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My first conversion and real build
mr.Curmudgeon:
That side art looks AMAZING! Great job on the cab so far! :cheers:
TeamTEOR:
Blueznl: Yup, I am serious, and I have no idea how it happened. It was suggested by a few others that the card might have slipped out partially, or that the motherboard gave out, and took the card with it. Another suggestion was that the monitor in switching modes to figure out what to run at may have spiked the card somehow. All I know is it is dead, and I lost a 2giz board and proc in the process. These things do happen, it happened to me this time, and that is fine. It is not anyone's fault. The products are all good products, so it could have just been age of the motherboard. Caps go out on monitors with age, they will as well on a motherboard, and it is possible that there was a cold solder joint on the VGA card. None the less, the ArcadeVGA card has a very nice fit & finish, it is made by ATI, and it is a quality product.
Mr.Curmudgeon: Thanks, it is not perfect, but it is close & I am happy with it. The jukebox machine I make next will be from scratch, and I'll make sure that as I get things for it that it is a little more better planned since I am a bit more experienced now.
TeamTEOR:
Well gang, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I didn't get a chance to order up the control panel overlay or the screen border just yet. The Holiday Season here at home was way crazy, and I am glad it is over.
I have the machine close to done, I finished off the control panel for now, but I will need to take it apart to install the overlay onto it. Today is the first day I actually turned it on and played using the actual arcade controls. I am very happy with the feel of it.
Over in the monitor threads I am getting some help with the video setup, but if you just was there to play, you would not care. Most Arcade machines in NY where I grew up all had their video a little off anyway.
The next modifications I need to make next is to install an On/Off switch and volume control on the top of the Arcade, and also to find one of those special smart power strips that turn everything off once the computer shuts down. Maybe one of you can point me in the right direction for the power strip?
Also, I'd like to get some opinions on what I should do to the control panel. What overlay should I use for the fighter style control panel. I am kinda stuck with the odd size of the control panel in getting something like the Half red half blue setup over at MameMarquees.com. I was thinking of one of the standard fighter panels that they sell, but was afraid it would kinda wash out the look of the panel. If you all look at the picture on my November 13th post you will see the way it is setup, I made no changes to that setup. It is working out really well.
TeamTEOR:
Ok, two current pics.
I need to get some new black paper to make a screen border that covers more area, I can clearly see behind the screen right now. The first pictures shows things better on the rotation problem I am having.
DaOld Man:
Great job!!!
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I love that side art!!!!!!!