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CRRRAAAAAAPPPPPP!!!!
deadkenndys1105:
you - ill give you my car for that cab
wife- even if you do get it how are you going to get it home.
eccs19:
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--- Quote from: MYX on February 20, 2006, 01:06:24 pm ---she has been pretty cool about this
She is actually going to this weekends auction with me.
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You see that as "support", I see that as "running defense" :D
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I see it as having someone to help you load up that new machine! ;D
MYX:
--- Quote from: eccs19 on February 20, 2006, 01:32:52 pm ---I see it as having someone to help you load up that new machine! ;D
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yeeeeeaaaaaayyyyyyy! :D
Chris:
My first version of my cabinet was about $300; it was a conversion, and came with a lot of the expensive stuff like a fully-populated dual-fighter control panel, the bezel glass, coin door, etc. I used junk computer parts from my closet (Athlon 600, 500MB hard drive, hacked keyboard, stuff that was NEVER gonna get used again, running on DOS). Fully half the cost was buying a 19-inch PC monitor. It worked well, life was good.
Many times since then I've wished I had quit while I was ahead.
But oddly enough, some cabinets are just never done. First thing to start to go was the 2" PC trackball I had hacked in there. So I replaced it with a 2-1/4" PC trackball, but it needed new mounting holes; trying to retrofit it broke the control panel. So I rebuilt that. Then I never liked the way the joys that came with it (Ultimates) felt, so I upgraded to Happ Supers. Control response was sluggish, so I redid the keyboard hack. Then the Act-Labs guns came out... had to re-do the cabinet with Windows. But now the 600 wasn't sufficient (Can't play Area 51 or Maximum Force on it, and what point are the guns without those?), so in comes a new motherboard and CPU. But the serial trackball doesn't like the new hardware, it's wearing out anyway, and darn if Happ's Golden Tee trackballs aren't on sale. But that trackball won't fit, so now it's time for another control panel. And hey, look at that cool sideart available on eBay! Gotta have that! My desktop monitor's failing, so I buy a Wells-Gardner for the cab and take the 19" out and put it on the desk. Now transparent buttons are out... hey, look, a pair of Pole Position wheels on eBay...
I'm in about $1200 now, but I don't really feel like I have four times the functionality of that $300 cabinet. If I could go back in time three years or so... nah, I'd spend the money anyway. Who am I kidding?
--Chris
rackoon:
I'm in about $700 and hope to finish the whole thing under $2000. Yet I'm a total perfectionist; I wont finish this thing unless I know its going to be the most bad ass cab I have ever seen. But to be honest, the amount of hours I have already spent on mock cardboard cutouts, drafting, planing, thinking, and research is pprobably worth more than $700. I mean, just add up the hours. How many vacations worth of time would it be in one lump sum.
BUT THE BRAGGING RIGHTS AT MY PARTYS WILL MAKE IT ALL WORTH IT. Me and all my friends are all in our mid thirties and as kids we spent many hours and all our lunch money in arcades.