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06-16-2003, 05:24 AM
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<b>and you could do it for even cheaper!</b>
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06-16-2003, 05:34 AM
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See, ya dumb bastard - The Shepps knows. "Crucial SDRAM" is far too generic, and I'd actually prefer a model number over "Crucial PC2100 DDR", but at least with that I know that he didn't stick you with one of those shitty boards that does both.
What mobo did you get him, Tony? |
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06-16-2003, 10:32 AM
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It is in fact that Asus A7N266-VM AA.
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06-16-2003, 03:44 PM
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Yep. A MAME cabinet wouldn't require much in the way of a video card or processor, since it doesn't involve anything in the way of 3D rendering or major polygon counts. Moderate RAM and a (by today's standards) small HD would do nicely. If I bought a cabinet that already had a decent mounted display (which most used cabinets do), I could use AdvanceMame to avoid buying a new monitor. On the flip side, if I went with the monitor approach instead, it'd be easier to run _other_ emulators in the cabinet as well. Picture a batch file producing a startup menu like this: 1) MAME 2) NES 3) SNES 4) TurboGrafx/16 - PC-Engine 5) Vectrex 6) Atari 2600 7) DAPHNE (Dragon's Lair and other laserdisc games) 8) Visual Pinball (etc.) What's holding me up is the control panel and associated physical/electrical tinkering, which could easily end up costing more than the computer and cabinet combined. Even the pre-packaged alternatives (like <a href="http://www.x-arcade.com/pc.shtml">the X-Arcade Two Player</a> model) are around $150, would need to be physically mounted on the face of the cabinet (making it unworkable for cocktail cabinets), and would miss out on many common game control schemes (trac-ball, Tempest spinner, Ikari Warriors rotary joystick, Tron/Gorf-style joystick w/trigger, steering wheel/lo-hi gearshift/analog pedals in some combination). The D-I-Y approach can produce results <a href="http://www.oscarcontrols.com/controlpanels.htm">much</a><a href="http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade_brian.html"> cooler</a> than the basic two-joysticks-and-buttons config, but few are insane enough to put in the time and effort to build such a beast and then sell it to someone else... Still... I look at projects like <a href="http://www.x-arcade.com/htm/cabinet.shtml">this</a>, and I can't help thinking that beating that price point _can't_ be that hard (especially since no TV or monitor is included for your $999). |
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06-16-2003, 07:23 PM
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As much as I think Malda is a turd, he did a nice job with this: http://cmdrtaco.net/jubei/
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06-16-2003, 08:47 PM
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Aw, c'mon -- he's got a <a href="http://cmdrtaco.net/jubei/assembly.shtml">Jack-Bot</a> pinball machine. He can't be ALL bad...
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06-16-2003, 08:58 PM
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Look who thinks he's clever Dan.
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The one <a href="http://www.onzin.nl/fufme/index.shtml.htm"> peripheral</a> SYC left off his computer.
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06-16-2003, 09:37 PM
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DSL is now ordered.
Your next assignment--I need an ethernet card. |
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06-16-2003, 10:08 PM
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No you don't, it's built in.
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06-16-2003, 10:21 PM
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Really?
Sweet! |
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06-17-2003, 04:32 AM
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Apparently the tard can't read.
 Dude, I told you... we fuckin' take care of dat shit man. Ethernet was mentioned in the first fuckin' post of this thread. 
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06-17-2003, 12:40 PM
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I was limited mostly to hit-and-run reading/posting last week. But if you'd like to throw in Hooked On Phonics along with the extra RAM, feel free to do so.
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06-24-2003, 02:18 PM
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DSL kit came today.
But Rho wasn't home to sign for it... DAMNIT! |
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06-24-2003, 02:20 PM
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You will have to beat her.
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06-24-2003, 02:40 PM
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I know...her and her stoopid doctor's appointments...the nerve of her!
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