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The limit is on how many inputs you have on your IPac board. If you were to get the Ultimate I/O board I think there's 64!! So plenty!! (there's cheaper ones with less inputs too).

Wow!!! Great total!!! Well done all involved

It's been a great event this Reg. You've done brilliantly in organising it. Can't wait to find out what the final total is.... it's like watching Red Nose Night!!! Are we getting Lenny Henry on to announce it?? Pat yourself on the back Reg for a job well done and, I'm sure that Chris will be very touched with your hard work. At the end of the day, the cash is a lovely surprise but I think it's the thought and sentiment that's come out of this that really counts. Hopefully Chris will see all these messages and realise that between his software and the rest of the hard working members of the scene who convert the machines and flyers etc, what a massive difference they have made to so many peoples lives. I think that this software is unique in that, for some, it has been a lifeline out of addiction and so it has literally saved peoples lives! Quite something....

It was a joint effort Reg. I think we've all learned from each other along this journey. Great that others are making cabinets and buttons modules though.

That looks superb!! Great work mate

Yep I second that... most of Brewdogs offerings are decent. I'm also a fan of Innis and Gunns lager beer and Hobgoblin Gold. Both nice tipples....

Well maybe you can let us know what you drink - as long as it begins with a "W" and Reg can change the title...

If there's one thing I've learnt during my 46 years on this planet.... it's that you can never have too much wine!

Great idea Reg. More than happy to fire in a donation. All the guys here helped me get my cab up and running and I'll always be eternally grateful for all the work that Chris and the other main players on the scene contribute, whether it's providing the flyers or coding the machines or running the forums. You're all very much appreciated. Thank you

This is superb!!! Great work!!! I love Supa Steppa too

Yep, you're probably right. It'll will be a compatibility issue. I'll take the program to work as I've got an old laptop that should be able to run it. Thanks

Still having problems with this... I've tried every file in my Andy Capp folder and the only one that doesn't give me an "access violation error" is the main .gam file. This file seems to just close the program? I am sure that I'm being an idiot here but has anyone any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

Ahhhh that explains two things. Firstly, why the tool wouldn't work and secondly, why I didn't do particularly well at school Thanks Tommy

That is brilliant! Thanks for posting it. Thanks Reg for remembering me!!! It's been a while since Guitar promised to make one. Unfortunately I'm getting "Access violation at address 0047957D in module 'mpusnded.exe'. Read of address 02CD5D4F" error when I try and open the sound P1 or P2 file with it? I've tried setting it to run in Compatibility Mode and also to run as administrator but to no avail?? Anyone any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks again for this. I hope I'll be able to get it working

Hi Amusements, Each PacDrive will have an address (the default is 1). If you have more than 16 lights that you need to run then you will need more than one PacDrive (hence them being addressable). If you have less than 16 lights (it looks like your keyboard has exactly 16) then you will only need 1 PacDrive to run them all. There's another selection which makes all the outputs (read: lights) "off" by default (otherwise the outputs will all come "on" when the PacDrive is powered up until it gets the signal from MFME to turn them all off i.e. when MFME loads a game up). So just visit this page: http://www.ultimarc.com/store/product.php?xProd=111 And then tick the box marked "Special (Outputs OFF at power on)" and your PacDrive should come with the default "1" address. If you want another one at a later stage (or even now) then order another and select address "2" and then just email Andy from Ultimarc and ask him to send you the one with the Outputs OFF at power on. He's a great bloke and will happily oblige. Hope that helps :)

Good advice Reg. I'll go and have a look. I might do 9 on the bottom row and then 5 above them centred? Then 8 or 10 on the "top glass". But I'll definitely take your advice and have a look on eBay. I didn't think of that. Thanks again. I'll post some pictures as I get somewhere with my machine. I'm currently writing a bit of software that will send the correct pay out info to the hopper interface. It's a tall order as I've never written in C# before but I'll post it when I'm done. Im planning on posting everything about the build in case it helps others. :-) Thanks again :-)

Hi Reg, Thanks for getting back to me. I did guess that they were the keys for the iPac but I just can't figure out for the life of me which machine would need all of them? Or are you saying that no game would need all of them, it's just the positioning that's important. So you wanted the 'real world' positioning to reflect the 'virtual' positioning on the game? The reason I'm asking is that I'm going to start building my fruit machine cab tomorrow (weather permitting) and wanted to work out how many buttons I would need. I'm going to put either 8 or 10 on the 'top glass' part of the machine (i.e. either side of the monitor - the same as No1Stoney) but I didn't know how many buttons to put on the main button panel. I've got 15 buttons (that I bought from Paul on eBay) and was thinking of just have two rows of 7 buttons. That's why I wanted more info on what made you choose that pattern and that specific number of buttons on your panel?

Hi Reg, Would you mind letting me know what all those buttons are for? I know some but still have some "unknowns"?? (also could you check that my assumptions are correct?) KEYS FUNCTION R Refill 0 Insert £1 Y E or X Exchange F Feature J O A Auto Nudge D Deal P Play Deal Or No Deal N No Deal K H High? L Low? Z W Streak V U M Message ` Cancel 1 Hold Reel 1 2 Hold Reel 2 (High) 3 Hold Reel 3 (Low) 4 Hold Reel 4 C Select Cash S Shuffle? Stake?? G Cash or Bust? T Token? SPACE Start Thanks :-)

This topic is brilliant. Will be following with interest. Please link here if/when you start work on the cabinet Reg. ive added a very early and then finished photo of my MAME cab I attempted last year. Would love to do a fruit machine cabinet too! cheers :-)