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| Crooger:
Nice setup, mate. I for myself started messing today on my Blast. I have found almost of my questions answered here, Thanks to dGame. Although, there's a couples of things kept hesitated about setting up mame on my cab. namely, The PSU. i want to know, does your PC share the PSU with cabinet? If so , how? Or do you keep them separated? My blast have been collecting dusts since last summer, hopping to start a mame project. Best wishes from the noob. Crooger |
| Evilcactuar:
Marquee looks awesome, would you mind sharing where you can get it printed for $5? |
| dgame:
I got the marquee printed here: http://myworld.ebay.com/newstartnewgroup2010/ Email: newstartnewgroup@gmail.com It comes from China and you must specify if you want your art printed in the exact size you submit. They don't have any ads up currently but try emailing them for a quote. PROJECT UPDATE: I have the Blast Cabinet split in half to straighten out the speaker grills and glue them back in. After that its re-assembly time. Found $6.28 inside. Crooger, The PC uses its own PSU. The D9200 CRT uses it own power cable. The cabinet PSU only powers the cabinet and accessories (lights, audio amp, 12v bill acceptor, 12v coin counter, my 5v credit counter relay.) I use a smart strip to turn off the cabinet and CRT when the PC shuts down. |
| dgame:
I am finally putting it all back together. The speaker grills were really bent out of shape so I only got them good enough to go back into place. The hardest part was removing the old glue. By no means perfect but they are now glued in securely. This Blast City cabinet has a security box around the coin mechanism and a little metal plate attached to the back of the coin box. It also has security screws in a lot of places where there are regular screws in most pictures online. I found around $7.00 worth of quarters inside the cabinet and none in the coin box. |
| dgame:
I got my Blast City up and running for today. I finished the control panel by wiring up the buttons to the u360s. It uses an unpowered hub inside the control panel for both joysticks and a USB dongle for a wireless keyboard. The bill accepter, coin mech, and coin counter all work. All my tokens are 2004 BYOAC, it also accepts quarters. The marquee light did not come on tough. It has a new bulb and it worked when I took it out. I am going to get one of those LED bulbs that use the simplified wiring. Thinking 990 lumens 3000k as it is in the living room. The power circuit uses a smart circuit and a UPS with a similar controllable plug system. The PC and monitor are plugged into the smart strip. The smart strip is plugged into the UPS. The cabinet power is plugged into the UPS. The PC turns on the monitor on the smart strip. The smart strip turns on the cabinet on the UPS. The cabinet power is not battery backed. Thanks for everyone’s help over the years. Glad I finally put it completely back together. I am really enjoying it. :droid Merry Christmas! |
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