My Pacman profile cabinet (finished!......99%)

[c64rulez]

All right
So I decided its time for my cabbie to head home (building was done outside in the open, under a rooftop)
BUT, it's 10 meters of nothing but grainy terrain between the cab and the house.
I rolled it on two boards, replacing them each time, and this is some heavy ---smurfette---.
Midway (or namco), the sky were about to pour down, and I was HORRIFIED.

Luckily the event ended harmlessly.

[Kremmit]

Hey, you and I have the same sofa.  Mine's black though...

(Really, I do have that sofa in black.)

[c64rulez]

Check again, I think there's a void where youre sofa used to stand

[missioncontrol]

quote (Drew Karee):
You have been assimilated

We ain't seen no purdy pics.

[c64rulez]

Yeah sure
Try that when the server yells at you to go f#$k yourself

[c64rulez]

Test drive @ home

Just the tv, pc (with keyboard) and the speakers for a quick test-in-the-box.

All is working fine. TV picture needs some tuning, but besides that I'm cool.

All pc stuff (motherboard, power supply, hd) will be mounted on that mid-shelf.
Down under is a boston acoustics sub.

[c64rulez]

Regarding the FrontEND I'm currently writing, it's actually an MS ACCESS application, so do your own math as for the compatibility issue.

However, IT WILL BE FREE, and YES it will also be a JUKEBOX and will run SLIDES

[TurboC--]

Why do people put bare components in their MAME machine?  Seems like a lot of work and risk to the components, to mount them freely in the cab, rather than just put the whole case in there.  Is it just to make it lighter?  To reduce the number of fans needed to cool things?  Just cause people think it's "cool"?

[c64rulez]

I simply did not have a box
Everything you see there is garbage collection (800Mhz PIII, 384MEG, 20GB)
Has nothing to do with "cool"

Its not a good answer, but...

[missioncontrol]

Why do people put bare components in their MAME machine?

[c64rulez]

missed you man

How come you dont have 5 purple stars ?

I think that the supreme council should promote you to "Global Slacker" or something

Besides, isnt the cab a box for the pc ?

[missioncontrol]

missed you man

How come you dont have 5 purple stars ?

I think that the supreme council should promote you to "Global Slacker" or something

Besides, isnt the cab a box for the pc ?

in purgatory I have a badge and a cookie

I'm working my way into earning a hammer too

[c64rulez]

I see you got a haircut
lovely

[c64rulez]

Couldnt help putting all the buttons in just for the pose.
Very simple cp configuration, the 4 way joy sits in a pre-routed cradle and is flush with the surface (3mm plexi not shown here).
For the other two - standard under the hood mounting.

I am a little disappointed with the buttons, as they are convex on top. At the time I ordered I had no idea there were two kinds.

I assumed only concave existed, but...

[missioncontrol]

are you not going to have a trackball?

[markrvp]

I am a little disappointed with the buttons, as they are convex on top. At the time I ordered I had no idea there were two kinds.  I assumed only concave existed, but...

You'll get used to the concave buttons very quickly.  I've got them installed on one of my panels and they are very nice, actually.

[c64rulez]

I have no other choice 

[TurboC--]

I suppose we could ask you the same thing about putting a case inside a cabinet

- It is easier (assuming you already have a full case together like I do)
- It is safer for the components

Mounting a motherboard, hard disk, power supply, possibly floppy/cdrom directly to a wood cabinet, dealing with potential damage to the components from faulty mounting or inadequate grounding, not to mention having the necessary expansion cards stay in the motherboard (they no longer have the anchoring of the screw mounting bracket from the case).

[c64rulez]

Man, I've been juggling mboards and rams and stuff for quite some time now. I have hooked them where no man has gone before.
So whats a shelf in a cab comparing to that ?
It really is nothing

Now, if you wanna talk about out of the case stuff, I'd go for the monitor/tv thing. Now that's something thats probably better stay in.

[missioncontrol]

I for one use spare parts for my cabinets it's basically recycling old stuff and keeping it out of the landfills .

do I need to go out and buy the top of the line system to run mame? no, I'm just going to use an old 333mhz that's been lying around. I can use the case for something else. so for me it makes no sense to keep it in the case.

[DrewKaree]

Why do people put bare components in their MAME machine?  Seems like a lot of work and risk to the components, to mount them freely in the cab, rather than just put the whole case in there.  Is it just to make it lighter?  To reduce the number of fans needed to cool things?  Just cause people think it's "cool"?

No more risk than how a dedicated cab is set up.  Also, compare the differences in cost if you had to replace a Pac PCB vs a MAME-capable videocard. (and if anyone says it's cheaper for one than the other, I refer you to Stingray's new attitude after re-reading his first post)

I'm gonna be doing it in my project.  If you check it out, you'll see that at first, it'll be the ONLY way to set it up, but if I decide to build the pedestal and whatnot, I ain't gonna be sticking all the stuff into a case and moving it.  Some standoffs, mebbe a piece of metal bent to hold cards in....in the grand scheme of projects like these, that's really not a lot of work.

[c64rulez]

Man, I've been staring at your dude falling down the stairs for the past 45 minutes. Please replace that. I'm hooked.

are you not going to have a trackball?

Not now anyway, for two reasons.
1. money
2. didnt play much ball games

and maybe (3)
you dont need to have all controls known (and unknown) to mankind (and aliens), as I saw before, to play your favorites.

[TurboC--]

are you not going to have a trackball?

Not now anyway, for two reasons.
1. money
2. didnt play much ball games

Same here.  Centipede and .. errr.. bowling games... Golden Tee?  I can't even run that on a vertical monitor.  And the damn things are EXPENSIVE.  Especially the little ones.  I was considering adding a small one to the Pac-man control panel, but the only one that would fit nicely was over $200.  Glad I didn't though, would never want to hack up an original Pac-man CPO...

[c64rulez]

Although the mind police at EE are trying their best to divert me from the original course of action, I made some progress (very faint however, I must say).
My FRONTEND is coming along fine, first version will include all three functions I intended for it - PLAY, LOOK and LISTEN.

PLAY - roms from multiple emu's
LOOK - digital photos slide show
LISTEN - MP3 jukebox

This piece of software will be free for any BYOAC member (who will want it...)

Some pictures follow:

[c64rulez]

I've also temporarily attached the cp+plexi in it's final position for two reasons:

1. See how it looks and feel

2. Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away someone told me to go with a curved front for my cab. So this temp clamping gave me some insight regarding that front issue.

Still pondering though

BTW, needless to say this is not the final position of the cab, still need to play some pool

[missioncontrol]

Man, I've been staring at your dude falling down the stairs for the past 45 minutes. Please replace that. I'm hooked.

well this will keep you occupied for  while:

[c64rulez]

Man, I've been waiting like 20 minutes for that kiddo to stay down
but that is one mean son-of-a-#$%! kiddo.

Please remove her from my thread
I'm dizzy

BTW, if your laundry machine engine is down, replace it with this one

[missioncontrol]

posting in purgatory is going to postpone your progress.....

[c64rulez]

It just went down
I sense the webmaster there is actually a plumber.
It also crawls like an ant with one leg

Back to my unimportant stuff, test fitting the tv frame + 6mm plexi + buttons on the cp. Everything's perfect

[missioncontrol]

please keep use posted on the progress when you are able to come back in three days........

[c64rulez]

I'm back sooner than I expected, but no progress. I suddenly felt a strong urge and saw "Bigger Longer & Uncut". Laughed my --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules-- out.
I also immediately ran to check my ID and was relived to see I'm not from Canada.

Promise to post when progress will be made.

[Harry Potter]

Hey, just off topic (and to add some posts to my measly count), why don't you add yourself to the BYOAC people finder. (Look above or use this link: http://www.frappr.com/byoacmembermap )

It'd be good to have someone on there from someplace other than the US, Australia or Europe.

And good luck with the cab.

[c64rulez]

Thanks man. done that. I punched in the closest city to where I live.
Hope your plane's gonna lift off soon...

[Harry Potter]

 

[Xiaou2]

 Saw the design and thought Id give it a try too.  Needs a little tweaking, but heres some roughs...

 

 
 Thoughts ?

[c64rulez]

Man, I feel like crying. I truly am.
The designs people throw at me are just getting better and better, and I think my cab's gonna stay white and artless

[brophog]

Don't do it locally then. There are plenty of online printing services that do fabulous work.

[c64rulez]

will it go overseas unharmed ?
I know they can handle safe delivery of enriched uranium, but wtf do I care about it.
All I care for is my sideart to arrive unharmed

[c64rulez]

Hey guys, just posting my first idea for the cp artwork.
Please share your comments regarding the design. Thank you

BTW, as mentioned before, two happ supers (left & right)  and 4way in the center.

[Xiaou2]

 Glad you like them    Off to work now.. will send the file when I return.

 I use Photoshop 7.    The shading is almost automatic..  I just tweak the standard settings to enhance it.

 If you cant get it  printed.. you might be able to hire an airbrush guy to try as well.