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| Teebor:
--- Quote from: eccs19 on February 07, 2006, 07:39:36 am ---This may sound like a stupid suggestion, and I have never seen anything done like this before (hence the stupid suggestion), but what about building a box that houses just the trackballs, and make it so that it is removable, but will quickly mount / connect to the front of the control panel, then when your not using it, a quick couple of latches undo, unplug wiring harness, and they are now out of your way. --- End quote --- I have the option of holding the panel down with some velcro that came my way. Before you laugh this stuff is industrial strength and when oriented correctly it can hold Major KG's (for velcro) on even a one inch strip. so the possibilty of having the panel swappable is there. I was hoping that an all in one might be achieved. Looking at your layout TOK on mine I could shift the player 1 ball left and then put the player 2 ball in a similar position on the right hand side of the panel as suggested by kelemvor. So the sticks would be furthur forward then they are now, which I wouldn't mind. But I can see the panel possibly becoming a little deeper then it is already. Which is not a problem. Although it might just fit in the space already there. Much measuring required I think. |
| PCtech:
--- Quote from: eccs19 on February 07, 2006, 07:39:36 am ---This may sound like a stupid suggestion, and I have never seen anything done like this before (hence the stupid suggestion), but what about building a box that houses just the trackballs, and make it so that it is removable, but will quickly mount / connect to the front of the control panel, then when your not using it, a quick couple of latches undo, unplug wiring harness, and they are now out of your way. --- End quote --- I don't think it stupid at all....I was wondering if I could do something similar with a steering wheel. Sounds like a great idea....if anyone has successfully done this, please post deatils. Good idea! |
| kelemvor:
--- Quote from: eccs19 on February 07, 2006, 07:39:36 am ---This may sound like a stupid suggestion, and I have never seen anything done like this before (hence the stupid suggestion), but what about building a box that houses just the trackballs, and make it so that it is removable, but will quickly mount / connect to the front of the control panel, then when your not using it, a quick couple of latches undo, unplug wiring harness, and they are now out of your way. --- End quote --- I'd definitely do this for the extra acessories like a steering wheel, gun, etc. You can wire the cables and such through a standard CAT5 keystone jack thing and just plug it in when you need to use it. Then you can set it aside when you are done. Would just have to find a way to attach it that would work well and not look bad when it wasn't attached. Could have it hang off the front of the machine with some brackets or something maybe... |
| Teebor:
A lot of cabinet designs that I have looked at (like Mortal Kombat 2) look from the side like the control panel is added after the main cabinet construction. Building it like that then would prevent it from looking out of place, as long you build the control panel square. (by square I mean 90 degree angles) |
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