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Hurray Banana:

--- Quote from: Kaytrim on January 27, 2007, 04:09:58 pm ---If you want to see what some crazy people put these little boards into head over to http://www.mini-itx.com/.  In the right panel on the site is a list of projects.  My favorites are the BubaComp and the Humidor series.  For you Futurama fans there is a Bender and Leela PC.  Guys have put these little boards in anything from a gas can to a toaster and from a C64 to a Dreamcast as well as everything and anything in between.



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I love the BBC Model B one, just awesome. I loved the Beeb keyboard.
Kremmit:

--- Quote from: RandyT on January 27, 2007, 10:41:11 am ---
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on January 27, 2007, 08:55:59 am ---
how big is the power supply though?

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That's always a problem with small boards.  Sure, you can shrink the PC board down, but what about every other thing that connects to it?

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Guess you guys haven't seen this:

http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/it.A/id.417/.f?sc=8&category=13

This:

http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/44/products_id/399

or this:

http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/27/products_id/673

 :P
ArcadEd:

--- Quote from: fixedpigs on January 26, 2007, 04:46:32 pm ---yeah...that'd be perfect for an arcade in a box control panel...-=)

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I've used older Via boards for testing, and unfortunatly the processors they use are not that great at doing a lot of processing power oriented stuff, like emulation. 

I have an older 500mhz version of one of their earlier boards and I can't even get it to run Snes Emulation smooth.  It runs my cnc router now, does fine for that :).

Maybe their new C7 processor is better, I'm not sure.   I just wanted to send out a warning to anyone thinking of picking this up for MAME.  It might not work out so well. 
vrf:

--- Quote from: ArcadEd on January 28, 2007, 01:31:59 am ---I've used older Via boards for testing, and unfortunatly the processors they use are not that great at doing a lot of processing power oriented stuff, like emulation. 

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yeah, you'd have to use an earlier version of MAME and only run classics on this little guy. For the best performance in a compact size, you have to go with mini-itx. They have Pentium M and Core Duo boards in that size.

Still, very interesting...

Assuming the power were there, what would you guys use for a display and controls on a cab that could be 6-8 inches tall?
Jess--:
on a cab that small you could use one of the old PSone screens (the via voard has svid out which with a little work will feed straight into the composite in)
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