OK, I just didn't know the arrangement (donation or loan) :) I know where
he went! I visited his factory a few months ago:)
Sorry, just sticking my nose where it doesn't belong!
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Yevgeniy Soroka <ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Its Jeremy's, but he moved to Silicon Valley 3 years ago to start a
company, and donated a bunch of stuff, including the arcade machine. We can
do what we want to it. Jeremy would only encourage it.
-Geno
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 9:49 PM, James Keener <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John, which machine? The one by the garage door that is a real arcade box
and screen with a PC in it was Jeremy Herrman's.
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 9:28 PM, John Lewis <oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am pretty sure Chad built this one.
On 10/22/2016 09:09 PM, James Keener wrote:
Not to poo-poo anyone, but is the Arcade ours or just on loan from
Jeremy? If it's ours, I'd be OK upgrading it:) I like playing it from
time-to-time when I stop in.
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Eris Symms <eris.symms@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Missed the USB controls part. Either way, I can drop off the pi
tomorrow.
Eris
On Oct 22, 2016 9:03 PM, "Eris Symms" <eris.symms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I can provide the pi 3 and the retro pie image but I don't know much
about mapping the physical buttons via gpio.
Eris
On Oct 22, 2016 9:01 PM, "John Lewis" <oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think we should replace the whole thing with a Raspberry Pi 3. I am
willing to go in for half of a New Pi and a hdmi to vga converter.
On 10/22/2016 08:33 PM, Simon Heath wrote:
So I've figured out how to take the arcade machine apart enough tocould
actually do stuff to it, if we want. Turns out that the computer in
it is *really* old, like, Pentium 4 with 512 mb of ram. I'm kind of
amazed it still works at all. But I tried at least seeing if I
get Linux or something to boot on it, and it's too old to boot offof
a USB drive. And I don't really feel like burning a CD just to seeif
that thing is salvagable. It's running an old version of softwarea
called Maximus Arcade.
There's a pile of custom wiring to get all the inputs and outputs
connected to the computer, but it LOOKS like the joysticks end up
plugging into a USB input, the monitor is VGA and the sound is just
3.5 mm jack.something
So the question is, what do we want to actually do with it? Our
options seem to be:
* Just update the software to a new version of the same thing
* Keep the same computer but put Linux on it running MAME or
(maybe http://www.lakka.tv/)
* Just replace the thing with a RPi
I'll play around with different programs and see if I can find one
that works significantly better than what we have.
On the more hardware-y side, I really want to cover the gaping holes
next to the coin acceptor with something... maybe plastic with cool
laser-cut designs and LED backlighting. The sides of the thing are
also just aching for paint and/or decals. Anyone have any good
suggestions there?
Simon
