[sdiy] [OT] A zillion arcade schematics

[Colin f]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Gendreau" <gendreau at rochester.rr.com>
To: <KHeck73 at aol.com>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] [OT] A zillion arcade schematics


> >Only problem is having to use your computer keyboard as a controller :(

There are various interface boxes for MAME that let you wire joysticks and
buttons up to a PC keyboard scanner IC, or you can just hack a cheap PC
keyboard yourself.

> Like most emulators, its a bit of a gray area, so you have to track down
the
> ROM files yourself, but a bit of searching for "mame roms" on the net will
> turn up something eventually.

www.mame.dk used to have all the ROMs for download, until a copyright owner
shut them down.
I've got 3+ GB of games spread across 5 CD-Rs, downloaded about a year ago -
the complete set for version 0.37 IIRC.
If anyone wants to hold an offsite backup for me, I may be able to arrange
it - I'd need 5 CD blanks, plus a postage paid return envelope. For
practical reasons, UK only... And you must own all the machines ;-)

I've got a Galaxian cocktail table, which I didn't realise had analogue fire
and hit effects (thanks whoever mentioned it).
I'm now tempted to fit trigger output jacks and insert points, so I can
patch in a synth... Oops, getting on-topic...

Colin f