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Is there an optimal height for the CP?
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crashwg:
Just don't spill yer beer mnm...
patrickl:
A barstool would be one of my options yes. I probably don't like standing for hours anyway. Guess I better go and buy one of those to playtest some more  ::) But as I said before indeed I'm afraid I will run my knees into the front of the cab. I'm working on a Galaga type style so the front is quite flat from CP to bottom. Not much room there.

mnm,

Yeah I would think that a downward slope would make more sense if your CP is below your elbow. I really can't figure out why the slope is like it is when the CP on a standard cabs to me looks too low for the slope to work for the player. I would imagine A "down slope" can give some other design problems though.
dmsuchy:
I really do like your design so far, kinda looks like an ATM. When larger flat screens come down in price I expect to see quite a few "thin" cabs.
patrickl:
Yeah, the LCD is a must. Perhaps a CRT would be better, but that would be to "fat" for where the cab is gonna sit. Luckily I already have an 18" LCD which can even rotate. Dunno how I'm gonna rotate it from outside the cab and keep it nicely behind a bezel at the same time, but that's the idea right now. If that fails I guess it's going in vertical.

The ability to extract money from the machine would sure be a nice feature ;) Does ATM software work in MAME yet?  :P
hyiu:
not exactly on topic...

but I have seen a cab (on the example page...) that uses a rotatable LCD.... they make it so that the front glass... (ok.. I forgot... maybe front plexi / lexan)... is hinged and can be opened like a door....

so... just snap... open... rotate... close... you're done...

and yes.. the glass/plexi is tinted.... so... its good....
you don't see much details inside....

[edit]... also... the monitor hole is a square shape...
so... the bezel will fit with either way of rotation...
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