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APFelon

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MAME cabinet building mentioned in Scientific American.
« on: September 14, 2003, 06:39:09 pm »
It features a profile on a guy who made a MAME cabinet from a Millipede dedicated. Interesting read, but it isn't anything enlightening...

It calls us cab builders "fanatical". I thought that was funny.

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Re:MAME cabinet building mentioned in Scientific American.
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2003, 12:51:24 pm »
Quote from: APFelon on September 14, 2003, 06:39:09 pm
It calls us cab builders "fanatical"

Heh.  There are much worse things to be "fanatical" about.

I prefer to think of cab building as an art form.  Functional sculpture, if you will :).

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Re:MAME cabinet building mentioned in Scientific American.
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2003, 01:38:01 pm »
the cab/builder that it highlights is here.....

http://sparhawk.sbc.edu/mame/

ps.....the article is on page 94 of the October 2003 issue
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Re:MAME cabinet building mentioned in Scientific American.
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2003, 04:10:52 pm »
Quote from: bigugly on September 15, 2003, 01:38:01 pm
the cab/builder that it highlights is here.....

http://sparhawk.sbc.edu/mame/

ps.....the article is on page 94 of the October 2003 issue

Decent!  And I love the CP!  That's what I need to do to mine!
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Re:MAME cabinet building mentioned in Scientific American.
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2003, 05:21:18 pm »
Nice cab shame about the crap looking CP.
What a mess, stone look formica?
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Re:MAME cabinet building mentioned in Scientific American.
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2003, 07:12:27 pm »
did I hear frankenpanel? ;D
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Re:MAME cabinet building mentioned in Scientific American.
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2003, 09:53:14 pm »
From moi? Never  ;)
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Re:MAME cabinet building mentioned in Scientific American.
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2003, 03:15:42 am »
Yeah, when I looked at the CP (or ANY CP like it) I wondered how comfortable it would be to reach across all that real estate in order to use the trackball, the spinner, or the four-way stick. I am all for authenticity, but playing Tempest on a CP like that would be enough to put you in wrist braces for the rest of your life.

Pac-Man would probably put you in intensive care. :)

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