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1:6 scale vpin hardware quest
Le Chuck:
So this mini I'm building has pretty much got me hooked on the genre. It's the hardest thing I've ever built and has been a fun challenge. Got me thinking about a few other 1:6 scale dedicated cabs I want to build (Tron is up next) then somebody posted something about a super mini vpin and that got me thinking.
I want to build a 1:6 scale vpin to go with my 1:6 scale arcade I'm going to slowly amass until I I can open a 1:6 scale alladin's castle for all my 1:6 scale friends. Most pins are 30" wide. Scale that down and you've got 5 whole inches of width to work with.
Anybody know of a computer that can run two monitors and has a MoBo only 5 inches wide... that has the ass to run vpin tables? Mini ATX come in at 5.7" so I may make it a wide body and go that route if they have to speed to even run the games. Will need a really tiny ass graphics card too. Solid State HD for sure and external power okay.
I was thinking handheld gaming systems would be ideal to hack but I don't know any that are running tables and I don't think I can get a second monitor up and running. I fear that the hardware just might not be out there yet but I wanted to kick this out into the community for recommendations and good ideas.
macattack:
Not sure what pins you have been sizing, but a std pin is around 22" wide and a widebody around 25". Maybe and I'd space invader or Atari come close to 30" but it's not the norm.
Nice idea, was looking a build something using a couple of 7" USB screens sometime back.
Le Chuck:
You're right, don't know what I was thinking, probably trying to squeeze every inch I could. Paragon is a 30" widebody and TZ is a 28 or 28.5 I think so let's assume that I'm using the paragon design. If we can find something really small I'd like to go with a regular design but I don't think that 3.7 of width is inches is going to happen.
bkenobi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_form_factor
5" = 127mm
Looks like your choices are:
--- Code: ---Nano-ITX 120 ื 120
COM Express 125 ื 95
ESMexpress 125 ื 95
ETX/XTX 114 ื 95
Pico-ITX 100 ื 72
PC/104 (-Plus) 96 ื 90
ESMini 95 ื 55
Qseven 70 ื 70
mobile-ITX 60 ื 60
CoreExpress 58 ื 65
--- End code ---
Le Chuck:
Thanks, that list helped a lot actually. Helped me track down this Via ArtiGo Pico-ITX Kit.
Specs are:
Processor 1.0GHz VIA Eden X2 CPU
Chipset VIA VX900H Media System Processor
Memory Up to 4GB memory
Integrated VIA Chrome 9 HD DX9 3D/2D video processor
with MPEG-2, WMV9/VC1, H.264 video decoding acceleration
Storage Interface
1 x SATA interface for 2.5" HDD or Flash SSD
1 x SD card reader slot (optional module)
Operating System Support Windows 7 / XP / XP Embedded, Linux
USB Ports 4 x USB 2.0 host ports
1 x USB 2.0 device port
Audio Ports 1 x Line-out, 1 x Line-in, 1 x Mic-in
Display Ports 1 x VGA port, 1 x HDMI port
Input Voltage DC 12V
Power Supply 100~240v input AC/DC adapter
Dimensions 146 x 52 x 99 mm / 5.7 x 2.0 x 3.9 (W x H x D)
Weight 0.6 kg / 1.32lbs (w/o HDD)
With ram and SSD it'll be around $350, which is pricy but it's tiny, really tiny. I have never run any sort of vpin at all so I don't know how this will fare but as the monitors will be small I can bump down the resolution on the table and that would help a lot I imagine. Also don't know if the onboard display can split (one screen HDMI, one screen VGA two dif images) or if it's beefy enough as is. Any recommendations?