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Xiaou2:
You should try to make a Motion-Cabinet for Starwars.

I heard that there was a fully functional prototype of such a cabinet version of the game. Someone I knew had gotten lucky
enough to play it.. and he couldnt stop talking about how cool it was.

Zebidee:
Easy way to solder those VGA headers, and many other things, is to stick them and the wires down with some blu-tac or tape. (usually stick them to a small piece of hardwood offcut, rather than the bench). Then you can have both hands free to solder. Trim the wire sheaths by about 3-4mm, no need to tin them first, just line them up and the little buckets make the soldering easy.

If you're having trouble with the smaller stuff, and aren't we all, an articulated desk lamp with a built-in magnifier is really handy. I used mine all the time. You can get them with stands or clamps, and there are USB varieties.

abispac:
Owwwwwwww crap, i was getting an itch to build a vector monitor based on what i saw on this topic and arroyos topic as well, so i started to look for some info, since i can source cosumer tvs real easy and cheap, as well as real arcade monitors, but then money came to play, 350 dlls for the dsbdvg thingy? wow, and then 150 for the pi4, and what? 250 or more for the newish vector chassis, am i right? so you looking for a minimum of of 750 dlls.... and thats a minimum, i love this hobby to death, but i dont got that kind of money right now so sadly i would still have to keep watching. Good job bobby13

bobbyb13:
It is NOT a cheap hobby.
Don't tell the wife.

Oh, and pinball is MUCH worse.

I'm grateful that those vga connectors have those little cupped terminals to solder to or I would be doomed.

If I built a motion rig it would be a sit down driver, but since I currently have two Rush 2049s and a mongrel Cruis'n I don't see that ever happening unless I open an arcade business out here.

Of course seeing that rig RandyT built makes me want to do it.

I think I may need to start another build thread while I'm waiting to sort out the bezel on this thing.

The horizontal build itchy is getting pretty scratchy.

And I DO have the monitor working and one of the control panels mostly built now-
:blowup:

Zebidee:
if you discount the cost of the Pi (every cab needs a CPU of some kind), then a cost of up to ~$600 for a decent vector monitor setup isn't that terrible, especially if you are committed to the hobby. Certainly something you don't see every day.

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