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| DaOld Man:
--- Quote from: mike_bike_kite on September 13, 2007, 05:29:01 am --- * Where can you buy 250mm case fans? Mike --- End quote --- Hi Mike, and good luck with your new project. It sounds cool, cant wait to see some pics. As for the fan, you might try nexfan.com. Not sure if they have 250 mm fans though. I do know they have 120 MM ones. Suggestion: you might want to get a dust filter for your fan. |
| dweezinator:
--- Quote from: mike_bike_kite on September 11, 2007, 04:01:11 pm --- If I put all the game folders in a USB stick then I could just grab the stick - shove on a few more games and plug it back in. Only problem would be if the folders are writen to a lot then the stick would break down after a while. --- End quote --- Have you looked at an IDE to CF adapter? http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=70167.0 That one mounts inside the case, but I've seen some that mount in back planes of the case or in the 3.5" floppy bay. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32070 I haven't used one myself but have seriously thought about it. In theory you could remove card from MAME pc and tweak the configuration or add games on a seperate pc. To do that you'd probably have to stick with FAT instead of NTFS though. |
| Pops:
Yeah, my bad regards the plexy and lexan confusion. Good to hear that the viewing angle on LCD is improved from when I last looked at them. I actually forgot about the horizontal viewing angle anyway, for some reason I pictured a vert orientated setup with my minds eye. Learning new stuff everyday. |
| mike_bike_kite:
--- Quote ---As for the fan, you might try nexfan.com. Not sure if they have 250 mm fans though --- End quote --- Sadly they didn't. --- Quote ---Suggestion: you might want to get a dust filter for your fan. --- End quote --- I kind of like the idea of being able to see the circuit boards through the fan - I was intending on lighting those parts specialy. The dust filter would definitely keep the dust out but I'm going purely for eye candy here. --- Quote ---Have you looked at an IDE to CF adapter? --- End quote --- What an interesting idea! I think it would be overkill for this project but it's got me thinking for other projects :) --- Quote ---I actually forgot about the horizontal viewing angle anyway --- End quote --- I will tilt the screen a bit but the horizontal(ish) plane does make the view angle worse that for vertical displays. Is there a Mala forum anywhere - I looked on google but didn't end up at any forums as such. I can't get the snaps to appear in the game list and need to use the mouse to get the mala jukebox to come up - can't get the arcade jukebox to appear at all unless I start it separately. Mike |
| mike_bike_kite:
I can now answer two of my questions! --- Quote ---How do I get Mala to show the images (snaps) for a game and show them as an array I can navigate around (left/right & up/down)? --- End quote --- You just need to download a layout - I assumed it was an option somewhere but it requires a download. I used something called blue and was impressed. --- Quote ---If I replace the windows shell with Mala is there an easy way of getting back to the shell in future ie could it be picked as a game? --- End quote --- Not really - I tried it as an experiment and found (of course) that your either running Mala or nothing (blank screen) and so it's difficult to go back. Hmmmm - I think I'll do this right at the very end. Still no idea on these two questions though : * How do I get Mala to recognise the Arcade Jukebox software? * Then how do you navigate easily between Mala and the new jukebox? Mike |
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