The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: Anathematizer on June 11, 2003, 02:27:54 am
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Anyone know of where I might be able to find an Arcade Technologies OC-ATX or similar/generic "blind-front" chassis? - other than the obvious eBay/Arcade-Technologies :P (mentioned in arcadecontrols news 8/5/99) I believe it was used (if it is indeed the same/or similar to the shelf-integrated Quantum3D QuickSilver II/Graphite chassis) in the *rare* Quake 1 arcade cabinet as well as in the Midway series of Thunder racing cabinets but I have not been able to find a cheap/damaged cabinet that I could salvage it from, and it is not such a novelty that I would be able to spend $4200 on a good condition Hydro Thunder cab to gut for it ...
I was thinking about modding a rackmount to put in my cab but this would be easier to mount and would serve as a tribute to the failed OAA*/NANI initiatives as well as I like the built-in shock-absorption and I think it looks pretty cool.
Thanks in advance...
*Just for kicks - see where the former Open Arcade Architecture website link goes to now ;)
http://www.openarcade.com (http://www.openarcade.com)
P.S. Check out their 2nd story drop test - http://www.arcade-technologies.com/arcade/untitled.html (http://www.arcade-technologies.com/arcade/untitled.html)
I guess I wouldn't need to remove the chassis to move my cab ;D
(http://www.arcade-technologies.com/arcade/photo-oblique.jpg)
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I found the manufacturer/designer of the chassis, ironically named Chassis Plans but I am afraid to inquire as to the cost of the minimum order of 20 chassis' :)
Arcade Technologies seems to be taking a dirt nap and aside from distancing itself completely from the ArcadePC market, Quantum3D does not offer a basic "empty" chassis. The Proton MicroPC from HyperWare/Ultracade/whomever is "ruggedized" but does not have a similar "single-side"/"blind-front" design.
http://www.chassisplans.com/offtheshelf/W03.htm (http://www.chassisplans.com/offtheshelf/W03.htm)
(http://www.chassisplans.com/offtheshelf/ots_images/W03-ATX.jpg)
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Sorry, I don't have any links handy for you... but my first thought was just get a rackmount anything... you cna probably get a gutted proliant server from a PC salvage place that get's corporate roll downs.
*shrug* Besides the cool form factor and shock absorbtion... what's the interest/reasoning behind wanting this exact look/case style? (just curious)
good luck!
rampy
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:D just my childlike mind's gestalt fascination with shiny things :D
I was hoping that this particular case would be easy to find** since it was so nifty looking but I was really just looking for something with a similar design; makes everything easy to access from one side and with it being wall/shelf-mountable and shock-absorbing no need to remove it to move the cab.
But basically because it is nifty looking :)
** Basically hoping someone would reply, "I have a pile of like 8 of those things festering away in my basement and I would be willing to ship them for free in exchange for some reddish lint and a soggy box of broken glass - or the eBaytm mystery package containing items found in someone's dead ex-con neighbor's toolshed." But as my grade school teachers repeatedly warned my parents, "Your son is special... He's not firmly grounded in reality..."
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Any interest in these cases? Quite nice for in a cabinet you have up against a wall, preventing back-door access... no blind access.
If there's significant interest, I'll research ordering a 10-lot.