!

Jynks · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 6:51 pm **Post subject:**

I build and sell arcade cabs with my mate at the computer fair every time it comes round my way. Just got the Mame .82 complete set (chd + all extras)

I find that Slick Stick isa great controler as it has it all packed in.. a spiner, pinball buttons, 2 7 button joysticks, and track ball.

You will need somthing like this IPAC it is a keyboard encoder to convert all the signals to the joystick.

Ultimate Arcade Get some decent plans fomr here[/url] for arcade cabs.

have fun and mame on!!!

Remeber the PC can run anything on those boxes... I 2 of em under my house next to the barbie and we play everything on it. Mame, The Nitendo consoles, the Sega, Intelavision, Chello, Atari, Even a few PC first person shooters networked!!

Long live the Arcade!!!

PS - I am almost a full registered user of the Mame Burners Project. A buch of rom heads who mail out full mame sets for free (what is in it for us you say.. well heavy contact with the release groups so you all end up with 100% rom sets!!)

Free Rom Burners

iimg]http://www.cia.com.au/ihs/cocktail/Pics/cab11.jpg[/img]

Yor going to LUV haveing a arcade mate... they are so mych fun and retro as hell!! People get a kick just by lookn at em!! PS - When I used to work in a arcade as a student I once recoded all the sounds of it and mailed it to my mate in the country. As he the sound in those places are so full on back in the day when they bleeped and stuff.. now it is all music and recorded audio. I think I still got the tape I'll encode it and post it in emule.. so you can run it on the speaker when you play LOL

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 6:56 pm **Post subject:**

I've been into mame since forever and my nick comes from a site that I used to run with two mates.

Always dreamed of getting a cab and finally just though "fuck it" and bought one

(ironically for less than my X-arcade joystick)

I've just ordered a j-pac to hook the PC up, I assume I need some kind of butchered scart to connect the consoles?

It all seems fairly straight forward, the only bit that is a little confusing is the soundcard, but I think I'll just bung some PC speakers in the cabinet :lol:

Jynks · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 8:18 pm **Post subject:**

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PC speakers

Yea that is wat I would do.

I know that cab is SOOO cheap I was shocked. Do you know wat kind on monitor it has in it.. .as original arcade monitors are a pain to get working on PC's

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 8:41 pm **Post subject:**

Naah, I'm going to pick it up tonight / tomorrow hopefully, the J-pac should take care of getting it working though, no?

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2004 11:31 pm **Post subject:**

i am like so jealous!! that is one hella cool buy

satan · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2004 6:15 am **Post subject:**

It cost me $200 and extra parts to make mine.

CAbinet = Free
PC = Spare parts.
Hanaho track ball, spinner, 16 way joysticks, and buttons. = $160
Extra Supplies - $40.

Jynks · **Posted:** Fri May 14, 2004 9:10 am **Post subject:**

J-pac are good, but they have a lot of problems. Many games will lose vertical hold or apear real dim. (last time I ever loked at the that is)

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Fri May 14, 2004 9:31 am **Post subject:**

BTW Jynks, the monitor is a wells gardner (not sure about the model number though).

I haven't heard that issue with the J-pac, one question I do have though, do Nvidia cards sync down to 15Khz?

GaMeR · **Posted:** Fri May 14, 2004 9:53 am **Post subject:**

I want a arcade cabinet too!! It's a shame I'm too far from the heat.. By the way, Jynks what should I do to join the Free Rom Project? I read the info at the site, but I'm still confused. Can you give information about what you do in this group?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Fri May 14, 2004 11:31 pm **Post subject:**

MAN THIS THING IS HUGE!!!!!

It's 2 metres tall and 1m deep :-o
And it's obviously been in a bar 'cos it was STINKING with nic o'teen, all clean now though and just waiting for my J-pac and PC

Jynks · **Posted:** Sat May 15, 2004 1:27 am **Post subject:**

Quote:

it's obviously been in a bar 'cos it was STINKING with nic o'teen

Not much just join there message baod and ask to become a burner... they will ask you for proof of your rom sets so just rom check them and send the 0 error txt file output.

You do not need all the CHD's to join.

Once you join all the other members basicaly help you out to make sure you are 100% full and uptodate...

Just recived my n64 pack with all known 2741 roms

johnathome · **Posted:** Sat May 15, 2004 10:36 pm **Post subject:**

Quote:

Just recived my n64 pack with all known 2741 roms

F*CK!!!!!!!

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