S.A.M. - Stand Alone MAME

[yotsuya]

Yeah, Cory would never go out like a sucka!

[PL1]

Yeah, Cory would never go out like PBJ!

FIFY.


Scott

[CoryBee]

Yeah, Cory would never go out like PBJ!

FIFY.
Scott

Same difference

 

[CoryBee]

No more comments on the art? Not sure where else to go from here, I quite like it how it is. Speak now or blah blah blah.....

I landed on how I would install the bottom half of the marquee, will post pictures soon.

[Rick]

Speak now or blah blah blah.....

Ampersand. 'Nuff said.

 

[CoryBee]

Speak now or blah blah blah.....

Ampersand. 'Nuff said.
 

Damn it Rick.

Funny thing is, I was going to tell you to scram in the previous post but I must have forgotten.

 

[CoryBee]

How about this one Rick

[a1pharm]

How about this one Rick

+1   Masterpiece!

[CoryBee]

How about this one Rick

+1   Masterpiece!

Right!

In fact that is going to be the theme of my next Half-Size cabinet.

It will be R.I.C.K. standing for;

"Rick Is a Cangaroo Kock"

[PL1]

Reminds me of Madeline Kahn's nodding/panning reaction to "Quick Time, Harch" near the end of this (mildly NSFW) clip.   




Scott

[CoryBee]

I fail to see the connection PL1......

[Rick]

How about this one Rick

Awesome!!!


 

[PL1]

I fail to see the connection PL1......

Cangaroo

Picture her eyes following a bounding kangaroo as the soldiers quick time past her at 1:30-1:34.   


Scott

[CoryBee]

I fail to see the connection PL1......

Cangaroo

Picture her eyes following a bounding kangaroo as the soldiers quick time past her at 1:30-1:34.   
Scott

Are you off your meds Scott??

[PL1]

Are you off your meds Scott??

Nope -- 8 hours until my next dose.   

You're the one that posted the "Cangaroo" spoonerism.

I just provided an associated reaction shot with Roman soldiers instead of "cangaroos".


Scott

[CoryBee]

Kangaroos....to....literally half naked roman soldiers....yea....

[PL1]

Kangaroos....to....literally half naked roman soldiers....yea....

You're forgetting the second part of your spoonerism that I am deliberately not mentioning -- that is the tie in.   

Now quit yer trolling, ya Driverman wannabe.  You're spoiling the joke.  


Scott

[CoryBee]

Yea I have a habit of derailing my own threads....

[PL1]

Me too -- it's lots of fun to derail your threads.   
[/derail]  (for now)   


Scott

[CoryBee]

Should I go Semi-Gloss black?

Or should I shell out a few bucks for some nice glossy blue spray paint?

[PL1]

What color t-molding do you plan on using?

How close would the blue paint be to the colors in the CPO/marquee?


Scott

[CoryBee]

What color t-molding do you plan on using?
How close would the blue paint be to the colors in the CPO/marquee?
Scott

Black T-Molding, unless anyone has some blue they are willing to spare??

I was worried about the blue matching, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if it wasn't exactly the same.

I figure I could just do black paint and black T-molding everywhere since it is just a prototype......

[404]

looking good so far. I'll admit i think they are pretty neat if they are built smaller though. ITX machine, compact flash or ssd, single player etc.

[CoryBee]

looking good so far. I'll admit i think they are pretty neat if they are built smaller though. ITX machine, compact flash or ssd, single player etc.

This is rather small though. A mini itx would barely fit.....

For example, the buttons nearly touch the bottom....

[emphatic]

Reminds me of Madeline Kahn's nodding/panning reaction to "Quick Time, Harch" near the end of this (mildly NSFW) clip.   

I've always had a "thing" for Madeline Kahn since watching Blazing Saddles when I was 13. Thanks for that clip. 

[404]

should be able to use an itx unit and japanese buttons.

[CoryBee]

should be able to use an itx unit and japanese buttons.

True story.

Already acquired a laptop for this project. Broken screen but obviously not a problem with this build.

[CoryBee]

This is the piece of wood that will secure the marquee in place. After installing the marquee I will then glue the CP in place and push it snugly against the aluminum bracket that holds the marquee together.



Prepping the Laptop for surgery



Must have been owned by a cat or something else gross like that









Taking apart the VGA to HDMI Converter



Boards mounted to the base panel...and cords. I don't like the length of all of them so I am probably going to shorten all of the cables and\or wire them directly from port to port.....I dread this process though

Also, the converter runs on 5v so I spliced a USB cable for power. I will run another USB combined with a chip to step up the voltage to 12v if I plan on lighting up the marquee area. This way all power is pulled form the laptop itself.



Everything mounted\plugged in, Windows Black installed and the thing works perfectly!





As I had hoped it sits fine and out of reach of any buttons and joysticks



 

And as always, thanks for watching.

[Rick]

And as always, thanks for watching.

And now, you know... ...the rest... ...of the story.

[CoryBee]

And as always, thanks for watching.

And now, you know... ...the rest... ...of the story.

[CoryBee]

Keep in mind this build is a Prototype. I am using what scrap wood I have laying around.

So with that. Should it be black? Or spray it blue, even if it is a slightly off blue?

[PL1]

If you go with the blue, either match it to a shade in the CP (match the CP to it?) or go with another distictly different shade of blue.

I'm leaning toward blue, but my artistic advice always comes with the standard "YMMV" and "use at your own risk" disclaimers.   


Scott

[CoryBee]

Cheers Scottay

I was leaning towards blue anyways. Just going to grab some blue gloss spray and roll with it.

[Rick]

I was leaning towards blue anyways. Just going to grab some blue gloss spray and roll with it.

You know what I haven't seen in a long time? Orange. Not the standard "Kong" orange. Like a burnt orange. Something different. My two cents. (Which rounds up to a nickel now, I guess.)

[yotsuya]

I was leaning towards blue anyways. Just going to grab some blue gloss spray and roll with it.

You know what I haven't seen in a long time? Orange. Not the standard "Kong" orange. Like a burnt orange. Something different. My two cents. (Which rounds up to a nickel now, I guess.)

Are those Canadian cents?

[CoryBee]

I was leaning towards blue anyways. Just going to grab some blue gloss spray and roll with it.

You know what I haven't seen in a long time? Orange. Not the standard "Kong" orange. Like a burnt orange. Something different. My two cents. (Which rounds up to a nickel now, I guess.)

No more suggestion by you in this build. 

Plus I like the blue in the art, if anything, maybe green?

[JDFan]

I kind of like the white of the original you based it on (should fiti in well with the blue art) --

[CoryBee]

Hmm, good recommendation.

And I have white paint.....

[Rick]

No more suggestion by you in this build. 

Hey I just thought...

 

[CoryBee]

Buttons should be here tomorrow. I have all I need to complete the cabinet one they arrive. Had the art done yesterday.



I quite like it.

Also, there is no place for this but here is the art I had done for a separate cabinet I am doing (full size cabinet). Figured I would share since I printed them at the same time.