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Galaga Bartop 19" LCD Rotating Display *UPDATED 11/26/12*

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CoryBee:
I feel like you could probably have soldered a single wire to where the ribbon cable goes to the laptop and then one to any ground point. But I see no up close pictures posted.

Looks like what you did will work if everything is nice and secure, careful you don't rip the ribbon cable or you will be very sad. I have done exactly this when building one of my first bartops (it was a more important cable than Power Switch though).

Interesting to see you incorporate the screen rotation with a bezel in place, good work  :applaud:

Ritalin:
You may very well be right that I could have cut the ribbon cable and spliced into the power cable wires, but I cut a different section with a non-essential button and the wires are so hard to wrok with, I would definitely mess something up. (Wiring is my weak point) so I just went with the low-tech solution.

Works like a charm!

Ritalin:
The guts:
I mounted the stripped down laptop and the rest of the guts into the interior, and I can't believe it...it all fit!





The good thing about having a strange bartop where the side doors open is that accessing the interior is actually really easy with both doors open.
My little ghetto power button attachment contraption is works great inside even when mounted in...whew!  ;D

It's strange seeing all these components now take up such small amount of space. I've had this case, laptop, monitor and a big box of items lying around my place for YEARS. It's coming along...

Ritalin:
It's starting to take shape.



Here is the control panel (before wiring) of the layout.
Complete with 4/8-way joystick, 6-buttons, spinner, and light-up 3" trackball.

I tried Tempest and Arkanoid at home with the spinner for the first time ever...WOW. It rocks!

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