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Myrddin · 14-05-2013 9:09am

urbanledge wrote: »

So the leisure 2000 is gone
gone but not forgotten

Had it a proper screen & jamma setup?

14-05-2013 9:17am

No,
it was mame only
had a super nice monitor tho

Myrddin · 14-05-2013 9:21am

urbanledge wrote: »

No,
it was mame only
had a super nice monitor tho

Crt?

o1s1n · 14-05-2013 9:23am

EnterNow wrote: »

Crt?

Hantarex polo.

Myrddin · 14-05-2013 9:24am

o1s1n wrote: »

Hantarex polo.

Without a jamma setup?

14-05-2013 9:31am

it was a crt form a cctv system,

o1s1n · 14-05-2013 10:18am

Ahhh, so the original monitor had been pulled out?

14-05-2013 10:22am

Yeah it was long gone before I had it,
I'm happy with too cabs for the moment.
I will get another at some stage tho.
if they right one comes up for the right money!

Myrddin · 14-05-2013 10:40am

If its not a dedicated machine, or a cab with a crt & jamma loom...then its just a big wooden cabinet with a pc in it. No need to feel the loss of something like that :P

Optimus Prime · 14-05-2013 10:47am

Totally agree, i enjoyed building my mame cab, learned a lot, but now its just a big jukebox! I cant bear playing games on the LCD in it!

Myrddin · 14-05-2013 10:49am

keithgeo wrote: »

Totally agree, i enjoyed building my mame cab, learned a lot, but now its just a big jukebox! I cant bear playing games on the LCD in it!

Oops I forgot you made one, thats not to take away from your cab Keith you did a fine job on it! But you know yourself, they really are just pc desks that are a different shape to the normal ones

Optimus Prime · 14-05-2013 11:37am

Your grand i totally agree with you, though its great as a jukebox, we use it all the time and when people come over they spend more time on that than they do playing the cabs.

o1s1n · 14-05-2013 11:55am

The danger of cabs and having people over is they can never be happy with one game! There's nothing scarier than changing a game board with a few pints on you :eek: So I can definitely see a MAME cab having a good reason to exist there.

I'm tempted to have a multi board just for such occasions.

Myrddin · 14-05-2013 12:02pm

keithgeo wrote: »

and when people come over they spend more time on that than they do playing the cabs.

Aye I'd say the average Joe Soap would just see a list of games & glue themselves to it for the night. Its great having a mix of Mame & dedicated cabs

Optimus Prime · 14-05-2013 12:42pm

To be honest, its the Jukebox they spend the night on! Its really good, running SDK jukebox i think its called, have thousands of albums on it with artwork etc. and use a mini bluetooth keyboard to type in song numbers, its just like a pub one.

Optimus Prime · 14-05-2013 1:13pm

Has anyone seen this thread on this lads mame project cab with auto rotating monitor? If tony stark was to build a cab it would look like this.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,88912.0.html

Myrddin · 14-05-2013 1:22pm

keithgeo wrote: »

Has anyone seen this thread on this lads mame project cab with auto rotating monitor? If tony stark was to build a cab it would look like this.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,88912.0.html

Pretty incredible skillz right there.

o1s1n · 14-05-2013 1:35pm

Amazing skills and design work - but I have to wonder, why go to all the hassle of auto rotating an LCD? I could understand if he had a CRT in there.

Here's a far cheaper (and quicker) LCD rotation device -

Myrddin · 14-05-2013 1:49pm

Personally I'd just go with having two cabs, one vert & one hori

o1s1n · 14-05-2013 1:57pm

Yeah I was all set in my thinking that an E2 was the ultimate solution - until I heard that although the monitor spins easily, the bezel itself is a bollocks to reorientate.

One vert and one hori brings so much joy to me I don't even know where to begin. I may weep when they're finally both powered on at once

14-05-2013 2:15pm

o1s1n wrote: »

the bezel itself is a bollocks to reorientate.

I think you can just leave 2 screws holding the bezel apposed to the 8

2/3 cabs is the best tho:D:D

o1s1n · 14-05-2013 4:15pm

Sure why have 2/3 when you can have 4? :pac:

I now have to figure out how to squeeze a dedicated cabinet into the house..my missus loves HOTD2, maybe that's my window of opportunity?

'Surprise! Happy Birthday!!!'

Optimus Prime · 14-05-2013 5:30pm

4?...pft...

Myrddin · 14-05-2013 5:35pm

Granted most of these need some form of work, but still, I'll get to it at some stage. Oh, five is still not enough either

Jack burton · 14-05-2013 5:35pm

OK...I need a wiring guide for a blast city CP. My controls are all ****ed up and I cant figure it out

Just checking the Jamma harness and looks like the 1P Start and Up arnt wired into the edge connector, Anyone got any ideas?

14-05-2013 6:06pm

can you get to the service screen?

Jack burton · 14-05-2013 6:22pm

Well doesnt matter now, I took the edge connector off to give her a look and didnt put it back on properly so a bit of the plastic melted, so yeah....Im a retard

Andrew76 · 14-05-2013 6:24pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Well doesnt matter now, I took the edge connector off to give her a look and didnt put it back on properly so a bit of the plastic melted, so yeah....Im a retard

Yikes melted? Always make sure the cab is turned off when plugging things in or out for a start. Any pics of the problem?

Jack burton · 14-05-2013 6:33pm

Ah it was my own fault, I was getting pissed of with the CP and didnt double check the edge connector before powering back on

I'm so pissed off, ****ing stupid mistake. Have to get this CP sorted though. No idea what it could be

Have to order a new edge connector then

Andrew76 · 14-05-2013 8:39pm

Don't suppose you can cut away some of the melted plastic and get it functional again (if it's not already)?

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