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Octo:
Yeah, I picked it up at the Target Black Friday sale for $70 a couple years ago. I realized it was too big for how close the players will stand, but until I get some spare income, it stays. I think I'll get a generic 17" 4:3; this one is a 22" Westinghouse 16:9 which will just have wasted space on the sides... :dunno

At the moment, I really wish I had a table saw, the these 45^ cuts are killing me.

mayhem:
nothing wrong with wondering eyes when playing games close up and personal !!!!!!!

Octo:
Alrighty, not much progress made. I can't put buttons on until I get a paddle bit, but here's how they will look. The machine had these two little flaps spot welded on, and rather than drill them off I used them to mount my admin panel.

I'm debating whether or not to modify my current Happs joysticks with handmade clear tops (molded plexi scraps + acetone create crystal clear objects) rather than buy more. I'm pretty sure that if I put some blue dye in there it will come out ok, but may look more like a marble than thorough translucent blue...

I also need to get some molex connectors to go from the I-PAC to the controls, and mount my PC to a removable plate.

Octo:
Finally, it lives! It shouldn't have taken more than a week, but it looks pretty spiff, so I'm happy.

I had some hair pulling setbacks today . My IDE cable disintegrated in the back of the hard drive, and I'm missing the VGA cable. Of course Best Buy no longer carries these, and their 'Geek Squad' doesn't know what I'm referring to since it's outdated tech. I had to drive 20 miles to a Fry's just to get $10 worth of cables :timebomb:

Also, I'm having problems with my BIOS not having an option to start up when power is applied. I thought that was pretty standard, but I guess not. That means I have to add a new switch, and I hate that....

All in all, it looks and sounds amazing. The Philips sound system was well worth the $7 clearance price, it shakes the garage when I play Moonwalker and I could barely hear the UPS guy shouting at me.  :applaud:

Octo:
Murphy strikes again!

Somehow I think my MoBo shorted. The cab powers on for a couple seconds, then shuts off. I was hoping it was just the power supply, but I tested it on my desktop and it's fine. There's still grease on the CPU, and the heatsink is cold, so it's not overheating...

It's so frustrating! I had it working this morning, went to get a power switch, and shorted it.  :hissy:

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