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fgh:
Who cares if it's a tiny bit top heavy?! The lcd marquee and bezel make up for it 100x, what an awesome cabinet!

I'm also interested to know how you use only part of the screen. Is it possible to define it so windows only use that part as well?
For a cheaper (and less realistic looking) version, would putting the marquee on the top part of a vertically oriented lcd tv be possible in the same way? (both marquee and main screen on same rotated lcd tv)

stigzler:

--- Quote from: Laythe on January 18, 2016, 11:10:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: vwalbridge on January 18, 2016, 10:20:23 pm ---The dynamic marquee is nice but the best part of this cab is the notch in the back for baseboards. ;)

I was also wondering why you had the power inlet on the side but then I put it all together when you said it was wall mounted. Necessary I'm sure during aggressive gameplay and being top heavy.

Well thought out and great execution. :applaud:

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Haha, thanks. I've built enough bookcases to know that notch is well worth doing. Here's a closeup shot of it with the back on, and the short sill that it adds to the lower portion of the machine. And also a shot of the power inlet and cord that I used - since it's visible on the side, for the reasons you identified.

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Just make sure your next house has the right sized baseboards. :)

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: fgh on January 19, 2016, 12:16:56 pm ---Who cares if it's a tiny bit top heavy?! The lcd marquee and bezel make up for it 100x, what an awesome cabinet!

I'm also interested to know how you use only part of the screen. Is it possible to define it so windows only use that part as well?
For a cheaper (and less realistic looking) version, would putting the marquee on the top part of a vertically oriented lcd tv be possible in the same way? (both marquee and main screen on same rotated lcd tv)

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Who cares? I care, or else I wouldn't have said anything about it.

I've also said it's a nice cab. And I appreciate how the OP appreciated my honest feedback. Honest feedback helps us grow as a hobby.

Token:

--- Quote from: fgh on January 19, 2016, 12:16:56 pm ---For a cheaper (and less realistic looking) version, would putting the marquee on the top part of a vertically oriented lcd tv be possible in the same way? (both marquee and main screen on same rotated lcd tv)

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Yes, it is possible. Check out MAMELayPlus (page is in Spanish).

Laythe:

--- Quote from: fgh on January 19, 2016, 12:16:56 pm ---I'm also interested to know how you use only part of the screen. Is it possible to define it so windows only use that part as well?
For a cheaper (and less realistic looking) version, would putting the marquee on the top part of a vertically oriented lcd tv be possible in the same way? (both marquee and main screen on same rotated lcd tv)

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Restricting windows to a portion of the screen is not easy. I was able to use some nvidia specific software to choke the 1920x1080 screen down to 1440x1080, but it wouldn't resize any smaller than that, so portions of the native desktop display are inaccessably out of reach. (I think Maximus was able to get his all the way down to a 1080x1080, though I'm not sure how he did it.) Amusingly, the way my particular 1366x480 top panel works, it reports itself to be 1366x768 - but the bottom 288 pixels don't physically exist. So this poor PC does not have a single screen that works right, as far as the OS thinks of them.

However - controlling MAME in this regard is quite easy once you know how to write .lay layout files. They're pretty simple and fairly powerful. You'd need to build one for every game you plan to run, but you'll be doing some work for every game you plan to run to gather good versions of all the artwork anyway. Putting the marquee, bezel and game screen together on a single screen would be much easier than what I did on two heads.

So, yes, a single panel solution would absolutely work and I bet it'd look pretty good. You could run something like a debarbed strip of T-molding horizontally across it at just the right height, to really hide the fact that it's all one panel under there.

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