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Title: Portable all-in-one
Post by: dithrin on June 28, 2011, 12:10:35 pm

I am just getting started and am looking for portable design ideas.  I want to make a control panel that houses the CPU as well,  then I would just need to run power and audio/video to any tv/monitor.

I found:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=43529.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=43529.0)  and http://overt.org/2009/02/22/the-great-wave-mame-box/ (http://overt.org/2009/02/22/the-great-wave-mame-box/)
as examples, but are there other guides/ideas/postings for a similar project out there. 

There are a ton of great ideas for full cabinets and cocktail tables, which are great for CP layouts, but I have only found these 2 projects that relate to what I am looking to do.  I guess I am looking more for the internal aspects of what needs to be done to accomplish this.


Any help would be great.

Title: Re: Portable all-in-one
Post by: Donkbaca on June 28, 2011, 12:27:35 pm

Get a mini ITX board, zotac makes good ones. 

Others have put them in old gaming consoles,  BurgerKingDiamond put on in an old NES, and Vigo put one in a SNES.  You could do that, and then put a xbox 360 transmitter in it like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Wireless-Gaming-Receiver-Microsoft-XBOX-360-PC-NEW-/190470662578?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item2c58efa9b2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Wireless-Gaming-Receiver-Microsoft-XBOX-360-PC-NEW-/190470662578?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item2c58efa9b2)

and then get 2 wireless sticks like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hori-Tekken-6-Wireless-8-Button-Fighting-Stick-Xbox-360-/110707821388?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item19c6b34b4c#ht_817wt_1112 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Hori-Tekken-6-Wireless-8-Button-Fighting-Stick-Xbox-360-/110707821388?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item19c6b34b4c#ht_817wt_1112)

and it would be pretty cool as well.

Title: Re: Portable all-in-one
Post by: BobA on June 28, 2011, 12:49:48 pm

An arcade in a box used to be a commercial product,

Arcade In A Box Dimensions

The control panel itself is 30" x 17" (16" on the ends)
The box is 30" x 15 3/4", 8" high in the back, 7" high in the front.

Smaller ones for jamma boards were also made.

Title: Re: Portable all-in-one
Post by: BobA on June 28, 2011, 07:34:14 pm

Here are some more pics I found of an all in one box.