Musashi_Sensei
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So this weekend my friend and I started looking into trying to do some voip hacking to see if we could spoof names/numbers. I found the link to Asterisk and all the linux compiling goodies, however I am a little confused at how the actual hardware setup for doing a VoIP hack goes?
If anyone has done this successfully (or setup a Voip PBX on their mac) please share the details about the initial setup and what it took to get it running.
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hah don't want to divert from the coolness that is Hak5 showing mame cabs on a hacking video! but www.arcadecontrols.com is the king of all websites for this business. Just click examples, and view over a thousand examples.
In terms of a front-end, there are a lot of solutions now a days, MameWah is a big one. I personally just use Mame32 for the time being until I get a collection of snaps & artwork. MameWah can do every emulator you throw at it pretty much as long as the emulator takes command line input.
and for a keyboard interface, the I-Pac VE is getting way cheap, I think its down to something like $35 plus shipping from the UK. www.ultimarc.com Hacking a USB pad is cheap, but the disadvantage is you're not using actual KEY maps, so any program that only takes keys, and not Joystick inputs if you're not using Joy2Key you're hosed. I personally use an I-Pac2, saves your key inputs, works wonders, has a keyboard passthrough for when I need to access the computer and type quick.
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yeah, its a bit pricier but worth it in the long run for sure.
One problem w/ happs is they will kill you on shipping, so you always gotta go on ebay - http://cgi.ebay.com/HAPP-JAMMA-ARCADE-PUSH...1QQcmdZViewItem
$1.49 * 17 buttons (including the power button which I'm guessing is also an arcade button?) = $25.33 + $3.85 shipping.
and if you get 2 competition joysticks,
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-HAPP-COMPETITION-8-W...1QQcmdZViewItem
from the same guy, he saves you on shipping,
2 competition joys = $20.98 + $6.00 shipping.
so take away the shipping for the buttons if you buy all together, make sure you include what colors you want in your paypal order, and your total for 17 buttons and 2 comp joys comes to
$46.31 + $6 shipping = $52.31 for REAL arcade parts. More than twice as much than x-arcade parts, but so worth it if you're playing this thing more than 5 hours a week, especially for street fighter.
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This is a comment to Wess.
Man, how could you go with X-arcade! Believe me, pick up some happs horizontal pushbuttons and competition joysticks and you will feel a world of difference. Super simple to switch, and you can use those pieces in another independent control panel.
If you need more convincing, Retroblast did a review on joysticks - http://www.retroblast.com/hardware.html he's gotta joystick roundup.
You'll also immediately notice how much better happs horizontal pushbuttons feel, because they use real cherry microswitches. They also use longer but lighter springs, so it feels a lot better.
and where the hell was the Ken infinite combo on that old school sheet?
*don't know if you've also seen this, but free plans! http://users.adelphia.net/~seanhat/arcade/...Design_Rev7.PDF Lusid's plans are classic.
btw, I'm the mod on #byoac irc.scifi-fans.net stop by anyone needs info on this kinda stuff.
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whoa, how the hell did so many washington kids get onto this thing, and why are they not showing up at the #206 meetings down at the Seattle Trade & Convention Center? Next one is Friday, May 5th, i think they start at like 6 and go until closing (i believe it was about 9:30 last time everyone took off.) Ask for Shinobi and you should find me admist the crowd, possibly eating a hefty burrito and chillin on my blue toshiba.