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Title: Newest Bartop 2 player
Post by: BobA on December 24, 2011, 06:32:39 pm

Since alot of the info repeats when I build these bartops I am posting only the changes or differences in the builds.

1.     2 player control panel with 4 buttons per player
2.     Interior view.
3.     New item is a Smart Power Plugin that controls the power to the Monitor and Light.
4.     A hole was made in the back panel so a 3 prong ext cord can plug into the Smart Power Unit.
5.     Control panel showing 2 player setup and buttons on front panel.
6.     Got the marquee printed at Costco.   Sale now on for 18 x 12 for only $1.99
Works great if you put the 2 prints together for the marquee.  (Great Price)
7.      Posted better picture of whole cab.

Thats all for now

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to all BYOAC members.
 :cheers:

Title: Re: Newest Bartop 2 player
Post by: 404 on December 24, 2011, 06:54:55 pm

as usual, it looks great. Is the marquee lit up in the current pic? I stumbled across the conversation between you and thefearsomefearful about that and i was going to experiment with some of the same things such as sanding down the back to see if that would help thin out the paper.

Title: Re: Newest Bartop 2 player
Post by: BobA on December 24, 2011, 08:51:51 pm

It is lit in the posted pic but the flash washes it out.   I use 2 prints together to cut down on the light as it washes out with only 1 print.   Don't see why you would need to thin out your print unless it is much thicker than the one I had printed.

Title: Re: Newest Bartop 2 player
Post by: NIVO on December 29, 2011, 07:24:14 pm

great work Bob! Very clean design. :applaud:

Title: Re: Newest Bartop 2 player
Post by: vcoleiro1 on December 29, 2011, 08:03:40 pm

Looking really good. 

I'll have to try Maximus arcade, to date I've only used HyperSpin.

Title: Re: Newest Bartop 2 player
Post by: mgb on December 30, 2011, 12:24:14 am

Very nice work.
It looks real good

Title: Re: Newest Bartop 2 player
Post by: BobA on December 30, 2011, 10:22:51 am

Thanks for the comments guys.   It is hard to come up with new ideas that improve but do not cost too much but your comments are incentive. :D

Edit: The old 3.5 inch sata was only 80 Gb and was noisy so I upgraded it to a 360 Gb 2.5 inch which is alot quieter and uses alot less power.   I needed extra space for music and a jukebox program.  With Mame and about 5 emulators I only had 6Gb left on the 80 Gb.

Title: Re: Newest Bartop 2 player
Post by: BobA on January 03, 2012, 06:25:12 pm

Switched the player 1 joystick from an 8 way fighter to an Ultimarc Mag stick plus since the 4 way games were horrible on the 8 way.   Even in the 8 way setting the Ultimarc Mag stick plus plays the 4 way better.