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Post pics of your computers inside a MAME cab
severdhed:
it just seems like taking the easy way out if you just stick a pc in there in it's case. you go to all of the trouble to build/convert a cabinet, make a custom control panel...to just set a PC in there seems lazy. even if you don't do an amazing job of making everything look need and organized, if you mount the pc components to the inside of the cabinet, it just looks more authentic somehow.
Malenko:
this is my old cab, no pix of the new one yet.
Ginsu Victim:
The Rise and Fall of ECW in the cab, eh? I love that DVD.
Beretta:
--- Quote from: Hogie1418 on August 15, 2009, 08:25:34 am ---Is there an advantage to de-casing the computer?
--- End quote ---
both advantages and disadvantages with using a case.
case pro's:
1. components are physically protected & secure.
2. less work to mount (although if you move the cab you need to take the case out or secure it somehow)
cons:
1. in general you'll see lower temperatures without the case.
2. case add's weight to the cab.. this is only a concern if you move the cab with in.
3. unless you have a case already it will increase the cost of the project.
4. increased diminsions.. in some situations as was pointed out a case sipmly wont fit.
in my opinion there is little reason to keep a full case in the cabinet.. and like was said i think looks a bit more "sloppy"
Jack Burton:
Not gonna post a picture of mine out of embarassment and because I don't have a picture.
But mine was just a skeleton PC case that just sat in there. Not tied down or secured in any way. The cab was heavy enough that no amount of wrenching on the controls could shake it.
My wiring was equally shoddy. Just I just left the back of the case off and had a power cable coming out for both the PC and monitor. The monitor power switch was always left on so you could turn it off by unplugging it. I plugged it into a power strip and used the power button on that for it.
The PC I had to reach inside the coin door, which I left unlocked and with no coin mechs, and turn it on by pushing the button on the front of the case.
The ipac connected directly to the PC via PS/2, and I used a wireless usb keyboard and mouse for other functions.
A PC speaker served as an amp and fed audio to the cab speakers. I snipped the wires to the speaker itself cause I didn't like the way it sounded mixed with the cab speakers.
My cab was pretty ghetto. :lol It's torn apart now while I play with my new presentation monitor.
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