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paigeoliver:
Ok, finishing putting together the Amazing Mame, and the motherboard was fruiting and not wanting to boot.

I am sure I just have a jumper wrong or something. But now that I have to pull it back out I am thinking that maybe I should put my good computer inside (so I can play Dragon's Lair, etc).

If I put my GOOD computer inside I would need a mouse/trackball of some kind. There is no room on the panel for a trackball, but there is PLENTY of room on the roof of the cabinet to put a navigation trackball (and it is low enough to reach).

Or would I be better off getting a touchpad and sticking that on top?
RandyT:
As long as you aren't too bent on being "authentic" you can do what I did when faced with the same dilemma.

Make a small fixed or folding shelf on whichever side of the cabinet you favor and use a CompUSA trackball or similar.  Not too offensive and even works ok for a round of Missile Command once in a while :).

RandyT
kspiff:
I don't think authenticity is going to be a big issue when the monitor is sticking out the back like that :o

Paige, put some socks on when you work, man.. you'll get your shoes all smelly :D

Oh.. forgot the question.. why not get a good-but-cheap wireless mouse?  If it's just for navigation..?
paigeoliver:
Shelf on the side would be a no-go. That cab in the picture is the last known complete Amazing Maze cabinet in the world. And I am NOT going to put any holes in the side.

I think I will just go to Compusa and see what kind of small pointing devices they have. I do have a small spot in between the player one and player 2 controls. It isn't big enough for my 3" arcade trackball, but I can probably jam something in there.

I actually couldn't put a trackball on the panel even if I had room, the panel has a wicked angle, and I doubt the ball would roll correctly.
paigeoliver:
Hee hee. That isn't me in the picture. I was the one taking the picture.

Actually I went to a lot of pains to keep the cabinet as original looking as possible. I am even reusing as much as possible of the original cardboard bezel art, and I used the original glass, and even kept the control panel at the dumb angle it is at, AND I am going to scan the original CPO and rework it for the controls on the new panel.

Yeah the monitor pokes out, but you can't see that from the front.

ANyway. I think I figured out what I am going to get.

THIS

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=303538&pfp=SEARCH

It is a USB remote control that functions as a mouse.
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