Gaming machines Was Re: New aquisition: Xenophobe

From: John <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Mon Sep 9 11:06:00 2002

I just added the gaming machines to the collection as the prices fall on them and they started showing up at some thrifts here. It's really hard to get the older computers anymore either because of price (thousands) or they do not show up around here like they used to.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Matthew Sell
  To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
  Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 9:03 AM
  Subject: Re: New aquisition: Xenophobe




  I wouldn't say it's dangerous, but it certainly gets interesting trying to get VAXen and arcade games to co-exist inside the house.

  : )


  Power issues and space....


  It would be interesting to find just how many of us cross over from classic computers into arcade games.

  After all, arcade games are single-purpose computers anyways......



          - Matt




  At 04:36 PM 9/7/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>If only there were some hacks for it. Oh yeah! That's right! It
>came with full schematics in a pouch in the door. Just need a
>memory map and I'm hacking away... I can use MAME to test the hacks
>before burning EPROMs.

    Is it a JAMMA compatable board? If so you might want to look into the
    Multi-JAMMA adapter that lets you put 6 JAMMA boards in your cabinet. Or
    is this one of the games that has specialized controls?

    I think getting into Arcade systems is even more dangerous than getting
    into Classic Computers. As my wife loves our Neo Geo 4-Slot, so she
    doesn't object to new games for it (gotta love cartridge based arcade
    systems).

                            Zane
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    | | Classic Computer Collector |
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    | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
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