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====== MAME Cabinet ====== | ====== MAME Cabinet ====== | ||
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- | The MAME machine is up and running in the new space. | ||
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- | Currently there is a lot of noise coming from the amp but otherwise it runs pretty good. Hack away! | ||
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- | ===== New Motherboard ===== | ||
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- | RPi needed a little more power for some of the 4 player games so now it's using a Zotac ION-ITX-C (1.6ghz atom). It's running Ubuntu 14.04 on some found-in-the-space 2.5" hard drive so who knows how long that drive will last. | ||
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- | ==== Reinstalling ==== | ||
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- | Make a copy of ~mame/mame/ if you can first then install ubuntu and add these packages: | ||
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- | apt-get install mame libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libswscale-dev libavresample-dev build-essential libsfml-dev libopenal-dev | ||
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- | Download the for [[https:// | ||
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- | Create a new xsession file in / | ||
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- | [Desktop Entry] | ||
- | Name=Mame | ||
- | Comment=Mame | ||
- | Exec=attract | ||
- | Icon= | ||
- | Type=Application | ||
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- | Restart, log out then when asked to log in click on the icon next to your name, you should see the mame session. | ||
- | ^ Status | + | ^ Status |
- | ^ Training | + | ^ Training |
- | ^ Hackable | + | ^ Hackable |
- | ^ Usage Restrictions | Anyone | + | ^ Usage Restrictions | No restrictions |
- | ^ Owner | VHS | | + | ^ Owner | VHS | |
^ If it Breaks | ^ If it Breaks | ||
^ Loan Status | ^ Loan Status | ||
- | ^ Arrival Date | + | ^ Arrival Date |
- | ^ Location | + | ^ Location |
- | ^ Value | $$ | + | ^ Value | $$ | |
- | ^ Champion | + | ^ Champion |
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- | ====== Instructions ====== | + | The MAME machine bones are from a 4 player Blitz 99 game. The original monitor has been replaced with a flat screen. |
- | {{:vhs_mame.jpg?200|}} | + | There is a door on the bottom left of the cabinet. |
- | The master power is controlled from a switch on the top left of the machine, near the back. It's hard to see. Usually, this is left on. The new setup does not require a keyboard. | + | There is now an empty space in the back of the cabinet. |
- | The audio come from a small amp which is located under the control panel. | + | ====== Usage instructions ====== |
+ | The master power is controlled from a switch on the top left of the machine, near the back. It's hard to see. Usually, this is left on. | ||
- | ====== Storage Space ====== | + | To help navigate the menus there are Enter and Escape buttons on the left side of the controls (far green button is enter, near yellow button is Escape). |
- | There is a door on the bottom left of the cabinet. | + | Credit |
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- | There is now an empty space in the back of the cabinet. | + | |
+ | The audio come from a small amp which is located under the control panel. | ||
====== To Do ====== | ====== To Do ====== | ||
* Figure out a way to adjust the volume without having to open the cabinet | * Figure out a way to adjust the volume without having to open the cabinet | ||
- | | + | * Repair the damage to the cabinet that occurred during |
- | * Get some lights in the marquee | + | |
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- | * Get some graphics for the sides?? | + | |
- | * articulating beer holders?? | + | |
- | * New controller layout - I've made a rough panel with the button holes cut out, but not the joystick. | + | |
- | * Add details about the AdvMAME interface to this wiki. | + | |
===== Maintenance Log ==== | ===== Maintenance Log ==== | ||
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| New MB installed with new rom set | Oct 18, 2014 | Garth C. | | | New MB installed with new rom set | Oct 18, 2014 | Garth C. | | ||
| Much better mounting and post drinking wire cleanup | Oct 19, 2014 | Thomas H. | | | Much better mounting and post drinking wire cleanup | Oct 19, 2014 | Thomas H. | | ||
+ | | Fixing audio, buttons, and new motherboard | September 19, 2016 | Kevin Macdonald & Steve Roy & Richard | | ||
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tool/mame_cabinet.txt · Last modified: 2016/09/21 02:34 by i-make-robots