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Mini Arcade Project - Netbook configuration
jholman76:
If you went with a UPS, you could get some time out of it, but unless you get some hefty Lieberts or APC's that have ATV batteries, dont expect a marathon of gaming. Oh, and unless you unhook/disable the speaker on them, prepare for a bone-chilling beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep when not on AC power. Plus it would be hella-heavy.
If you have a stationary coffee table, you could always do some "remodeling" and put in a floor power recepticle:
http://img.archiexpo.com/images_ae/photo-g/built-in-floor-box-for-power-sockets-19305.jpg
Bender:
thanks everyone!
I did a little research and it looks like making a battery supply for the mini-itx is doable but way over my head so I think the net book is the winner
8by6: I'm going to try to just rotate the joystick up 45° once I get a design worked out I'm going to post in the project thread, might be while though, this is a kinda back of my mind project
Bender:
Hey MikeDeuce,
I took your advice and picked up an EEE (see top post)
seems that asus is one of the few still making 9" netbooks
What version of mame were you running on that thing?
SammyWI:
I would recommend this forum for a lot of info on the EEE netbooks:
http://forum.eeeuser.com/index.php
MikeDeuce:
Cool, I think almost any netbook would have sufficed at this point, but there is a ton of random support for the EEE models (particularly when it comes to teardowns for mods).
I'll have to check on which version of the mame executable I was using to test, but both it and mame32 worked as well as anywhere else I've experienced.
For FEs I tried hyperspin, but it was unfortunately a bit too processor intensive for my model (even overclocked at 1ghz using eeectl). Standard mala was totally fine, though... I haven't had as much of a chance to continue experimenting, however, thanks to another project currently in-progress.
Looking forward to the build thread!
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