Mame in cab thread. Frontends, gamelists, configuration etc.

[invzim]

or you could just have attached a normal USB bracket to the header

[cools]

I thought the header was for connecting it TO the PC, not for the JVS side of things?

[cools]

Okay, unless I'm being truly thick it appears that the header is dual purpose? One set of pins is USB to the PC and the other is JVS to the I/O. If so I see what you're saying, I could mount it anywhere and use two internal cables - one from a motherboard header to the JVS-PAC and the other from the JVS-PAC to a USB bracket?

This would have a cleaner external finish definitely, and I could drill and tap a pair of standoff holes for mounting somewhere...

Am I assuming correctly?

[pubjoe]

Cools, you're absolutely right about the G&G thing. I played it yesterday and 0.65 is lovely. On Ghouls & Ghosts 0.65 is perfect and the sprites and foreground pop out, On Ghosts and Goblins, due to the palette, lowering the gamma takes the sprites down with it - but it's still all good.

You make a good point regarding Mame's default gamma setting. Especially for most people using LCDs. Deeper colour tends to look richer, and certain games are killed by a bright LCD. R-Type levels with backgrounds for example. These games were designed and tested with a cathode ray and it's a real shame they look like **** on 99% of set ups.

I'm sure I've ranted before about enhanced Doom engines looking terrible because everyone seems to have forgotten how extremely dark the game is supposed to be.

[cools]

Oh yes, R-Type is totally wrong at default gamma. As is the sequel, it's horrendous at default but with gamma dropped a lot it's gorgeous. Leo is reasonable but still benefits a lot from having it dropped.

[markedkiller78]

Does HD4000 work with grovy?

If so, this might be alright http://m.ebuyer.com/520042"

Edit, probably need to take sound over USB though, so that, hdmi to vga and msata ssd?

[cools]

Maybe, but you've got a heck of a job setting it up with powerstrip etc and hoping. Easier to use an old Radeon. Grab an old Optiplex 755 SFF with a decent CPU and an X300.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Optiplex ... 43ca0f533d"

Won't do CV1000 but most stuff will be fine.

[markedkiller78]

Is cv1000 well emulaed yet? What kind of CPU power do you need?

[cools]

Depends who you ask. The slowdown isn't, the rest is ok. Needs quite some grunt though. People say a 3GHz C2D is enough but I've got that in one machine and it struggles.

Deathsmiles II I'd like to see

[markedkiller78]

So a decent i3 would suffice or are we talking i5? Its a cutisouty tbh as I have the ones in really want on PCB

[cools]

I'm assuming a higher clocked i3 will be okay. Once I go ahead buying parts for the next one it'll be the best bang for the buck new CPU I can get, i3/i5 whatever.

[invzim]

Okay, unless I'm being truly thick it appears that the header is dual purpose? One set of pins is USB to the PC and the other is JVS to the I/O. If so I see what you're saying, I could mount it anywhere and use two internal cables - one from a motherboard header to the JVS-PAC and the other from the JVS-PAC to a USB bracket?

This would have a cleaner external finish definitely, and I could drill and tap a pair of standoff holes for mounting somewhere...

Am I assuming correctly?

Yes you are assuming correctly, and I probably need to update the web-page to clarify - http://jvspac.kirurg.org/?page=install"

This is from way back, but same principle applies, http://kirurg.org/drop/naomi-matx2.jpg"

You can use a standard motherboard USB bracket, one of the ports will be JVS and the other USB.

[cools]

Excellent, I'll likely do that, I'm sure I've got a bracket sitting around idle. Will be cleaner than my cutting work!

[invzim]

Interesting points regarding gamma, I found that the default gamma on Nemesis looks completely off - I think I had to drop it to .65 or so and then it looked like the real thing.

[cools]

That's another one where its dramatic. Fortunately MAME saves the setting per game so setting it is a one time effort. Unlike volume...

[cools]

Pretty sure this list is the most suited for MAME CPUs: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html#"

The high clocked 4xxx series i3s look the most suitable. Dunno about overclocking though.

[pubjoe]

For mame, I'm underclocking my C2D.

I didn't know there was anything that benefitted much from high CPU speed though. Cv1000 could do with a turbo button.

[cools]

The i3 4360 looks best to me at the moment. Once pay day rolls around that's a likely purchase, along with the rest of the required gubbins.

[cools]

Yup, once you look at the equivalent i5 you may as well look at the unlocked one and overclock, but the premium for that adds another third to the price.

[cools]

Alternatively, picking an older motherboard gives a big saving, so at the moment I'm settling on the fastest normally clocked i5 I can find... I think.