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Title: Sneek peek
Post by: eightbit on January 12, 2003, 01:34:15 am
Heres a sneek peek of my newest cab. Outside, control panel, monitor, marquee, sidewinder hack interface all done. It still needs a coin lock, speakers and a PC.

(http://mame.hower.us/misc/IMG_8671.JPG)

I'm doing a PC upgrade to my main cab and I'm moving that PC into this cab. The new PC is almost done, I just need to go get a hard drive tommorrow and load it up.

I used a t-stick on a 3/8 panel with 1/8 plexi. I like how it feels in my test playing in 4 way mode. I can reach in through the coin door to switch it to 8 way. I used a sidewinder hack for the interface. I fried the first PCB trying to solder it so I had my brother do the soldering on the secound one. It ain't pretty but all the buttons are working and I have all the inputs I wanted plus an extra.
Title: Re:Sneek peek
Post by: rampy on January 13, 2003, 09:21:39 am
looks pretty cool eightbit...

sorry you had trouble with the SW hack.

question: PC monitor, TV, or orig. arc monitor?

Looks good.. very sharp and clean looking!

rampy
Title: Re:Sneek peek
Post by: eightbit on January 13, 2003, 11:31:37 am
Hey this one isn't flashy, it doesn't have a rotating control panel or a LCD instruction panel or even super cool artwork but it works. It is finished! (Well as finished as a cabinet ever gets.) The web page is updated and I submitted it to the examples page.

Go here to check it out- mame.hower.us/rallyx (http://mame.hower.us/rallyx)

Rampy-
The Sidewinder hack was my fault, I've never soldered before and I used a 20" PC monitor.
Title: Re:Sneek peek
Post by: rampy on January 13, 2003, 03:35:02 pm
Quote from: eightbit on January 13, 2003, 11:31:37 am
Hey this one isn't flashy, it doesn't have a rotating control panel or a LCD instruction panel or even super cool artwork but it works. It is finished! (Well as finished as a cabinet ever gets.) The web page is updated and I submitted it to the examples page.

Go here to check it out- mame.hower.us/rallyx (http://mame.hower.us/rallyx)

Rampy-
The Sidewinder hack was my fault, I've never soldered before and I used a 20" PC monitor.

The solder flows to the flux.  It binds the wires, holds them together.

=P

rampy

PS what's that http://mame.hower.us/rallyx/IMG_8687.JPG (http://mame.hower.us/rallyx/IMG_8687.JPG)  brown quasi-retro looking kiosk thingie?  A megatouch prototype?

never mind  I know see it is a jukebox... cool.. where'd you get the front plastic for that... ?  is that an ATM or something =P
Title: Re:Sneek peek
Post by: eightbit on January 13, 2003, 04:49:44 pm
Quote from: rampy on January 13, 2003, 03:35:02 pm
never mind  I know see it is a jukebox... cool.. where'd you get the front plastic for that... ?  is that an ATM or something =P
I haven't fleshed out the other sections of the site yet. I'll do a complete write up on the Willow cab and the jukebox eventually.

The jukebox started life as this-
(http://hower.us/misc/IMG_7296.jpg)
It was a touch screen gift registry from where I work.
Title: Re:Sneek peek
Post by: SirPoonga on January 14, 2003, 06:27:17 pm
sweet pacman cab.
Title: Re:Sneek peek
Post by: eightbit on January 14, 2003, 07:24:11 pm
Quote from: SirPoonga on January 14, 2003, 06:27:17 pm
sweet pacman cab.
Nope it was origanely rally-x, I taped off the stickers and painted it with some surplus yellow paint leftoever from painting my daughters room. It still has the origanel label with serial number inside.

I wonder if pac-man and rally-x used the same cab, they even appear to have the same orange t-molding but different colors of yellow paint.
Title: Re:Sneek peek
Post by: eightbit on January 17, 2003, 12:17:40 am
mame.hower.us/rallyx (http://mame.hower.us/rallyx)
Over 500 hits in 2 days, pretty cool!