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Title: 27" Cocktail
Post by: solfood on January 15, 2005, 03:23:09 pm

a while back in the What's new news on the main page ther was a really great looking cocktail with a 27" screen in it.  It was awesome and I think it was woodgrained....can anyone rememeber what month it was in...I can't find it. 

thanks,
Blake

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: dweebs0r on January 15, 2005, 06:21:35 pm

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=21818

I believe this is what you are searching for.
(it's even cooler cuz it's powered by Gentoo Linux)

--Dweebs

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: solfood on January 15, 2005, 09:10:31 pm

THAT'S IT!!!

I like to think my 19" cocktail is cool because I'm running a pretty stripped down version of Slackware in it.   

Thanks again for finding it.   

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: IG-88 on January 15, 2005, 10:44:28 pm

Quote from: solfood on January 15, 2005, 09:10:31 pm

THAT'S IT!!!

I like to think my 19" cocktail is cool because I'm running a pretty stripped down version of Slackware in it.

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: solfood on January 16, 2005, 02:02:54 pm

give me another week to organize the mess of wires and put the glass on top and I'll post some more pictures.   I'd get joked on if anyone saw the inside of this thing right now....a tangled mess...but darn it, I wanted to play some games.

two side control panels get finished today after some football and I'm going to pick up the glass on Wednesday..  Minor paint touch ups and art later this week and I should be done with the software tomorrow night.  I actually needed the whammocade website to figure out how he configured AdvanceMame.

not a great pic....the cabinet is navy blue and blue leds behind those black panels give it some blue light.  Car speakers behind those same panels make it sound GREAT.

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: IG-88 on January 16, 2005, 03:13:54 pm

Looks sweet! Add some more background lighting when you snap your next pics, that way we can see more details!

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on January 16, 2005, 03:19:22 pm

The guts don't matter.
If you ever saw the inside of MY cab, YOU'D probably laugh.
I've got wires going EVERYWHERE in there.
Fortunately, most of my wiring is done with Cat-5 cables, so it's all mostly bundled.

Your cab looks great.
The one thing I noticed about it though is that the monitor bezel seems to stick up above the table top.
Are you planning to add cocktail glass over the top?
If so, you may need to rout the monitor bezel into the top, to get the glass to sit flush.

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: solfood on January 16, 2005, 08:29:32 pm

the bezel is sitting on some black foam rubber insulation that help keep out the light from  the blue leds fans on either side.  When the lights in the loft were off it was bleeding through the sides of the bezel and was annoying me.  once the glass is sitting on top it will be flush with the top.

here's another picture of the outside....it's amazing how much better you can see the color with some lights and the flash on.

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: IG-88 on January 16, 2005, 08:38:19 pm

I love it. Right out in the middle of the room too. Awesome!

Title: Re: 27" Cocktail
Post by: solfood on January 16, 2005, 09:13:55 pm

yeah well...that blue ethernet cable you see in the picture would quite reach all the way to yonder wall.  once newegg delivers the wireless adapter the thing will sit under that Pollock Phish print on the wall.  My wife had to coordinate the colors to mach the print.   she's crazy like that.