Hey-
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon looking at someone's MAME setup. Although I made some progress, it still wasn't fully functioning when I left.
Where can I go for all the basics on this stuff? arcadecontrols.com has some stuff, but not easy to search through.
The guy had a small controller board that I assumed was a ipac, but it may have been one of those u-hid cards. It also may have been a bootleg, because I don't recall ultimarc markings. It did have two rows of double headers, but didn't look exactly like the u-hid images on the site. Older version?
Also, it was a Windows setup and there was some WinIpac program that I was able to map some joy/buttons with.
My thoughts are that some of his problems are due to mismatches between what the ipac(?) controller is spitting out and what MAME is expecting. It was a little hard to navigate around without being able to read all the text clearly. Even with a 25" arcade monitor, the resolution/focus sucked for making out small text. I tried a computer monitor in there, but it said it couldn't sync that low.
I've read on some other forums that the ipac has a default mapping that should work well with a default MAME mapping. Any ideas how to restore both to defaults?
Oh- and even if the ipac/uhid board was a bootleg, the Ultimarc software seemed to be able to program it. Maybe it WAS marked u-hid, but I had never heard of this and was expecting to see some Xpac markings..
any pointers to setup info appreciated.
K
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon looking at someone's MAME setup. Although I made some progress, it still wasn't fully functioning when I left.
Where can I go for all the basics on this stuff? arcadecontrols.com has some stuff, but not easy to search through.
The guy had a small controller board that I assumed was a ipac, but it may have been one of those u-hid cards. It also may have been a bootleg, because I don't recall ultimarc markings. It did have two rows of double headers, but didn't look exactly like the u-hid images on the site. Older version?
Also, it was a Windows setup and there was some WinIpac program that I was able to map some joy/buttons with.
My thoughts are that some of his problems are due to mismatches between what the ipac(?) controller is spitting out and what MAME is expecting. It was a little hard to navigate around without being able to read all the text clearly. Even with a 25" arcade monitor, the resolution/focus sucked for making out small text. I tried a computer monitor in there, but it said it couldn't sync that low.
I've read on some other forums that the ipac has a default mapping that should work well with a default MAME mapping. Any ideas how to restore both to defaults?
Oh- and even if the ipac/uhid board was a bootleg, the Ultimarc software seemed to be able to program it. Maybe it WAS marked u-hid, but I had never heard of this and was expecting to see some Xpac markings..
any pointers to setup info appreciated.
K


