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Can I MAME an "old style" cocktail ??
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Magnet_Eye:
use a Mac Mini and macmame.
danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: Wade on February 09, 2005, 03:09:15 pm ---Yeah, I did it with a Taito Space Invaders style cocktail table.
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Wade:
That's Dave Dribin's "Game Launcher".  I like it because it is simple.  Although I'm starting to think I'd like something a little fancier, that resembles the Multigame boards more.

Wade
Grasshopper:
This is slightly off topic, but can someone tell me what's the biggest size monitor that can be fitted to a school desk style cocktail?

Visually I prefer them to the Midway style, but I'm put off slightly by the fact thet they always seem to be fitted with tiny monitors.
chablis97:
Having just finished one of these, the hardest parts of the project are, in my opinion:-

1.  Getting rid of heat.  Make sure you put in at least a couple of fans.  I put an 80mm intake fan on the bottom and a 120mm exhaust fan on the side.

2.  Assuming you're using a PC monitor, finding a suitable place to fit and attach the monitor control board is difficult.  I struggled with this for a long time and I'm still not 100% happy with how it ended up.

3. Room in general.  I had to ditch the coin box and the inside of the coin mechanism.  ( see pictures at http://www.adam.com.au/ronghezzi/main.html , let me know if you need more pics of any part in particular that isn't clear

Next time I do this type of project I will:-

- Save room by using a Compact Flash Card to IDE adaptor instead of a 3.5" HDD.
- Buy a PC monitor (a second hand 14" PC monitor drops right on the existing mounting bosses) before any other parts and work out where the monitor control card best fits.  Then fit everything else around these components.

Has anyone found a good solution to mounting a PC monitor and control board inside one of these cabinets??  I'd like to get some ideas on this before I start on my next project.

Don't let any of this put you off.  They are great cabinets and you wont regret the end result.



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