Parts are rounded up, now time to build.

[solorbob]

I’ve been toying with the idea to build a cab since mame .106.  I purchased an ipac, joysticks , and buttons around the same time.    I made a 2 player prototype CP just to give it a shot, and I’ve been using it ever since.  I have 3 older pc in the basement just waiting to get mamed or converted to some type of emulator cab.  My thoughts were one for Mame, one for Atari 2600, and the other for NES or SNES.   

Tonight I gave up on the 3 old PC’s, and I Mame’d up my old laptop.  It is a 1.2Ghz with 512 meg of ram, and a 30 gig HD.  It’s missing about 4 keys, and half of the remaining keys don’t really work that good due to a can of soda dumped on it compliments of my 2 year old. 

I’m planning on either a 1 player bar top or a 1 player mini upright for the cab.  Either one will have an additional CP I can add to make it a 2 player.  I got this idea from the taxi cab bar top and a few others.

I’ll keep everyone posted.

Shawn

[Namco]

I have an old 500mhz laptop that I'm thinking about using for a project. I'll be keeping my eyes on your project to see what you come up with for ideas. I've been thinking jukebox, but tabletop mame sounds good too. Good Luck!