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The Arcade
GeeF:
Hi!
It started like this:
Well..not really, it started in the past........back in the 80's I had the luck to play with some arcade machines.
I remember playing Scramble , Kangoroo and Dig dug.I also played with a pinball machine but I don't remember which one. Then come the 8 bit home computer revolution. I used some Z80 CPU based machines like the HT1080Z. (which was a Video Genie - Tandy TRS-80 clone), and also the hungarian design Primo.
I was amazed by the first video game I played on a home PC - Galaxy Ivasion.It is like Galaxian....but the programmer used ascii graphic only. Later I owned a Commodore 16 and a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K model too.I loved my Spectrum :) Of course I played sometimes with a C64 too, but that was way expensive to buy back then. I found this forum, and saw all the nice machines you built.I had to have one !!! The problem was, that I live in a flat and have no woodworking skill.Luckily I have a friend who has some knowledge about wood. My cab based on Rasmus Kønig Sørensen's Project mame, with some modifications.First a professional carpenter cut the pieces and made the side panels with silver T-molding....
(sorry for my english , I'm hungarian :lol ) to be continued....
GeeF:
Next phase....
Bottom and back panel is in it's place
I had an older Acer 17" TFT monitor, which I use in this cab:
The computer is based on Intel's D945GCLF2 dual-core atom motherboard, with 2 Gb RAM, 160Gb hard disk.
I bought a cheap mini itx house for the board with power supply, but this was a very bad choice. The power supplies vent was very loud - like a vacuum cleaner :banghead:
syph007:
Looking good! What's that big thing to the left with all the lights? Is that part of the arcade?
GeeF:
Thanx ! Uh....no , that's part of my photography equipment. A home made ringlight !
syph007:
Ah ok, that makes more sense. I was trying to visualize where that fit in.. lol
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