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Noob wants to build a MAME cabinet for under 200$
yotsuya:
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--- Quote from: mkwfreak on August 07, 2014, 11:47:57 am ---I see. I'm used to screw terminals, but with the grounding and everything i'm a bit worried (I know some stuff about wiring, I disassembled and reassembled vacuum cleaners and ac plugs multiple times, but this is still new to me.)
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Arcade wiring is pretty easy.
Check out this part of the FAQ.
Scott
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Scott's right. I was scared to death to do it - then I ACTUALLY did it- and now I can do it with my eyes closed. It's easy once you try.
mkwfreak:
--- Quote from: Malenko on August 07, 2014, 06:00:03 pm ---well, what part of the country are you in? Lots of us have heaps of spare parts we could give you.
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I'm in the eastern part of the north california bay area.
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on August 07, 2014, 06:11:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: PL1 on August 07, 2014, 05:00:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: mkwfreak on August 07, 2014, 11:47:57 am ---I see. I'm used to screw terminals, but with the grounding and everything i'm a bit worried (I know some stuff about wiring, I disassembled and reassembled vacuum cleaners and ac plugs multiple times, but this is still new to me.)
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Arcade wiring is pretty easy.
Check out this part of the FAQ.
Scott
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Scott's right. I was scared to death to do it - then I ACTUALLY did it- and now I can do it with my eyes closed. It's easy once you try.
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I went to school for electronics.
I learned all about letting the blue smoke out of components on the college's parts.
Stuff never works right once you let the blue smoke out of them. :)
dkersten:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on August 08, 2014, 11:39:43 am ---I went to school for electronics.
I learned all about letting the blue smoke out of components on the college's parts.
Stuff never works right once you let the blue smoke out of them. :)
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As my first EE professor said, that is "magic smoke" and if you let it out, you can't get the magic back in there to make it work again..
knave:
mkwfreak: The bay area is a good place to look for cabs. I've found several cabs in the $0 -100 range...I've since run out of room so I'm no competition.
If you are patient you will find something...their was a member in Redding (if you want to take a drive) who years ago had several cabs for sale in the $50 range.
I have a small cabaret cab with a working 13" arcade monitor and leaf joystick in it. PM me if you are interested. Theirs a pic of it in my old buy/sell thread. I probably could include an old computer and a old school minipac if you want it.
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