SuperSprint
Well-known member
I bought an old empty MK/JAMMA cabinet some years ago and converted it to MAME with a J-PAQ. The monitor is a WG25k7197 mounted vert. Audio is courtesy of PC speakers sitting inside the cabinet. CP is two sticks, 2 buttons per player. It all works great, including the coin mechs.
BUT... the unit has never been quite "right" if you know what I mean. For example, under DOS MAME game play is excellent but the sound doesn't work at all (SB PCI). Under AdvMame I have sound, but there are some slight "stammers" in audio and game play periodically that detract from the experience. Also, it's purely personal, but I just don't like AdvMenu as well as I do ArcadeOS.
I've been told that a windows version of MAME will help the audio, but the PC is only a 1.0Ghz/1GB, and from what I read that's just not sufficient for newer versions of MAME. So there is an additional investment to be made there and I'm not sure it's the best investment of limited hobby $. That's and I'm not sure I want to deal with the hassles of Windows and an arcade monitor.
Since I've only got two machines at present, the "multi" is a important piece because it keeps mom and the kids interested in my hobby, which helps with time and $$$ invested. So I'm wondering what you guys would do in my shoes. Would you leave it as is and just accept the quirks? Upgrade to Windows and newer PC? Put in a 60-1 and move on?
BUT... the unit has never been quite "right" if you know what I mean. For example, under DOS MAME game play is excellent but the sound doesn't work at all (SB PCI). Under AdvMame I have sound, but there are some slight "stammers" in audio and game play periodically that detract from the experience. Also, it's purely personal, but I just don't like AdvMenu as well as I do ArcadeOS.
I've been told that a windows version of MAME will help the audio, but the PC is only a 1.0Ghz/1GB, and from what I read that's just not sufficient for newer versions of MAME. So there is an additional investment to be made there and I'm not sure it's the best investment of limited hobby $. That's and I'm not sure I want to deal with the hassles of Windows and an arcade monitor.
Since I've only got two machines at present, the "multi" is a important piece because it keeps mom and the kids interested in my hobby, which helps with time and $$$ invested. So I'm wondering what you guys would do in my shoes. Would you leave it as is and just accept the quirks? Upgrade to Windows and newer PC? Put in a 60-1 and move on?


