Equipment/The Beast: Difference between revisions

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(Machine moved from storage to 1st floor kitchen)
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== Current state ==
== Current state ==


No PC. Monitor boots, no signal. Whereabouts of PC unknown.
Idling nicely in the Hackspace Kitchen. Powered by [[Equipment/Denning|Denning]]. May need some controller repair due to only one side working.


=== TL;DR ===
=== TL;DR ===
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=== Elaborated version ===
=== Elaborated version ===
The machine currently consist out of a Dell i5 desktop running Windows 7.
The machine currently consist out of a Dell Optiplex SFF desktop running an x86 Debian variant of the [https://retropie.org.uk/ RetroPie software.]
 
It has the following software installed:
 
* TeamViewer (for remote hands, or, hands next to it without digging for a KB/mouse)
* MaLa frontend [http://malafe.net/]
* MAME [http://mamedev.org/]
* Windows 7
* Google Chrome


A connected keyboard has been hidden behind the coin door for emergency purposes; the cable should be long enough to pull it and use it.
A connected keyboard has been hidden behind the coin door for emergency purposes; the cable should be long enough to pull it and use it.
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The hardware is fully working now, however:
The hardware is fully working now, however:


* It has a cheap crappy PC speaker ruining gameplay
* We don't have enough inputs to use all of the options in the menu system :sadface:
* We don't have enough inputs to use all of the options in the menu system :sadface: