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psychotech:
Oh, well... Yet another Psychotech creation on its way.

This time it'll be a portable wall mount / bartop pinball.. Actually, it'll be a portable wall mount / bartop jukebox.. No, wait! It'll be a portable wall mount / bartop MAME machine ..

All right, I'm going to build a portable wallmount/bartop pinball/jukebox/mame minimonster... :)

Machine & stuff at the moment:

17" Philips TFT monitor @ 1280x1024
Pentium 3 866MHz with 384Mb memory
40Gb (maybe 55Gb) HD
Ati Radeon 9100 graphics with d-sub/dvi/s-vid out
4-port USB hub
Wireless FM transmitter.. :)
At least 25 buttons ...
One thumbstick controller

After playing pinball on the Bombjack bartop a friend happened to mention how cool it would be to have a portable pinball machine you could take with you wherever... Well, a portable pinball, cool? Add MAME, might be awesome? Something's missing .. add the jukebox and ?

The machine is "under construction", actually still on the drawing board :) Anyway, some quick drawings of the profile & the CP. You'll get the idea.

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Machine profile when used as a pinball / MAME bartop




Control panel view when used as a pinball / MAME bartop



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Profile when used as a jukebox



Control panel view when used as a jukebox



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So, add a handle and you're ready to go?

Comments, ideas, etc. at this point?


psychotech

javeryh:
Woah this is going to be really cool.  I'll be following this for sure.

ChadTower:

Definite potential.

BobA:
Really unique idea flipping the screen for function.   You could get rid of the selection buttons by using a touchscreen for the jukebox action.  But maybe buttons are part of the juke feel of your project.  Just guessing :applaud:

theCoder:
Another bartop?  I'm looking forward to see what you come up with the day you build a full sized cab.

This is a great profile/idea.  Making it rotatable poses a couple of problems;  Text & artwork orientation and the operations of the thumbstick.

The text you could make orientation agnostic by making it vertical.

The thumbstick could be done with a mercury switch wired into a couple of relays.  When in one position, up is up & down is down.  In another position, up is down & down is up.

Any ideas for artwork and/or colors?

Good luck with this one.

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