Hi All,
I've been reading this excellent forum for a while now and I've bucked up the courage to show my humble ideas
After several rubbish ideas and hours of fun in sketch up I've decided to build a bartop as my first cab. I've collected all of the items i need to run Mame and other emulators and here is a list of what I've got:
19" Diamondcrysta RDTI95S Glossy LCD Screen - £70
ABIT NF7 Series motherboard + GF4 TI4200 128MB graphics card + AMD Sempron (2400+) - £65
40GB SATA Hard Drive - £20
80GB IDE drive - £FREE
Mini-PAC Kit from Gremlin Solutions - £31
Approx 16 buttons ~ £20
2 Mag Stik Plus Joysticks from EBay - £20 for both!
Set of Logitech speakers - £20
Smart Power Extender - £10
Total so far of £256 (didn't realise I'd spent so much!)
While I've been collecting all of the PC parts and controls, I've have been refining the design of my cab.
Below is where i am at the moment. I'm going to start building pretty soon as the weather is so nice over here in merry old England, but I'm going to wait for a while to see if anybody can see if I've done anything wrong, adjustments etc.
I also need some ideas for a proper name for it and art work, so if anybody has any suggestion that would be great!
PS I almost forgot the control panel is 22" across and seems OK for 2 players in the mock up i have created.