Nice.. ^^ I'm glad that you found some more info thru the net.
The correct name should be emulator. If you use wikipedia, u'll find a definition for "emulator" but u won't find "simulator" emulator in wikipedia.org
I belive Milton and Mohak are gonna use either MAME Official Page or AdvancedMAME. Please check if it would suit key mapping or not. And do communicate with Milton and Mohak.
The most challenging part is connecting the hardware to our PC's in/out. It could be done by connection wire to keyboard or some output port, like game port or parallel port.. I dunno which way is the best, it's for you and Steven Liang to find out... ;-p
Friday, October 31, 2008
Emulator or simultor
Hi guys i was reading somthing about emulator fo rkey mapping
But we are using simulator for our Project.
Here is link of it
Emulator Link
So Simulator guys!. Can you please tell that, Is this emulator thing solve our purpose or we have to go through simulator only?
But we are using simulator for our Project.
Here is link of it
Emulator Link
So Simulator guys!. Can you please tell that, Is this emulator thing solve our purpose or we have to go through simulator only?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Ofcourse we are there to help
Yes Nestor we are here to help . So lets keep in touch. Please inform when we are going to pick it up. It will be great help if we can do it on college days. Means Tuesday or Thursday.
Good Luck
Good Luck
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Member Duty
Hi, every one.
There are few things I need to update you guys.
First, I've made a table for every one's duty in the project. Please fill in your name if you have not got a duty yet. Just to let you know that on "Hardware Installation and Config", we may need 2 people to work on it. Please let me know if you have any concern.
Arcade Project - Member Duty
Second, the fund for the arcade machine has been approved from Professor Murray Saul. And he will talk to Evan soon. We will pick up the machine in a week or two. Please let me know if you can help.
Third, we may have game license problem, since collecting coins may not a idea of "free and non-commercial". But I'm working on it, I'll try to ask around about the law stuffs....
Anyway, happy Indian new year!!! ^^
There are few things I need to update you guys.
First, I've made a table for every one's duty in the project. Please fill in your name if you have not got a duty yet. Just to let you know that on "Hardware Installation and Config", we may need 2 people to work on it. Please let me know if you have any concern.
Arcade Project - Member Duty
Second, the fund for the arcade machine has been approved from Professor Murray Saul. And he will talk to Evan soon. We will pick up the machine in a week or two. Please let me know if you can help.
Third, we may have game license problem, since collecting coins may not a idea of "free and non-commercial". But I'm working on it, I'll try to ask around about the law stuffs....
Anyway, happy Indian new year!!! ^^
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Good NEWZZZZ!!!
Remember someone sold a working arcade for $300?? I told him about the background and every thing and he is willing to lower the price to $200!!! of course, self-pickup!
Maybe we can arrange a time to see the machine's condition and pick it up also!!! I'm so excited!! It seems things are getting together tho. We've just got Fedora 9 installed in our PC. (Thank you, Mohak and Milton) Milton has successfully installed AdvancedMAME, and Patricia is gonna do the game searching! Next step is to make sure AdvancedMAME running in our Arcade PC perfectly.
And of course, we'll continue every thing after mid-term. ;-p
Maybe we can arrange a time to see the machine's condition and pick it up also!!! I'm so excited!! It seems things are getting together tho. We've just got Fedora 9 installed in our PC. (Thank you, Mohak and Milton) Milton has successfully installed AdvancedMAME, and Patricia is gonna do the game searching! Next step is to make sure AdvancedMAME running in our Arcade PC perfectly.
And of course, we'll continue every thing after mid-term. ;-p
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Fedora 9 in the arcade
Tomorrow is the day to install Fedora core 9 in the arcade machine, lets go Mohak after the volunteer and the presentations.
Milton
Milton
Visiting Arcade Store today
Today, Milton, Mohak and myself went to an arcade store already. We were planning to visit another one, but too bad that I leaded them to the wrong address and our time was limited. So we decide just to contact them by phone or e-mail.
We were successfully had a deal with an arcade box for $200 that has nothing works and not suit our plan. Since we need it in Seneca. They said they may able to do free delivery or maybe just charge us for small amount of money.
But anyway, if we buy a box for 200 and we have to buy other parts, it's gonna be a $400 arcade box. I already had a better deal. Currently I have an offer for a working arcade machine with Mortal Combat loaded for $300, self pick-up. For the total price, the mortal combat sounds like a better deal to us.
I'm gonna do more bargaining with the guy who sell mortal combat. Maybe tell him about the donation idea. Hope he'll reduce the price to $200. Or, tell him that he can sell the board in the arcade box, so he won't lost any money.
I hope I can complete this deal within our budget. Right now, to us, this project is not just to pass the course any more, it's about helping people.
I know we can do it. Right, guys? ^^
We were successfully had a deal with an arcade box for $200 that has nothing works and not suit our plan. Since we need it in Seneca. They said they may able to do free delivery or maybe just charge us for small amount of money.
But anyway, if we buy a box for 200 and we have to buy other parts, it's gonna be a $400 arcade box. I already had a better deal. Currently I have an offer for a working arcade machine with Mortal Combat loaded for $300, self pick-up. For the total price, the mortal combat sounds like a better deal to us.
I'm gonna do more bargaining with the guy who sell mortal combat. Maybe tell him about the donation idea. Hope he'll reduce the price to $200. Or, tell him that he can sell the board in the arcade box, so he won't lost any money.
I hope I can complete this deal within our budget. Right now, to us, this project is not just to pass the course any more, it's about helping people.
I know we can do it. Right, guys? ^^
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Cost
Sometime I worry about our budget... is it possible to buy a $200 arcade machine that suit our needs? If we buy a broken one that need to buy controllers or coin box, it's gonna cost us more. A joy stick is for $40 already, one button is $6. A total cost of 2 controllers are around $120. It's really hard to find one that's under our budget. Every time I think about this, I feel kinda frustrated. But, we're gonna see the arcade store tomorrow... Hope I can bring some good news.
And I'm so glad that every one seems happy about the donation idea. I hope we can make things done. I believe we're able to finish this project without problem. I have fate in us. Every time when I think about how meaningful this project could be, I feel like I can not fail. Agree, guys? ^^
Lets pray to our god for this.. ^^
And I'm so glad that every one seems happy about the donation idea. I hope we can make things done. I believe we're able to finish this project without problem. I have fate in us. Every time when I think about how meaningful this project could be, I feel like I can not fail. Agree, guys? ^^
Lets pray to our god for this.. ^^
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Good Idea...
Hi Everyone,
I think is a good idea what Nestor has proposed, now we have a good reason for do this arcade...
When are we going to the store??
I think is a good idea what Nestor has proposed, now we have a good reason for do this arcade...
When are we going to the store??
Visit a store
I'm so excited that I'm finally going to visit an arcade store with Milton and Mohak. We are all feeling that we're quite behide the schedule and feeling the urge to make some progress.
There is another concern.. what if the machines are so expensive? Even if we have the wood box cheap, but without any working part, the investment may even get higher.
In this case.. what will we do?
There is another concern.. what if the machines are so expensive? Even if we have the wood box cheap, but without any working part, the investment may even get higher.
In this case.. what will we do?
Donating the small coins
I'm proposing to donate the arcade income to third world child, non-profit organisation, or even adopt a child if possible.
I think it's good that if we can actually help someone. How much is this arcade will make in a month? $100? $200? How much will we get individually? 10? 20? Why not just donate it to someone needs this $20 more than we do? We may able to go Jack Astor for three more beers in a month, but a family may need that $20 to buy food for the whole month.
I'm sure we can make this project more meaningful. ^^
I think it's good that if we can actually help someone. How much is this arcade will make in a month? $100? $200? How much will we get individually? 10? 20? Why not just donate it to someone needs this $20 more than we do? We may able to go Jack Astor for three more beers in a month, but a family may need that $20 to buy food for the whole month.
I'm sure we can make this project more meaningful. ^^
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Our baby - a desktop set for Arcard Project
Desktop that we are going to use, donated by Evan Weaver. Thank you very much Evan. It's a lovely machine, incrediably clean inside. Following is draft spec = Monitor: 19 inch CRT monitor with keyboard and mouse
= CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4mhz
= RAM: 1Gb, (512*2 Mb)
= Video: AGP ATI Video Card
= Network: PCI lan Card
= Harddisk: Maxtor 80Gb
= Media: DVD Rom, floopy
= Power Supply :300 watt
= CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4mhz
= RAM: 1Gb, (512*2 Mb)
= Video: AGP ATI Video Card
= Network: PCI lan Card
= Harddisk: Maxtor 80Gb
= Media: DVD Rom, floopy
= Power Supply :300 watt
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