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What did you spend?
NoOne=NBA=:
First I spent ALOT.
Then I spent MORE.
Now, I'm getting ready to spend ALOT MORE.
jelwell:
I track my costs in an excel spreadsheet as well. Here's an HTML version:
http://www.singleclick.com/~jelwell/arcade/costs.html
Basically I'm at $532.25 (although i've spent a little bit more on some spare parts and a plastic monitor bezel recently).
When I started I had the whole thing up and running for 20$. I just soldered a keyboard up to the original joystick and 2 buttons on the cabinet. And threw in an old computer.
But then I wanted 4 players simultaneously, a trackball and a pinball plunger.
This is what it looked like at 20$:
http://www.singleclick.com/gallery/album220/DSC04544
And this is what it looks like now (minus the new plastic bezel) at around 550$:
http://www.singleclick.com/gallery/album324/DSC06591
And YES it turns out I could have saved quite a bit on shipping if I had ordered everything all at once. I ordered multiple items, separately, from Happs and Ultimarc on a few occasions. Also, I should have ordered ultimarc's wiring kit rather than spending money, repeatably, at radio shack and home depot.
Joseph Elwell.
P.S. I know I defaced a time pilot 84 machine. I don't care, and if anyone did they should have saved it before I donated 20$ to keep it from hitting the dump.
JODY:
I'm still spending and don't have a cab yet but there is prototypes of this and that and parts everywhere.