Well, spring is here, which means my shed will get a chance to dry out. The winter rains have made a bit of a mess of the floor, making it a bit difficult to work. Well, that's my excuse anyhow :)
My second excuse is a monitor. I've looked everywhere for a suitable TV to use. And I must say, there is pretty much bugger all around that are 68cm with S-video and no speakers on the side.
I have found something that may be OK. Dick Smith have a 68cm TV with a pretty small chassis for just under $400. It has S-video and doesn't look all that bad. This is the real show stopper right now, as I had planned to build the unit around the screen.
Just need to get off my ass and go buy one.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Saturday, July 02, 2005
test control panel
Here are some piccies of my test control panel as promised. The blue buttons are actually purple, but I took these in low light.
On a side note, it looks like my camera is still playing up. It eats through batteries like there is no tomorrow. But according to Fuji, there is nothing wrong with it. *sigh*
On a side note, it looks like my camera is still playing up. It eats through batteries like there is no tomorrow. But according to Fuji, there is nothing wrong with it. *sigh*
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
just popping in
I've been a bit slack lately, so bugger all has happened with my arcade project. I've still been playing around a bit with my test control panel, so much so that I've put a crack in the wood from all the heavy bashing.
My main excuse for being a bit behind in updates and progress on this project, is that I've just bought a new house and started a new job. As you can imagine, things are quite hectic at work and at home. However... I now have weekends off, so once I've sorted my shed out I will get back to work. Currently, I'm having trouble even keeping up to date with the current .97u3 MAME release. Thankfully the devs have slowed down with the releases, but still, I'm starting to fall behind!
My camera has also been repaired, or not as the case may be, but I will get some more photos up very soon..... maybe.
My main excuse for being a bit behind in updates and progress on this project, is that I've just bought a new house and started a new job. As you can imagine, things are quite hectic at work and at home. However... I now have weekends off, so once I've sorted my shed out I will get back to work. Currently, I'm having trouble even keeping up to date with the current .97u3 MAME release. Thankfully the devs have slowed down with the releases, but still, I'm starting to fall behind!
My camera has also been repaired, or not as the case may be, but I will get some more photos up very soon..... maybe.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
testing, testing 1... 2... 3...
I spent a few hours mucking around in the shed today in an attempt to build a control panel to test out all these parts I've bought. I ended up building a 2 player control panel with 7 buttons each. It cost almost $14 in wire to build this although I was pretty economical in the lengths I used.
A few hours of NBA Jam, Metal Slug and Street Fighter later, I think this little baby has proven itself worthy of being developed into a production controller. I couldn't have imagined it would be this much fun having the real thing in front of me. It's quite a dodgy setup right now, propped up on some blocks on my desk, but it works great and has so far kept a friend and I entertained for quite some time.
I will follow up with some pics as soon as I can, as my camera is in for repair.
A few hours of NBA Jam, Metal Slug and Street Fighter later, I think this little baby has proven itself worthy of being developed into a production controller. I couldn't have imagined it would be this much fun having the real thing in front of me. It's quite a dodgy setup right now, propped up on some blocks on my desk, but it works great and has so far kept a friend and I entertained for quite some time.
I will follow up with some pics as soon as I can, as my camera is in for repair.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
coin door
For the sake of consistency I've dug out some more hardware that I plan to use for this project. I mean, after all, what is an arcade machine without the sound of your hard earnt money dropping down the slot so you can have some serious fun?
This first pic is of a Taito coin door that I picked up from Ebay for $25, which was taken from a Space Invaders cabinet so I'm told. It needs a little TLC, but I think it is going to look great once cleaned up.
The 20c coin mechs and chutes that came with the door.
These, are the electronic coin mechs that I plan to use in place of the mechanical mechs as they are adjustable to any denomination, using a reference coin or token.
This first pic is of a Taito coin door that I picked up from Ebay for $25, which was taken from a Space Invaders cabinet so I'm told. It needs a little TLC, but I think it is going to look great once cleaned up.
The 20c coin mechs and chutes that came with the door.
These, are the electronic coin mechs that I plan to use in place of the mechanical mechs as they are adjustable to any denomination, using a reference coin or token.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
blog created
Well, I've finally decided to pull my thumb outta by butt and setup a blog for my arcade progress. This is by no means going to be a massivly active site, its purpose is more of a journal for myself, but hopefully also for some pointer for anyone else undertaking an arcade construction project.
Over the next week or so I hope to back-date my progress covering all that has happened so far. Not that it is a hell of a lot, but as I said, this site's purpose is mainly for my own reference.
Well, time to get busy, enjoy.
Over the next week or so I hope to back-date my progress covering all that has happened so far. Not that it is a hell of a lot, but as I said, this site's purpose is mainly for my own reference.
Well, time to get busy, enjoy.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
ultimarc order arrives
My Ultimarc order arrived today via DHL. I can't believe it only took about 4 days from the UK to OZ.
I received:
1x Trackball
1x I-PAC4 + additional cable
1x OPTIPAC + additional cable
1x Trackball Mount
2x PCB Mounts
Everything has arrived in what looks to be good order. Hopefully I will get some time in the next week or so to hook everything up and test it out.
I received:
1x Trackball
1x I-PAC4 + additional cable
1x OPTIPAC + additional cable
1x Trackball Mount
2x PCB Mounts
Everything has arrived in what looks to be good order. Hopefully I will get some time in the next week or so to hook everything up and test it out.
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