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Title: Mini desktop cab?
Post by: Richard Harvey on May 22, 2002, 10:10:09 am

Just curious if anyone knows of any successful cabs that are basically mini-cabs meant to sit on a desktop. I'm wanting to build one that uses a small (14") monitor in vertical orientation, with a single 4-way stick and 5 buttons (coin, 1 player, 2 player, fire, shield). I'm trying to find designs for the smallest form factor that would reasonably fit on a typical desk.

Rich

Title: Re: Mini desktop cab?
Post by: BobA on May 22, 2002, 10:32:20 am

I built one with a 17 inch monitor for desk/bartop use.  It could have been a smaller form factor but I wanted the traditional marquee as well.  I think one of the smallest I have seen was a mini pac.  It is in the examples area again after disappearing for a while. It was an actual arcade board not a mame cab.

My cabinet site is

http://www.members.shaw.ca/akaye/

Rough plans are on the site.

Good Luck

Bob

Title: Re: Mini desktop cab?
Post by: Skeleton on May 23, 2002, 05:53:58 am

Nice cab BobA!

I'm currently working on a desktop cabinet with a 14" vertical monitor. I looked at a lot of countertop cabs and the design I liked best is PacFan's Minipac http://pacfan69.tripod.com/cabinets/id6.html. His uses a 9" monitor, so for a 14" monitor the dimensions have to be scaled up a bit. The footprint ends up being about 18" wide by 27" deep. I will post some pics and plans on my site once it is done. Since I have an abundance of 14" monitors, I am also building a horizontal monitor countertop cab.

BTW, Oscar also has a nice one at http://www.skum.org/bartop/

Title: Re: Mini desktop cab?
Post by: Skeleton on May 23, 2002, 10:11:37 am

Here's another cool Bartop Cab to look at:

http://members.rogers.com/sschwartz2000/forsale.html

Title: Very Small Motherboard Link
Post by: Johnny_the_MAMEr on May 24, 2002, 09:15:41 am

I don't know if this will help you or not but this this shows a motherboard that measures 7"x7.5" with S-video out.

http://www.spacewalker.com/english/mainboard_detail_info.asp?number=162

Title: Re: Mini desktop cab?
Post by: neuromancer on May 24, 2002, 09:28:21 am

Most of the designs I've seen are pretty bulky. I'm designing my own to use a 15" monitor. I'm thinking of making the monitor in a square housing so it can be switched from vert. to horiz. I would also like the make the panel fold up, to make it easier to move, as I envision using it on the coffee table in the living room, but there's no way my wife will let it be there when I'm not playing.

I think my controls will be 1 stick, with 2 buttons and a spinner, but that rules out playing defender and robotron.

Bob
South Carolina