What?
FnordJr was basically a PC connected to an authentic arcade monitor and a bunch of arcade controls. It used to play pretty much every arcade game ever, courtesy of
[MAME]. It's currently undergoing restoration by
BenBracker & friends. Previous victims-- er, I mean,
maintainers include
MorganConbere,
BenJencks, and
AndrewFarmer.
Related Stupidity
- 2007/2008: FnordCompletionRun
- Fall 2019: masquerading it as "Art Machine" and submitting it to Fandell's art class as art as it displayed some abstract art
Restoration & Maintenance
Fall 2021 updates: Raspberry Pi has been setup with Retropie OS, Emulation Station GUI, Petrock Control Block software, lr-mame 2003 for raster games, and Advance Mame for vector games. Bringup documentation available
[here]! (the CS graveyard PC proved to have issues, so I think we are for sure going to use the Pi)
Fall Break 2019 update: After cleaning, recapping, resoldering, and figuring out how frequencies work, THE MONITOR RIDES AGAIN!
We have also collected an Raspberry Pi with a shield for joysticks and buttons as well as a CS graveyard PC. Here is some [custom documentation] on how to maintain & troubleshoot FNORD's monitor:
Thanksgiving Break 2019 update: After 2 days of fearsome learning and debugging, the Raspberry Pi shows rudimentary functionality! I.E. it has successfully emulated Asteroids (via Advance MAME) and received joystick input (via the Petrock [Control Block]) to control the game.
Specs
Approximate specs (as of 2009):
- Pentium 4, Intel graphics, and an unknown quantity of RAM (probably not enough)
- [I-Pac keyboard encoder], hooked up to two joysticks and 15 buttons
- Wells-Gardner K3100 19-inch arcade monitor [here is a manual]
- Generic soundcard
- Generic NIC
- Generic 2.1 speakers
- DVD drive (why? I don't know)
2019 Specs:
- Generic 2.1 speakers
- Wells-Gardner K3100 19-inch arcade monitor [here is a manual]
- Raspberry Pi (2b)
- Petrock Control Block + joysticks / buttons