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A Mame machine in an antique buffet - USB probs solved (I think!)
drventure:
Ok, one more quick post. I've been playing around with this whole idea of using an old MP3 player to play some kind of audio track WHILE the cabinet boots up. Totally frivolous, I realize, but then, isn't it all :)
Anyway, here's the MP3 version of the boot track as it is right now. Remember, the whole thing turns on using a great big chunking knife switch, hence the sounds at the start.
It trails on a little long (about 60 seconds right now) but that’s so that I can fine tune the final length to match exactly how long it takes to get into the actual front end from a cold boot. The time actually will be around 45 secs or so.
At that point, mala would take over and theoretically play the startup video.
In reality, I'll probably need to adjust this boottrack to mesh into whatever the start up vid ends up being.
drventure:
@Epyx
Yeah, my wife actually had the same comment "It's +supposed+ to look old and beat up right?" , but this is not quite the look I was going for.
I don't think I'll have to rebuild anything. Worst case, I have to use thinner on the formica and it takes up all the stamping, and I have to redo ALL of it (that's pretty likely anyway, but I'm hoping maybe not).
Here's something new. (I posted parts of this in the main forum as well, for everyone else's benefit. Hope that's ok)
Has anyone played with the Mimo 720S Touchscreen
http://www.mimomonitors.com/products/mimo-720-S
It's USB powered (right, a single USB cable over to it), small 7" or so, and is a touchscreen. Works like a regular monitor
Here's a shot from Scott Hanselman's blog about it, extends the desktop just like a regular monitor
The non touchscreen version is 130$, the touchscreen is 220$ so it's not a steal, but that's pretty slick for an all in one solution
This would be completely PERFECT for the victorian framed touchscreen I was planning on putting on top of the buffet when it's all closed down (to allow control of the jukebox when everything's all closed up)
Not sure when I'll get around to picking one up but if anyone does, please let me know your impressions.
Benevolance:
Ah, hells yeah.
I'm currently turning an old 1930s standing radio (it was gutted when I bought it - I didn't kill it, honest!) into a hidden media centre/mame machine. I've been stymied by what to do with the monitor. Right now I'm running an HDMI cable to our projector, but that's not wholly convenient. Having the monitor in a picture frame on top would be a good option. $220 is a little steep for a touch screen, but I can probably make do with a non-touch option.
drventure:
Cool. Sounds like a great project. Have you got a thread with any pics yet? I'd love to check it out.
Benevolance:
Actually, it didn't occur to me to start one, since it wasn't directly Mame related. But maybe I should? :P
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