Author Topic: System 1 Cab (updated 5th June, DC added!) (Read 52112 times)

Minwah · « **Reply #120 on:** February 22, 2005, 07:38:18 pm »

Quote from: hillbilly on February 21, 2005, 09:38:38 pm

I have to say I really like the way your cab turned out.
Is there anyone who has measurements of a system 1 cabinet. I have been inspired to build one after seeing how well this one turned out. Maybe someone could get some plans to jakobud for his site or send them to me.

Just to confirm (in case you didn't know) that mine is a rough copy...some of the dimensions are pretty much correct, but the angles and such are more of a guess. A tribute rather than a replica

Minwah · « **Reply #121 on:** February 22, 2005, 07:43:25 pm »

Boredom allert...here are some pictures of a removable shelf I made to cover up my pedal mechanisms and sit the coin box on. The coin box wouldn't sit properly in there previously, and I noticed occasionally a few coins would end up somewhere other than in the box...I was a bit worried about a 20p either jamming in one of the mechanisms, or shorting out a pot (or the AKI).

How it was:

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Minwah · « **Reply #122 on:** February 22, 2005, 07:44:26 pm »

New shelf installed:

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Minwah · « **Reply #123 on:** February 22, 2005, 07:45:38 pm »

Coin box in:

(edit: the bit of cardboard is to aim the coins in as the mechs are very close to the front door, and the cutout in the coin box is to make grabbing coins out easier)

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kujina · « **Reply #124 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:01:24 pm »

Minwah I noticed that subwoofer inside your cabinet, how does it affect the acoustics with that being there, how is the bass?

Minwah · « **Reply #125 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:17:58 pm »

Quote from: kujina on February 22, 2005, 08:01:24 pm

Minwah I noticed that subwoofer inside your cabinet, how does it affect the acoustics with that being there, how is the bass?

Hmmm, not great, but noticable. The reason I have it is purely for the amp for the main two speakers, I'm not too bothered about the sub itself. Previously I was driving the main speakers straight from the small on-board amp of a SoundBlaster 16, but the speakers were distorting (I thought due to being underpowered). As it happens the speakers still distort, but the bigger amp is nice. I think maybe the Happ speakers I have are just crap, but I'm yet to find any 4" shielded speakers elsewhere...

If you are planning to use a similar sub, I would try to mount it higher...in my case (if I were particularly bothered) I probably should have mounted it behind where the start buttons are. It does sound quite bassy when I have my head at a similar level!

Flinkly · « **Reply #126 on:** March 15, 2005, 01:39:02 pm »

i was looking back over your driving panel and noticed you put three buttons on it. i know one is for turbo, but what about the others? if anyone could help me answer this one, i'd be much appreciated. thanks guys.

Silver · « **Reply #127 on:** March 15, 2005, 03:13:42 pm »

Well Minwah is away travelling in Austrailia I believe - so no idea if he will be around on the boards... (hopefully not - having a well earned break

)

Anyway, Minwah made a spreadsheet working out how many games with a 360 wheel had how many buttons - try searching for it. Basically he can play all 360 games (with 1/2 exceptions maybe) with 3 buttons - they do different things in different games. eg Spy hunter has several buttons I think (bad example though as that is a 270 wheel game)

Walkinshaw · « **Reply #128 on:** March 21, 2005, 09:17:27 pm »

Can never hurt to have extra buttons so I added 3 myself to my driving wheels. Best to add them now than later and I also trust Minwah

Minwah · « **Reply #129 on:** May 31, 2005, 03:06:24 pm »

Quote from: Flinkly on March 15, 2005, 01:39:02 pm

i was looking back over your driving panel and noticed you put three buttons on it. i know one is for turbo, but what about the others? if anyone could help me answer this one, i'd be much appreciated. thanks guys.

Varies depending on each game. I worked out that for 360deg wheel games you need 3 buttons max (only for a couple of games)...but this also assumes you have 2 pedals and a 4-speed shifter for other inputs...

Minwah · « **Reply #130 on:** June 05, 2005, 12:08:54 pm »

I finally got round to getting my DC in my cab...

I used a hacked VGA box ( http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=4&products_id=82& ) to output to my arcade monitor, and used a normal VGA switchbox ( http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=13351&doy=5m6D ) to switch between PC & DC. Also, I use an audio swichbox ( http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=9328&doy=5m6D ).

Finally I hacked some official DC pads...I was going to hack a cheap arcade stick ( http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=28&products_id=3443& ) but it turned out to be crap, kept acting as though a VMU was being removed/inserted all the time...

Some pics...DC inside coin door (coin box removed while DC is in use):

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Minwah · « **Reply #131 on:** June 05, 2005, 12:11:01 pm »

Hacked DC pads:

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Minwah · « **Reply #132 on:** June 05, 2005, 12:12:21 pm »

Video/audio switchboxes mounted on the left, and hacked DC pads are on the right towards the back (hard to see in this pic):

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Minwah · « **Reply #133 on:** June 05, 2005, 12:13:25 pm »

Finally a pic of Soul Calibur running (slideshow):

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Silver · « **Reply #134 on:** June 10, 2005, 03:29:08 am »

Nice - Looks superb....

... so - are you back??

How was your trip??!?

ras2a · « **Reply #135 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:06:45 pm »

Goddam, every time I see this cab, it looks better.

Minwah · « **Reply #136 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:45:23 pm »

Quote from: Silver on June 10, 2005, 03:29:08 am

Nice - Looks superb....

... so - are you back??

How was your trip??!?

Thanks and yes...just been a bit slow getting back into things. It was great thanks, I'd highly recommend it

M.A.M.E Power · « **Reply #137 on:** June 19, 2005, 06:25:23 am »

Hey Minwah

Awesome work on the cab it really looks fantastic, you seem quite the whizz in every sense. I want to get my cab up and running now

markrvp · « **Reply #138 on:** June 21, 2005, 12:11:51 am »

So do you have the arcade controls hooked to both the DC gamepad hacks and the keyboard encoder at the same time?

Minwah · « **Reply #139 on:** June 21, 2005, 06:24:58 pm »

Quote from: markrvp on June 21, 2005, 12:11:51 am

So do you have the arcade controls hooked to both the DC gamepad hacks and the keyboard encoder at the same time?

No, sorry I didn't make that clear...I have to disconnect the molex connectors to the IPAC, and switch to the ones on the hacked DC pads...

Or I should say did have to, I've just taken the whole lot out of the lower half of my cab for some re-working. I'm going to use a 25-way switchbox to switch video, audio and controls all at once. I'm banking on using an Ultimarc Playstation adaptor (when available) combined with some good PSX > DC convertors to make it easier. I'm putting an Xbox in using the same principal too. Fingers crossed all goes well, I'll update here accordingly...

I've got a few other things I plan to do while I'm at it

BTW thanks MAME Power, good luck with yours

Pepeto · « **Reply #140 on:** June 24, 2005, 05:12:51 am »

Hi. I love your cabinet...

I'm trying to hack a vga box to play with my dc in my cabinet, but i snip the wire #6 and the image is grey.

Please, can you take photos of your hack vga box and I can see wath wire must i have to cut?

Thank you

BenDalton · « **Reply #141 on:** September 28, 2005, 10:01:30 am »

Nice cab! I'm jealous. Hopefully mine will turn out 1/2 as well. I love the speaker grill.

Minwah · « **Reply #142 on:** October 19, 2005, 07:13:00 pm »

Haven't posted any progress for a while so here's few pics...this is a test setup for what is usually in my cab. It shows the cable & switching system I use for multiple systems. The switchbox is just north-east of the xbox.

Minwah · « **Reply #143 on:** October 19, 2005, 07:18:09 pm »

And here it is with the xbox connected up (video, audio & controls). Note the spare plug lying on the floor is for the power button - this should be plugged into the back of the xbox via a connector I added.

I'll give some more proper details about the setup when I get it fully working...it has been working for a while but with a few glitches. While I have it apart I'm gonna re-do the speaker volume knob extension as there is some noise (I should've used shielded cable I think). Also I'm going to change the cable from the IPAC for smaller diameter stuff - it is a bit thick atm.

Edit: I removed a load of pictures from earlier in the thread since I have changed most of it since then. I'll upload some new pics when I get it all back together...

Crowley · « **Reply #144 on:** October 25, 2005, 09:59:26 pm »

Looks awesome to me. Nice job man.


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