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years ago I had shelled out a JAMMA cab to build a MAME machine (data east 4P converted to Capcom fighter w/ a bad monitor) and I had thrown all of the inards into a box so about 3 years ago I mounted everything with a JROK video adaptor on to a piece of particle board in the efforts to consider building a supergun.
almost 2 years ago now Yellowdog had these nifty little 7" LCD RGB monitors on sale and I just had to get one for my test rig.
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=100481&highlight=panasonic+monitor
I quickly bolted on a left over cocktail CP and threw in some controls and boom, I had something I could quickly test with.
This thing was pretty useful and very ghetto since it was all left over parts taped down and never really mounted right. I even put on a iso trany and ran long leads for video/monitor power.
It went with me on arcade trips to test boards and monitors and make "informed" decisions.
I even went down to last years Fresno fire sale and helped to test the stack of CPS2 boards and Pauls big box MVS carts quickly. I just loved this thing but never had time to really redo it.
A few months ago it took a dump and shorted out somewhere and I haven used it for a while.
Friday AM I got inspired cause I needed to test a monitor and didn't want to get the 25" propped up to test using one of my JAMMA cabs...
Test Rig needed a "proper" rebuild and a true boxed home... I'm between jobs so I didn't want to spend any money on this build. I also wanted to design as I went and see where I ended up. This shouldn't be too well thought out and just a simple tool. No one should be really playing on this thing anyways...
I went with a similar 12x18" box with clearance for just the controls buttons and power inside. No funky angles etc like a good joystick CP...
I used all available parts I had in hand from Test Rig 1.0 and a box of old harnesses/parts...
The only thing I purchased so far was the acrylic for the top to protect the monitor and make it look nice.
almost 2 years ago now Yellowdog had these nifty little 7" LCD RGB monitors on sale and I just had to get one for my test rig.
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=100481&highlight=panasonic+monitor
I quickly bolted on a left over cocktail CP and threw in some controls and boom, I had something I could quickly test with.
This thing was pretty useful and very ghetto since it was all left over parts taped down and never really mounted right. I even put on a iso trany and ran long leads for video/monitor power.
It went with me on arcade trips to test boards and monitors and make "informed" decisions.
I even went down to last years Fresno fire sale and helped to test the stack of CPS2 boards and Pauls big box MVS carts quickly. I just loved this thing but never had time to really redo it.
A few months ago it took a dump and shorted out somewhere and I haven used it for a while.
Friday AM I got inspired cause I needed to test a monitor and didn't want to get the 25" propped up to test using one of my JAMMA cabs...
Test Rig needed a "proper" rebuild and a true boxed home... I'm between jobs so I didn't want to spend any money on this build. I also wanted to design as I went and see where I ended up. This shouldn't be too well thought out and just a simple tool. No one should be really playing on this thing anyways...
I went with a similar 12x18" box with clearance for just the controls buttons and power inside. No funky angles etc like a good joystick CP...
I used all available parts I had in hand from Test Rig 1.0 and a box of old harnesses/parts...
The only thing I purchased so far was the acrylic for the top to protect the monitor and make it look nice.
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