Oh because he thought it was too expensive. Which I actually agree with him, it was pretty ridiculous, but these days its getting better
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Oh because he thought it was too expensive. Which I actually agree with him, it was pretty ridiculous, but these days its getting better
Wow, the UK does actually have an advantage over Aus! BB here has been the same price as dialup with most companies now for several years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Submeg
Yea its all a bit weird down here...they are just crazy when it comes to broadband prices....it seems they think its some "new" technology and that we should have to pay out our ass for it
I saw a program the other day that followed a telecoms engineer who was considering moving from the UK to Aus. It was quite surprising to see that Australia is still developing their telecoms networks compared to the UK and is quite a way behind. The surprise was mainly because the UK is always considered (by people in the UK) to be behind many other countries itself.
Maybe this is why broadband in Australia is more expensive? :unsure: There is also the other issue of distance. In the UK most homes are never more than 6KM from the nearest telephone exchange. I doubt that can be said in Australia, especially when you go more towards the outskirts of any large cities or towns.
Yea its just lame, but many of the problems were originally caused by the fact that they would have to install lines and you needed a certain amount of people wanting it etc....but now they are just being greedy
Well at the risk of cutting my fingers off no. I'm good and using machines and not making them. It would be absolutely fantastic and I'd love it but I dont have the knowledge or space sadly. But yes I'd defo like one.
Its not too hard, you just need a massive screen, a few HDs, and a graphics card that will run the older stuff of the PS2. thats about it.
Well, building a full MAME cabinet is a bit harder than that, but the whole point of such a project is the fun had building it, and then the great enjoyment you have playing it.
Equally, just building a computer system is great fun, well I think it is anyway.
Lol, I was being general Harrison :rolleyes: lol
And patience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Submeg
Lots of patience.
Bit of helpful advice would also be good, too.
and ROMS
nothing works without those! :rolleyes:
Unless you build a machine around a real Jamma cabinet and use the original game pcb's with it. But then you are talking serious money for each game and the upkeep of the cabinet.
whoa if you could get your hands on that kind of stuff, it would be fantastic. Lol, could you imagine...you walk into an arcade....unplug a machine, pull out the master key, open it.....unplug the wires and take the board....
NOTHING SUSS!:unsure:
I think they might notice something was up! :lol:
You can actually find arcade Jamma PCBs for sale for under £40 quite often. Obviously the rarer the game is the more it will command, but there are quite a few collectors of real arcade hardware.
Next time you are on ebay do a search for jamma and you will see what I mean.
Sounds pretty crazy, because what happened if it was damaged in transport? :( Pretty risky
True, but electronics are not as fragile as many people think, and I expect they are well packaged when sent. Not really that different to any console with a cartridge based media. The Jamma boards just don't have a case around them. They still plug into the cabinet in a very similar way.
Yea I guess so, but my mind would be at ease with the addition of a case
Full on cab here, only £60 atm with ghost and goblins.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JAMMA-arcade-m...QQcmdZViewItem
I have mame on my laptop but i dont think its as good as the real thing. I have a friend who has been looking for a konami turtles arcade machine for years and was thinking of a dedicated mame set in in a cab just to play that game. He was thinking of getting a four person cab like the original so you could also play the konami 4 person arceade games like the simpsons and that cowboy one (cant remember its name).
It is as good as the real think if you have real arcade controls to play it with. That is the one element that makes all the difference. The games are the originals so are identical. It's just getting the physical part to match.
I really need to reassemble my MAME cabinet. It's been sitting in bits for too long.