Custom CAB with Homemade Games

[shponglefan]

Personally, I think you're way overthinking the airflow.  Rather than trying to create a bunch of fancy ductwork (which may or may not help), just a couple 120mm (or bigger) intake fans on one end, and vents on the remaining sides.

[PL1]

i secretly want to be able to connect the individual cps to any other projects i do kinda like interchangeable parts and the randomly protruding side would be like wat.
^--Perhaps this is a bit of a crazy idea.

The odd protruding side is easy to fix.

Put the corners on two of the sides:
-- White + Red + Orange + White
-- White + Light Blue + Blue + White

Two of the sides have no corners:
-- Yellow + Purple
-- Pink + Green

As long as you document and plan your patch panel pinout (try saying that three times fast  ) to allow for the quantity and variety of controls that you want to include, you'll be able to do swappable pedestals.

It will be a LOT more work, but it is doable.

You might be able to start with a 2-player pedestal system that you can use as a base for the eventual rear-projection Tank 8 build.

The only danger is that once it gets playable, progress will stop.      

Personally, I think you're way overthinking the airflow.  Rather than trying to create a bunch of fancy ductwork (which may or may not help), just a couple 120mm (or bigger) intake fans on one end, and vents on the remaining sides.

I agree that simple is better.

The advantage to isolating part of the pedestal is that for the same amount of fan noise, exhaust, and CFM (cubic feet per minute) rating, you'll get about 12.5 times the air flow if you're moving air through only 8 percent of the pedestal.

Compared to computers, projectors generate a lot more heat so the air flow is more critical.


Scott

[kitvonsnookerz]

Personally, I think you're way overthinking the airflow.  Rather than trying to create a bunch of fancy ductwork (which may or may not help), just a couple 120mm (or bigger) intake fans on one end, and vents on the remaining sides.

Yeah im just going to leave the design at V4 until i get the projector. Other than that its basically buildable. Kinda...I think...Sorta
 

[kitvonsnookerz]

The odd protruding side is easy to fix.

Put the corners on two of the sides:
-- White + Red + Orange + White
-- White + Light Blue + Blue + White

Two of the sides have no corners:
-- Yellow + Purple
-- Pink + Green

As long as you document and plan your patch panel pinout (try saying that three times fast  ) to allow for the quantity and variety of controls that you want to include, you'll be able to do swappable pedestals.

It will be a LOT more work, but it is doable.

You might be able to start with a 2-player pedestal system that you can use as a base for the eventual rear-projection Tank 8 build.

The only danger is that once it gets playable, progress will stop.      

Yeah that sounds like a good idea. Ill probably do things that way plus less cables to deal with.
Running into a snag with the whole thing though i originally had a place to put this but after further knowledge of whats going on and the size of the machine it seems that the mother is not so much liking the idea of this being in the house.  Ill probably keep working on the design but i dont know if ill be able to build it now.....pretty disappointed too because this was going to be my thing for the summer to keep me occupied.

May try to use the argument i could be building arcade machines or doing drugs, take your pick mom but for some reason my gutt tells me that it wont go over too well....

[Le Chuck]

Do you have 8 friends?  Have each one donate a computer and build 8 stand alones that can be interlinked to form your machine (the one with the pj) when you all get together.  As you build each piece get it out of the house.  Then once they're all done and your wiz-bang programmer buddy has the code ready throw a party and have your brosephs and brosephinas bring the stations together so your wonder twin powers can activate.

Make them all have wheels and a handle on the front so they can be walked like a dolly.  Then do crazy stuff like video tape flash mob gaming sessions in the mall or public parks where you all come from different directions, do a quick set up, play in total silence, then walk away with out talking to the amazement of onlookers at your total bodacity. 

Of course, this all comes back to the first question.   

[kitvonsnookerz]

Do you have 8 friends?  Have each one donate a computer and build 8 stand alones that can be interlinked to form your machine (the one with the pj) when you all get together.  As you build each piece get it out of the house.  Then once they're all done and your wiz-bang programmer buddy has the code ready throw a party and have your brosephs and brosephinas bring the stations together so your wonder twin powers can activate.

Make them all have wheels and a handle on the front so they can be walked like a dolly.  Then do crazy stuff like video tape flash mob gaming sessions in the mall or public parks where you all come from different directions, do a quick set up, play in total silence, then walk away with out talking to the amazement of onlookers at your total bodacity. 

Of course, this all comes back to the first question.   

I have 8 friends and now 9 including you. =D You are my hero. A genius of immeasurable knowledge and creativeness. I shall make this legendary flash mob machine =D

[PL1]

Tripped over this build while looking for something else.



Thought you might like to see someone else's variation on the multiple-player cocktail theme.   


Scott

EDIT: Found his BYOAC thread here.