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Best place to mount on/off switch (button) for cabinet?
paigeoliver:
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--- Quote from: sofakng on August 12, 2004, 08:27:37 am ---Yesterday I received my Smart Strip... It didn't work at all with the first power supply I used but I'm pretty sure that power supply is garbage and near dead...
I tried a different power supply and it worked *perfectly*. The smart strip rocks.
I've also wired up a button (regular happ's microswitch button) to the motherboard so I can use that to turn on the PC.
Where should I mount this button? At first I was thinking to mount it inside the control panel box then all I would need to do to turn on the arcade is open the control panel and push the button.
After thinking about this for a bit I'm not sure I want to keep opening/closing the box. The top of the box is held down using velcro so opening/closing constantly might not be good for it.
My next choice is to mount the button on the back of the arcade, on the back bottom panel. I figured I'd just drill a hole in this panel, but I also have magnets on it in case I want to remove it... So, if I attach a button I won't really be able to remove the panel anymore.
So anybody have any suggestions on where to mount my on/off button?
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Real cabinets have their buttons mounted on top towards the back.
I personally open the coin door and reach in and turn on the computer, no button mounting required.
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REAL cabinets have them
on top (many)
in back down low (most Atari)
in back up high (many others)
on the side (Turbo and other Sega titles)
underneath (most cocktails)
on the front (Sprint One and others).
They can be anywhere. The best places however are places you can reach WITHOUT pulling the machine out from the wall.
Knoxximus:
I ordered on of those "Ignition 1" switches that Kev Steele talked about at Retroblast. The showcase cab I got has a hole on each side of the CP (for some sort of security mechanism, which I obviously don't need). The hoels aren't very big, just large enough to get a wire through, so I ran the wire down through the CP base and into the hole to the monitor section (those familiar with showcases know what I'm talking about). It works great!
*just got a camera phone, so pics wil be coming finally!* ;D
Knoxximus:
PICS!!
Knoxximus:
This camera phone is GOOD! ;D
Minwah:
Here's mine, just an arcade button on the very top (out of sight unless you're 6.5')...