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Jed

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    1977 Cinematronics Space Wars
    1986 Pinbot Pinball
    Magic Castle Pinball
    2x 40" Virtual PInball
    SNES, Atari 2600, Megadrive, Original Gameboy

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    2 Player Upright Jamma Cab Now 15+ years old with many deaths and rebirths over the years. Currently living on happily with a Pandora CX + 4K CRT
    2 sided Hankin Cocktail
    Whole bunch of really ancient handhelds including Electro Mechanicals.

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  1. if that's where your mind went, reading that, then ok 😆
  2. it did trash the buttons a bit... I saw kids using lighters too. some center operators would tell you off for doing it and and we'd meekly put them back in pockets and get back to hammering away on them most inventive i saw was a kid that would come in with an electric toothbrush and a peg. so much speed for zero effort!
  3. I love the inventive 'finger rolling' method used on the underneath of the NES controller to combat the game's speed from L29 - and the fact all players around the world adopted that same method, wearing a single cotton glove to combat wear and tear on their fingers etc. Reminds me BITD me and mates using 20c coin containers on fingers and fast swiping on the run buttons to get mega speed on the Hyper Olympics Arcade machines...
  4. Amazing achievement by Bluescuti with this landmark NES game, especially in the face of fierce global competitiveness. This is a great video detailing the history of NES Tetris world record chasing.
  5. Wanted For homebrew project. I live Far south coast NSW but can travel to Sydney / surrounds or Canberra for pickup. if anyone has anything, drop me a pm ! cheers 👍
  6. I don't like multi installers to be honest... I think you don't learn much about how everything hangs together. I've only ever used it (baller) once, and it didn't work 🙄 64 bit is the default, the guide just mentions 32bit for anyone who didn't have a 64 bit system. there are still some people out there using 32 bit windows 😁 I think the PDF is way simpler. but, each to their own and whatever works for you, do that.
  7. Here is a great guide to installing VPX VR 64-Bit version. (attached PDF file) This is the clearest guide I found on getting going in VR with VPX. written by one of the guys from the VPXVR group. if you want to play wirelessly. Make sure you get the desktop and Quest app for wireless PC play 'Virtual Desktop'. It is a paid app ($20) but it does away with the need to use the horrible, outdated Oculus software . Virtual desktop is flexible, you can choose a range of codecs for performance or quality easily, and squeeze the best out of the hardware you own. Everything in VR performs better/smoother/higher detail wirelessly when you use virtual dekstop. Wirelessly All PC VR is better, not just VPX. You need (compulsory) a network setup capable of handling Gigabit wireless data streaming. Quest VR headsets (Q2, Q3) support Gigabit wireless streaming. You need a modem/router that handles Gigabit wireless streaming, and you'll also need your PC hard-wired (Gigabit LAN cable) to your modem. Once you have this setup, you'll never go back to wired again! the difference between gigabit cable and gigabit wireless isn't that dramatic when using quality streaming software like Virtual Desktop. Playing Half-Life Alyx at max quality settings wirelessly - that was my holy shit VR moment ! Recently Steam released their own version of pretty much the same wireless PCVR app, and it's free, called 'Steam Link'. I've not tested it in any meaningful way so far but i'll start checking it out soon and comparing the performance and quality to Virtual Desktop. I'm not expecting it will be as good, Virtual desktop is a mature app used widely by VR enthusiasts. How-to-install-VPX-VR-GL64-Visual-Pinball_231029_171456.pdf
  8. I don't know, it's too hard to diagnose from pictures I'm afraid. Just can't tell. I would move that spare ground plug so it isn't touching your terminal block, though. Wiring looks pretty shabby to be honest. Earth is Just wrapped around the plug. Not soldered nor heatshrinked.
  9. that bodged ground wire picture is a homespun ground extension wire. most likely done to suit the physical positions of other buttons in the same chain, positions that didn't suit the stock ground wire daisy chain. trace that single wire - where does it go? edit: have not used an ipac for so long, forgot that the terminal assignments are printed on the board of the ipac, so you don't need a diagram. just trace each terminal and ground. look for breaks especially at the plugs.
  10. you should have two ground common cables for each player that connects all ground terminals for joystick and buttons connected to the ipac. check the ground connection against the iPac diagram (find it online), and make sure it is in the right terminal. it doesn't matter if there is a plug in the ground cable in the middle not connected to anything (as long as there isn't a break in the ground cable) to me it sounds like a ground problem but if you have Another USB cable try that too. windows shouldn't need any additional drivers for an ipac. just trace each connection using ipac diagram And prove that is ok or not, first.
  11. As described. Brand new in Box, never used, comes with microswitches and mounting screws. $35 including post.
  12. Just removed from working Jamma 2 player Upright Challenger Cab. Inc USB and VGA Cables. $70 including post to anywhere
  13. I've been using my CX for a little while with a big old Grundig CRT and have come around a bit to the Pandora. I like how fast it is to boot, how fast games load and exit, easy to save progress in many systems. the menu system isn't bad, and easy to add games and media like video previews etc. sortable by genre and pretty much everything I've added runs well. one annoying thing is I can't get any game pads working via the usb ports at all - except for my Hori arcade CP... but I know this is meant to be for jamma cabs. if anyone has done some magix to get game pads functioning on a pandora CX, lemme know!
  14. i know this reply is 8 months later but I still have the image I made, was looking through some old hdd's in a tub and found one. if you still want to try it, send me a pm just replying to this for anyone who has the same issues with their games family hdd. if you have a jamma wired cab, just get a pandora. so much simpler, better interface, add games / Samples etc via SD. these games family systems were a $^^$&* nightmare of spaghetti 🍝 menus and hodgepodge windows fu*kery ! you will save your sanity in the long run!
  15. done and dusted, thanks heaps to Nathan for a lightning quick and really great deal. Highly reccomended seller two thumbs up 👍👍
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