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TelcoLou:
Hi there nice people  :)

  I recently acquired an old cab, no monitor or PCB and was wondering how the heck I might go about fitting a custom control panel from Arcadesrfun.com.

I have a 19" CRT monitor to fit inside, and will soon be ordering a custom CP, but am at a loss on how to mount it. Any pointers would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Telco

Singapura:
Why don't you order the parts and make your own CP? It's not that hard and you can customize it to fit your cab!

specfire:
You have a cut-corner Dynamo Cab there.  Why do you need a control panel made for you?  The metal panel that you already have is the 75% solution right there without you having to do anything.  You can make due with what you have now (2 x joys with 4 buttons each) or you can even add 2 more buttons to each side (for the 6 button SF2 layout) and add a 2.25" trackball in the center of the panel and you're golden.  Also, the GGG TurboTwist2 spinner will fit in any button size hole and you could put 1 or more of those on that panel as well and still not crowd out the other controls.

Cut-corner Dynamos are great, don't spend money on a panel when you already have one, just fix up the one you have.  You can remove the crappy Neo-Geo artwork and get a custom overlay from mamemarquees to spice it up.

spec

MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: specfire on January 31, 2008, 02:04:17 am ---You have a cut-corner Dynamo Cab there.  Why do you need a control panel made for you?  The metal panel that you already have is the 75% solution right there without you having to do anything.  You can make due with what you have now (2 x joys with 4 buttons each) or you can even add 2 more buttons to each side (for the 6 button SF2 layout) and add a 2.25" trackball in the center of the panel and you're golden.  Also, the GGG TurboTwist2 spinner will fit in any button size hole and you could put 1 or more of those on that panel as well and still not crowd out the other controls.

Cut-corner Dynamos are great, don't spend money on a panel when you already have one, just fix up the one you have.  You can remove the crappy Neo-Geo artwork and get a custom overlay from mamemarquees to spice it up.

spec

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That's not a Dynamo cabinet—it's an Atari cabinet (Centipede?). That Dynamo (or Dynamo-style) "cut-corner" control panel on it is obviously not original to the cabinet.

specfire:
Well, my bad.  Don't listen to me, I can't tell a classic cab from the early 80's from a generic cab from the 90's.   :-[

Good catch on the Centipede...the cut corner panel IS a great panel though :P

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