Gaming machines Was Re: New aquisition: Xenophobe

I just added the gaming machines to the collection as the prices fall on them and they started showing up at some thrifts here. It's really hard to get the older computers anymore either because of price (thousands) or they do not show up around here like they used to. ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Sell To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 9:03 AM Subject: Re: New aquisition: Xenophobe I wouldn't say it's dangerous, but it certainly gets interesting trying to get VAXen and arcade games to co-exist inside the house. : ) Power issues and space.... It would be interesting to find just how many of us cross over from classic computers into arcade games. After all, arcade games are single-purpose computers anyways...... - Matt At 04:36 PM 9/7/2002 -0700, you wrote: Is it a JAMMA compatable board? If so you might want to look into the Multi-JAMMA adapter that lets you put 6 JAMMA boards in your cabinet. Or is this one of the games that has specialized controls? I think getting into Arcade systems is even more dangerous than getting into Classic Computers. As my wife loves our Neo Geo 4-Slot, so she doesn't object to new games for it (gotta love cartridge based arcade systems). Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | Matthew Sell Programmer On Time Support, Inc. www.ontimesupport.com (281) 296-6066 Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! http://www.ontimesupport.com/subscribe_t&c.htmlhtml. "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...