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| Vigo:
Has anyone built a bartop arcade from a laptop without having to gut/dismantle or damage the laptop? I have my wife's old laptop that I was thinking of making a bartop from, but my wife doesn't want me sacrificing the laptop, for the cause. I also don't think it is a very dependable laptop, and it would be nice to know I could just easily swap out a different laptop of similiar size if things broke down. My initial idea was to clamp the laptop to the bezel area with some sort of bracket, kinda like a mirror would be mounted. Then have the keyboard sit on an incline under the control panel. It would have to be an incline to have room for the underbelly of the control panel. Anyone do something similar or have ideas on the best method for doing this? |
| Donkbaca:
I would just build it like a regular bar top, and hook the monitors and controls up to a docking station, and dock the Laptop when I wanted to use it... |
| Vigo:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on May 19, 2011, 05:21:55 pm ---I would just build it like a regular bar top, and hook the monitors and controls up to a docking station, and dock the Laptop when I wanted to use it... --- End quote --- Well, I'm trying to do this one on the cheap, so I plan on using the actual laptop monitor. I'll be even just hacking a usb gamepad for controls ......Besides, I'm saving my only spare monitor for when I mame that taxidermied goat. ;D |
| scofthe7seas:
Hahaha like you could have a long ug' extending CP where the keyboard would fit under as you slide up the laptop screen to the bezel and attach it with velcro. |
| Donkbaca:
A mame taxidermied goat would look oh so sweet next to my bb filled shoalin toe stab practice bag. You would need an uber-thin CP top... I am guessin you would need it to be metal, and the controls would be the keyboards length away from the screen.... I think the Velcro would work.... |
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