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ok let's all tell a story on how we found BYOAC.

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the3eyedblindman:
I originally wanted to own an arcade machine, I think I actually wanted to buy a moonwalker, ( which I am going to build now..)but couldnt find one. On ebay I saw they had the pcb alot, but no cabinet, so I started searching for links on "building your own arcade machine". I found pocketz site ... "arcadegames.home.mindspring.com" and thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. I actually saw links to this site before hand, but never clicked on them, because it was just "build your own arcade controls" and not "build your own arcade machine" (maybe we should change the name, since it is about building the whole cabinet..) . I then emailed pocketz (whatever happened to him by the way, hes got the best machines in my opinion...) asking him to make me a step by step guide. He then reffered me to this site....I looked around for a while...and the rest is history.

Howard_Casto:
Heh gotta love the youngsters...

I've been with the site nearly since the beginning.

Back in my day everybody's systems were to slow to use mame (other than maybe pacman with frameskip turned on). 

I found the site while searching yahoo (yes byoac predates a time when google was the search engien of choice) for a way to interface my snes pads to my computer to better play final fight on Callus.  I soon ditched the snes pads idea and went to work on my first panel. 

Only a few years later, when cps2 emulation was achieved did I start becoming an active member due to the lack of front ends and non -mame compatibility at the time.  But that's a story for another day.

rchadd:
think i followed a link off www.mameworld.net

i was prompted to go there after reading an article in Personal Computer World magazine (UK) where a guy built himself a dedicated desktop controller to play defender via mame.

and the rest is history....

built one mame tabletop
now currently restoring Centipede, Gorf Upright and Cabaret, Frogger and Galaxian

Red5:
Read the build your own cab article in Retro Gamer magazine (UK) and followed the useful links provided in that. A couple of months later my best friends Dez and Nadeen kindly bought me a copy of Saint's book for my birthday :) I've only built a controller (using Ultimarc parts) so far, but it's only a matter of time (and cash) before the insanity grabs me again and I have a go at building one of those neat looking 4foot mini-cabs that seem to be popular.

aktham:
i was told to visit these forums by Mark (Mr-Megalo) a long time ago. I lurked for a long while, then i signed up a while back but i never posted until now. How many posts do i need to start posting in the buy sell trade forum?

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