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Lakersfan:
Nice work! You should be proud!! This whole project has kept me captivated from some time now! And I appreciate your reviews of the items you've bought along the way.

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

ARTIFACT:
Thanks guys!! It's definitely awesome to finally play on it with all the buttons working, artwork on, in its final location with the family.

One thing: my sound just stopped working this morning for some reason... Troubleshooting now... Me being new to soldering altogether may be the source of my problem ;)
I may redo the amp unit again if I can't get this one to work again... It was fine last night until I turned it all off :(

... Also figuring out if the gun is compatible with my setup... on email with the act labs guys about an offset problem.

psychotech:
Yes!

Love the funky profile! A really unique and good looking cab :cheers:

And, yes, good work on the wiring too ;)

Sorry to hear, NO pun intended, about your audio problems.

Good luck finishing that great cab!

psychotech

ARTIFACT:
OK the lightgun is driving me crazy
It DOES calibrate "ok" (with only 10 pixels offset .. acceptable) BUT ONLY 2 INCHES FROM THE SCREEN
... it does not calibrate at any other distance (!)

SO

I am going to keep testing for a few more days (without plexiglass, etc) and I may give up and send it back (they have a good return policy).
If I do that, I will go and order the LCD TOPGUN (the "other" choice)... I may wait for one to show up on Ebay for sale in the US... I do NOT feel like ordering one from Hong Kong.
I really liked the design of the actlabs, and the elegance of its installation (no LED bars) :(

THE SOUND IS WORKING AGAIN :)
It was not my wiring skills, it was the fact that first the WAVE LEVEL was all the way down (!) and then it was that I mistakenly chose to use the wrong sound-card somehow.

That's the latest :)

My son and I are playing "Bang Bang Ball" right now... That's an excellent game for kids (not easy though!), FYI

ARTIFACT:
Update regarding the ACT LABS lightgun:

the act labs guys suggested that the lighting in the room (6 very bright recessed flood bulbs!) were the source of my problem. I tried in the dark and WOW IT WORKS!!!

I had a great time at House of the Dead (Model2 emu)

In MAME, BIG problem... it seems that it aims OK but the gun's button is NOT working.... The screen flashes, but it does not trigger the Button 1 in MAME ... Any idea?

There is still an offset, in 1 direction (vertically), but it is playable. I think I may fix this by playing with my monitor stretching pots... They also mentioned that having too high contrast on the monitor can do that. I will play with that too

We had friends over tonight, and the cab was a HUGE SUCCESS! :)

Again THANK YOU ALL for the amazing support, ideas, thoughts, searchable posts on BYOAC, and everything else throughout this project. You made it possible.

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