I'd kind of like to buy a pi specifically for this (or at least have the
shop reimburse whoever it belongs to) so the result belongs to HackPGH.
And yeah, as far as I can tell everything ends up as USB mapped inputs,
Sounds like the pi is the way to go, I'll play with various software and
see which works best.
Simon
On 10/22/2016 09:04 PM, Eris Symms 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 <mailto: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
<mailto: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 to
> 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 could
> get Linux or something to boot on it, and it's too old to
boot off of
> a USB drive. And I don't really feel like burning a CD just
to see if
> that thing is salvagable. It's running an old version of
software
> 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 a
> 3.5 mm jack.
>
> 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
something
> (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
>
>
>
