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Title: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: fa001 on May 10, 2009, 06:36:37 pm: Saw this on the MAKE blog. Sounds interesting for the DIYer.
http://tinkerlog.com/2009/05/08/tupperware-arcade-controls/ (http://tinkerlog.com/2009/05/08/tupperware-arcade-controls/)
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: Turnarcades on May 10, 2009, 07:18:30 pm: Impractical maybe, but a good larf. We've seen Wii's made of lego and NES's converted into PC's so why not?

(http://aquask8ter100.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/lego-wii.jpg) (http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/nes_pc_front.jpg)
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: fa001 on May 10, 2009, 09:40:08 pm: Well you might not want to use tupperware but the circuit could work on any control panel the electronics are good.
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: SavannahLion on May 11, 2009, 12:08:20 am: Yeah, more value in the circuit than there is in the fact it's tupperware.
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: Namco on May 11, 2009, 12:29:23 am: Nice find. I don't have the time to read the article right now (which is why I'm replying to it; to subscribe to it), but I am greatly intrigued at the thought of making my own USB HID circuit.
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: XeviouS on May 11, 2009, 01:43:40 am: This is the best way that I've seen to keep those old arcade games fresh. ^-^
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: Franco B on May 11, 2009, 04:44:56 am: Heh, I thought you was on about [this (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68892.0)] cab.

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/pcolson/panels-1.jpg)
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: Rusty Shackelford on May 11, 2009, 08:16:10 am: Quote from: Turnarcades on May 10, 2009, 07:18:30 pm
Impractical maybe, but a good larf. We've seen Wii's made of lego and NES's converted into PC's so why not?

(http://aquask8ter100.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/lego-wii.jpg) (http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/nes_pc_front.jpg)

Last year I was scouring car boot sales for a NES to make into a dvd player. I got one but I just couldnt justify stripping out a working NES. This pic has re-ignited and old flame.......... :timebomb:
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: Paul Olson on May 11, 2009, 05:52:42 pm: Quote from: Franco B on May 11, 2009, 04:44:56 am
Heh, I thought you was on about [this (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68892.0)] cab.

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/pcolson/panels-1.jpg)

I think I will stick to using tupperware to protect the wiring underneath. I wouldn't have used it if you could see it when it is mounted. I am definitely interested in the rest of that blog though. Maybe I will be able to build an interface that will be perfect for my cab...finally. Sounds like a fun project anyway.
Title: Re: tupperware-arcade-controls
Post by: Ummon on May 12, 2009, 05:32:57 pm: Those big ---smurfin--- honkin bolts kinda ruin it. Why didn't they use beveled screws?