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Title: ArcadeMania Machine- Horizontal/Vertical Monitor Setup (Dual Monitor)
Post by: Thenasty on October 31, 2004, 08:27:55 pm

Finally got some pics. Been like this for years, never had a chance to finish it cause its been USED/PLAYED to much.


Here is a Full Shot of the Cabinet.

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine.
Post by: Apollo on October 31, 2004, 08:43:55 pm

Cool idea. I don't recall ever seeing that done --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type--. Has given me some ideas. Cheers.

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine Dual Monitor Setup.
Post by: RayB on October 31, 2004, 09:56:35 pm

Sooo... there's a monitor laying flat at the panel level??

Very interesting! Did you custom build this or is it a converted Baby Pac-Man?

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine Dual Monitor Setup.
Post by: Santoro on October 31, 2004, 10:03:39 pm

Hey, that's sharp.

When we met, I knew the cat had your tounge about something.  You wanted to talk about your cab but kept stopping yourself.

That is just an incredible Idea.  How do you toggle between screens?  Are both always on?  c'mon man, details!

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine Dual Monitor Setup.
Post by: Gunstar Hero on November 01, 2004, 02:57:25 am

That thing is smooth!

Leave it to thenasty to come up with something wild like that. I bet the whole cab is just modded as hell!

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine Dual Monitor Setup.
Post by: MameMaster! on November 01, 2004, 03:35:35 pm

...I'm pretty sure your cab is totally unique. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that. I had to look at your pics for a while before I realized what you set up....very neat!

Does the monitor that's not being used show anything ? (like a screensaver?)...or is it just off?.....I think you can have one PC serve 2 monitors (with some sort of a splitter/switcher).....that may be a fun way to keep the "unused" monitor maybe just showing a screensaver or something....on second thought that may be distracting.

I'm looking forward to meeting you on the 20th!.....

MameMaster!

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine Dual Monitor Setup.
Post by: johnnysmitch on November 03, 2004, 02:07:41 pm

Wow, excellent idea and execution! I'm impressed!

Don't know how feasible it is, but it WOULD be pretty sweet if you could rig it so that the unused monitor showed something like a poster for the game being played on the active screen... Also could be cool for the lightboard for Visual PinMAME...

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine Dual Monitor Setup.
Post by: Will on November 03, 2004, 02:26:44 pm

Thats a really cool looking set up and I really like how you used those comic posters for art.Did you put anything over the poster to protect it?

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine Dual Monitor Setup.
Post by: Gunstar Hero on November 04, 2004, 03:11:27 am

Hey!!

Where did you get the checkerboard pattern for the front?

That'd sure be handy for my racing themed PolePos MAME cab!

Title: Re:My ArcadeMania Machine Dual Monitor Setup.
Post by: Thenasty on November 04, 2004, 05:12:10 pm

Quote from: Gunstar Hero on November 04, 2004, 03:11:27 am

Hey!!

Where did you get the checkerboard pattern for the front?

That'd sure be handy for my racing themed PolePos MAME cab!

I got it in a DOLLAR store. Its one of those Vinyl things. I don't see it anymore in the dollar store.

Title: Re: ArcadeMania Machine- Horizontal/Vertical Monitor Setup. Finall a small WWW page.
Post by: Thenasty on May 03, 2005, 10:49:11 am

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Title: Re: ArcadeMania Machine- Horizontal/Vertical Monitor Setup. A NEW WWW page.
Post by: Veinman on May 03, 2005, 12:50:22 pm

Pretty cool, I like the comic book theme.

Title: Re: ArcadeMania Machine- Horizontal/Vertical Monitor Setup. A NEW WWW page.
Post by: Thenasty on December 16, 2008, 08:44:20 am

Just an Update to add a sample of the FE in Action.

Click on it to see the FE in action.

Title: Re: ArcadeMania Machine- Horizontal/Vertical Monitor Setup (Dual Monitor)
Post by: Thenasty on October 20, 2014, 04:47:24 pm

A video Clip Update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5DlVvchzew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5DlVvchzew)