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Wade:
I'm not sure what the biggest monitor that will fit is, I'm sure it would vary on which desk style cocktail you have to work with.  Mine came with a 13" B&W and I stuck a standard 14" decased PC monitor in it.  Slight adjustment at the mounting holes but that was it.  I think the size is just fine, versus the 19" Midway style cocktails.  After all, the Midway style is placed longways so you are actually a bit further from the screen (and at a greater angle) than the desk style.

I thought there was plenty of room for components, but it would have been a lot easier if the drive cables were longer.  One whole side of my game is empty except for wires.  I had no problem finding a place for the 3.5" hard drive.  The worse part to deal with was the power supply, since all the other parts are pretty small.

I mounted the monitor first.  I can take some pictures and attach here if someone is interested.  I basically left the monitor boards in the same position they started in.  To secure them I ran a piece of aluminum bar across the game attached to both wooden sides, and bolted the boards to that.  The bottom just has a couple small blocks with a groove in them that the board rests in (basically, just to keep it from "swinging").  It is plenty secure.

Wade

elvis:

--- Quote from: Magnet_Eye on February 09, 2005, 09:06:41 pm ---use a Mac Mini and macmame.

--- End quote ---

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Mac fan (iBooks rock my world).  But Apple gear just isn't worth the price for emulation.

MAME is CPU/MHz bound.  A Mac mini at 1.25GHz with 256MB RAM for US$499 isn't my idea of value for an emulation project.  You could build yourself a 2GHz+ x86 microatx system for half that, and play almost all the non-3D/STV games at full speed.

The saved money could go towards something more important like hardware for another project, or beer!

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