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Can I MAME an "old style" cocktail ??
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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