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Computer
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The computer that I used is an Abit BM-6 motherboard running a 366 Celeron, 128 meg of RAM and 5 GIG harddrive. 66 / 68 / 75 / 83. 100 / 103 / 105 / 110 / 112 / 115 / 120 / 124. 15x - 8.0x. 130v - 2.30v (0.05v increments). 3 168pin DIMM Slots. 5 PCI Slots (5 Full Length). 2 ISA Slots (1 Shared / 2 Full Length). The last picture above just shows the connection from the I-PAC and the Opti-PAC to the computer. They plug into the keyboard port and serial port respectively. This page has been viewed:. For pro...
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Finished Looks
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This is a picture of some side art I had a friend print on his plotter at work. They look AWESOME! I had them laminated and then glued them to the side of the Arcade. I think next time I will opt for an adhesive backed laminate next time. It just doesn't look or feel right. This page has been viewed:. For problems or questions regarding this web or content herein contact AJMMAME.
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Home
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Bare with me as this site may be going through some minor changes as I attempt to complete it in the near future. Let me know what you like or dislike. Also, if you are looking for some help let me know and I'll see what I can do . This is my submission to the MAME community and after completing my cabinet, as I promised I've created a new site with some of my personal information and insight into how I created my MAME machine. Section has been completed. Write-up is also completed. AJMMAME website is up!
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Monitor
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The case being that I made my cabinet from scratch also led to the fact that I could use any type of monitor that I wanted. In my situation cost was an important factor as well as availability. So, with those things in mind I opted for a TV and S-Video. Given that I was watching a 27 TV with an S-Video input in my office it was a perfect candidate. So, there went the Magnavox. Hello Arcade. Welcome, to your new home. I was concerned about realism using a TV. I was left with one un-answered question:.
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Controls
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This part of the project turned out to be the hardest instead of the easiest. I thought to myself, it's only buttons a couple joysticks and a trackball no sweat! Seeing as I had never built an arcade before I wasn't sure what or how the layout of the buttons, joys and trackball should be. This was the most complicated question I had that wasn't on any of the newsgroups or websites everyone had their own design and theories. My theory was simple, efficient and what would play the most games. Unfortunately...
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How to Make DOS Menus
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How to Make DOS Menus. I take no credit for this work.). Why would I want to have anything to do with DOS menus? Well, you may not have upgraded to Win95 yet and like me have DOS programs you like to run. Sure you can type in all the command lines but what if you have people using your machine (guests maybe? And they don't know what's on it let alone where. Well a handy little menu can help them out. Read on. note: these menus don't run on old versions of DOS. STEP 1, Make a rough copy. You may notice ab...
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DOS
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This is where I had some control over how the Arcade was going to feel and look. What I mean is if the Arcade was going to be cheesy or professional in appearance. I think the start-up and shut-down routines give the game the most realistic feel next to the actual joysticks used. So, I spent some time figuring out how it was going to work and how I was going to maintain the software. So let's dive in and get started. CD C: MAME ARCADEOS (changes to the directory of ArcadeOS). There is some creativity inv...
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Front End
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The front end that I used was ArcadeOS. This was part of the PC2 JAMMA. Project. There is some great technical information on the site so take a look. The main reason for using ArcadeOS was that it is DOS driven and very easy to set-up and use. All the functionality of the front end can be driven by the control panel. Here is a close up of the screen and front end. You can get a feel for the S-Video resolution of from this shot! This page has been viewed:.
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Discussions
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This list could go on forever but I'll be brief. In short don't do anything you wouldn't say or do in front of your loved ones. Keep it clean, this is for fun not for your own personal usage if you wan't something for your own usage build your own website then you can what you want.). This forum should be limited to sharing knowledge. How you did something that might help someone else should go in this forum. This page has been viewed:.
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Cabinet
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Cabinet Design and Manufacturing. The original design for my cabinet comes from Scott's Unicade. Site The design is similar to the NEO-GEO games, I was also attracted to this look as I think they appear impressive and look substantial. Lusid's. Site also contains some schematics and plans for a similar cabinet. Here is a reprint of Scott's Excellent work. I measured the total width of my TV cabinet and made sure it was going to fit the width of the cabinet before any cutting and assembly. The one side no...
