Personal Thread Necro...
So, after several years sitting dormant in my basement I've actually hauled my cabinet into the office at work to keep us busy on breaks and during long hours of being here to be available. The tagline for "The Reactivator" is "bringing arcade classics back to life" and now it looks like it's time to breath some new life into "The Reactivator".
The first thing I realized is that the standard width CP just isn't going to cut it if I want to add a trackball and spinner (I know, too many controls, I also don't care) so I'm going to use the 4 player CP box that came with the cabinet when I picked it up 8 years ago.
Here's my progress so far...
Since I said some time ago when someone was looking for a 4 player Dynamo HS5 CP box that I'd measure mine I decided to make a 3d model of it in the computer. I still don't have a dimensioned drawing but if anyone wants the 3d model let me know, I still plan to make the drawing from which a metal shop could easily duplicate the box but I just haven't yet.
Next I figured out what I think I want my CP layout to be. I've chosen the 7 button layout based on having a 4 button row available, the Mortal Kombat 5 buton setup nearly replicated and a standard 6 button as well.
I think the 4 player panel has provided plenty of room to allow the controls to not be too tight.
Anyway that's my update for now.