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More Cowbell:
A $300 Mame cab can be done. Look for a super cheap or free cabinet in solid condition and add parts from there. No woodworking necessary. You can get 21" computer monitors for $20 nowadays and a cheap PIII to run it all for $30 or so. Keeping your eyes peeled and asking questions will save you a lot of money.

Raz1r:
Thanks guys, I think I've figured out what I want to do. I'm going to wait until I find the right size cab, and MAME it until I get an MVS or NAOMI down the road.

rockin_rick:
Welcome,

I think that the most important thing to make it possible to maintain your budget is to do a lot of research.  Research to get all your decisions made on what your going to do and buy, as the biggest problem you'll run into with a super tight budget is errors.  If you start heading in the wrong direction, or decide half way through that you are going to go a different direction, then budget's shot...  You need to watch for deals, but if it ends up not being something you'll use because you've since changed your direction, then it's not a deal.

I don't know how much you've been researching here, but there is a lot to learn and many decisions to be made.  Since I've started planning, my path has changed several times, and I'm still not sure which to take.

Good luck,
Rick

rooterman:
If you think you've figured out what you want to do, sit on it for a little while, it will change again. It's best to wait until you are 100% sure about something after sitting on it for a bit, before you fire up those power tools. It's a pain if you change your mind after.

r

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