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mattr:

Thanks Dave.

Curious how your cab is going? Did you use an AVGA with the 5v booster?

Cheers,
Matt

paigeoliver:


--- Quote from: mattr on April 21, 2005, 08:48:51 am ---I found a working cab with no damage. It comes with a 2 player 6 button cp and a 29" Nanao monitor. It is 5 years old. I assume the monitor is a standard size ?

Im in Oz so its not as cheap as I've seen them in the US but cheaper than I can buy a WG D9200 so that laid my DIY plans to rest.  :P

I'm told you can rotate (manually) the monitor for vertical. Is this true?


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They should be CHEAPER in Oz, it is a much shorter boat trip there than to the US. From what I here there is at least one Aussie operator who imports them by the container full just to pull the monitors out and then trashes the cabinets. Someone here picked up one or two of them from him.

Dave_K.:


--- Quote from: mattr on April 21, 2005, 09:45:43 pm ---Curious how your cab is going? Did you use an AVGA with the 5v booster?

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My astro cab project got sidetracked the last couple weeks once I bought a broken Windy 29.  The Windy is now operational so I'll get back to the Astro.  I plan to make it a dedicated Dreamcast cab (and free up my Exceleena for real PCBs).   I'm not much into mame since I have original cabs or pcbs of the games I play most often.

mattr:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 22, 2005, 05:15:51 am ---They should be CHEAPER in Oz, it is a much shorter boat trip there than to the US. From what I here there is at least one Aussie operator who imports them by the container full just to pull the monitors out and then trashes the cabinets. Someone here picked up one or two of them from him.

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Shipping from Japan and other countries to Australia is very expensive. We have lots and lots coming in but very little going back in return which inflates costs considerably.

www.highway.net.au are an importer/exporter. Astro City cabs start at $770 USD. I don't know if they include duty and tax in that cost but shipping from Sydney to other states is additional. They have a really nice blue Namco one. I believe it is the same as Mad Smurf's but that is $1200 USD.

I actually got my Astro City cab from 240 Amusements in Melbourne. So far service has been excellent but I'll hold final judgement until I receive the cab this week.  ;)

Cheers,
Matt

mattr:


--- Quote from: Dave_K. on April 22, 2005, 12:18:26 pm ---I plan to make it a dedicated Dreamcast cab (and free up my Exceleena for real PCBs).   I'm not much into mame since I have original cabs or pcbs of the games I play most often.

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My original plan was for a dedicated mame cabinet but after seeing some of the shooters available on dreamcast i may need to reconsider.  :o

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