I gotta hand it to ya Saint, the book is absolutely amazing when it comes to the wealth of information you've managed to compile!
I received the book last Thursday from Amazon, and had it completely finished, cover to cover by Sunday afternoon!
I've been an avid MAME user for quite some time but have yet to have gotten around to build my own cab. After reading this book, and talking to the wife about it, it's time to start collecting the parts and tools to build some cabs! Yes that's right, I said cabs, as in plural!
The wife wants a scaled down Pac and Ms. Pac cab to play and once I complete those, she says she'll let me build the full blown thing!
Stay tuned!