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Ed ONeill:
Ok so I am :

BORED-  because I haven't built my new MAME project. I have however built MAME on the MOVE, a portable/laptop machine.

BROKE  - because I have no money  to buy an arcade vga and a trackball.

BOARDS - but I have plenty of spare wood hanging around .

So having said that I am contimplating building a BARTOP that would play mostly classic games using an old computer I have hanging around (650 amd mhz).

There are not many examples on the examples page (4.. I beleive) so I hope I can get some answers to my questions.

1. Should I use the computer in or out of the case?
2. What are some  good dimensions or should I wing it?
3. Should I do a vertical or horizontal machine?
4. Is there a list of games that a 650mhz would play ? I seem to to remeber a website with some info on computer specs.
5. Any other things I should consider?

Thanks
Ed
Gunstar Hero:
You got questions, we got answers.  ;D

1. Out. Saves space aplenty, and in a bartop smaller is better.
2. It'll really depend on your display. Again, smaller is better!
3. Depends on your game list, but I'd say horizontal.
4. It'll play tons of games. Try older MAME builds.
5. Probably, but I won't list any of those.  ;D
Ed ONeill:
Please by all means elaborate on question 5
JoyMonkey:
I still haven't found the time to build the Galaga bar-top that I was planning on (just got back from the honeymoon last night).  This design should house a standard 17" CRT monitor and your old PC's motherboard & PSU no problem.

A 650mhz machine should play every vertical game perfectly, I'd use DOS Mame 0.66 or earlier just to be sure. Here's a list to give you an idea.
I'd say it'll also play about 90% of all horizontal games perfectly too, if you want to go that route, if you want to play mostly classics you should stick with a vertical monitor though.
paigeoliver:

--- Quote from: Ed ONeill on November 21, 2004, 11:54:15 am ---Ok so I am :

BORED-  because I haven't built my new MAME project. I have however built MAME on the MOVE, a portable/laptop machine.

BROKE  - because I have no money  to buy an arcade vga and a trackball.

BOARDS - but I have plenty of spare wood hanging around .

So having said that I am contimplating building a BARTOP that would play mostly classic games using an old computer I have hanging around (650 amd mhz).

There are not many examples on the examples page (4.. I beleive) so I hope I can get some answers to my questions.

1. Should I use the computer in or out of the case?
2. What are some  good dimensions or should I wing it?
3. Should I do a vertical or horizontal machine?
4. Is there a list of games that a 650mhz would play ? I seem to to remeber a website with some info on computer specs.
5. Any other things I should consider?

Thanks
Ed


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A 650 will play pretty much everything that was in the mame .55 - .65 era. Pick a mame somewhere in there and you will be fine.
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