XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab [2015 Hardware Upgrade!]
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XCVG
ModRetro Legend
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
It looks good, but it just doesn't look right. It would look good on a normal cab, but just doesn't seem right for a candy. I like idea, but without the scanlines and with straight text. Some glow effect would be a better idea.
Yeah, I'm always this OCD. Take a look at my YAP64 worklog and you'll see what I mean.
It looks good, but it just doesn't look right. It would look good on a normal cab, but just doesn't seem right for a candy. I like idea, but without the scanlines and with straight text. Some glow effect would be a better idea.
Yeah, I'm always this OCD. Take a look at my YAP64 worklog and you'll see what I mean.
Antome
Forum Blooper
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
have fun
and as for the banner,
ta dah
I didn't think you'd want the result to be too minimalist, so I added a line or two
same terms apply
Wasn't sure if you wanted to glow the lines, but I thought it added to the feel of the thing
also, you can put paper under plexiglass, and if you want heat gun the sides. If you're really worried, laminate it first..
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/499695
have fun
and as for the banner,
ta dah
I didn't think you'd want the result to be too minimalist, so I added a line or two
same terms apply
Wasn't sure if you wanted to glow the lines, but I thought it added to the feel of the thing
also, you can put paper under plexiglass, and if you want heat gun the sides. If you're really worried, laminate it first..
XCVG
ModRetro Legend
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
The mini-keyboard is from a different place. It doesn't work with the old computer I'm using, so I think I'm going to use a flexible one instead. If all else fails, I can hack up a normal one to allow it to boot and swap cables with a real one for actual use. The 1.5ft network cable and coupler is so I can put a network job on the back. Easier than my other plan, which was to hack up a cable and buy a jack to go with it.
I've screwed with the picture of the package so you can't read my address, but you can see that they used a lot of stamps. Yes, stamps. That's a bit odd. Anyway, it was well wrapped with pink bubble wrap and smelled Japanese. Inside there was a bag with the buttons in it, stuck upside-down onto two pieces of tape (presumably to protect them). They are small Seimitsu 24mm buttons (don't remember the part number). The sticks are LS-32s with white balltops. Both sticks were wrapped and the balls were wrapped separately. All of the parts feel good quality. The buttons are smaller than I expected but they will be fine. Much different than American buttons. These are really quiet with not a lot of travel. I haven't played enough in arcades to comment much on the stick; the differences are more subtle. I ordered circular restrictors but don't need them as the stick is already fairly circular.
I've also figured out the CP. The actual controls will be mounted on hardboard, with an MDF piece full of holes glued or otherwise attached to the back. The thing is that the buttons aren't that thick and the stick has a short shaft.
The mini-keyboard is from a different place. It doesn't work with the old computer I'm using, so I think I'm going to use a flexible one instead. If all else fails, I can hack up a normal one to allow it to boot and swap cables with a real one for actual use. The 1.5ft network cable and coupler is so I can put a network job on the back. Easier than my other plan, which was to hack up a cable and buy a jack to go with it.
I've screwed with the picture of the package so you can't read my address, but you can see that they used a lot of stamps. Yes, stamps. That's a bit odd. Anyway, it was well wrapped with pink bubble wrap and smelled Japanese. Inside there was a bag with the buttons in it, stuck upside-down onto two pieces of tape (presumably to protect them). They are small Seimitsu 24mm buttons (don't remember the part number). The sticks are LS-32s with white balltops. Both sticks were wrapped and the balls were wrapped separately. All of the parts feel good quality. The buttons are smaller than I expected but they will be fine. Much different than American buttons. These are really quiet with not a lot of travel. I haven't played enough in arcades to comment much on the stick; the differences are more subtle. I ordered circular restrictors but don't need them as the stick is already fairly circular.
I've also figured out the CP. The actual controls will be mounted on hardboard, with an MDF piece full of holes glued or otherwise attached to the back. The thing is that the buttons aren't that thick and the stick has a short shaft.
XCVG
ModRetro Legend
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
I was bored, so:
And YAP64 is being a Sega, so I'm leaving it for a while, which means that this project is now my priority. The bad news is that my dad and his friend are basically trying to hijack what was my own project. It was originally conceived separately from the joint project full-size one, made to MY specifications, built by ME- you get the picture.
It's late and I'm tired.
I was bored, so:
And YAP64 is being a Sega, so I'm leaving it for a while, which means that this project is now my priority. The bad news is that my dad and his friend are basically trying to hijack what was my own project. It was originally conceived separately from the joint project full-size one, made to MY specifications, built by ME- you get the picture.
It's late and I'm tired.
Twilight Wolf
Frequent Poster
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
I hate when parents do that.
XCVG said:
I hate when parents do that.
XCVG
ModRetro Legend
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
SMALL UPDATE!
Marquee light. It was the only cheap and small enough one, battery powered. No problem.
Got a flexible keyboard. It should work, but I need to find a place on the cab to put it.
This basically illustrates the problem I've having right now. Where the Heck do I put the fans for cooling? It might be possible to put one or two 80mm fans on the back, beside the motherboard, and maybe a fan on top of the tower. The computer is going to be on the door, with a little frame of some sort to support the videocard and hold the hard drive. It's designed to be upgradable, because I want but don't have a better computer that can play SF4 and emulate Dreamcast.
SMALL UPDATE!
Marquee light. It was the only cheap and small enough one, battery powered. No problem.
Got a flexible keyboard. It should work, but I need to find a place on the cab to put it.
This basically illustrates the problem I've having right now. Where the Heck do I put the fans for cooling? It might be possible to put one or two 80mm fans on the back, beside the motherboard, and maybe a fan on top of the tower. The computer is going to be on the door, with a little frame of some sort to support the videocard and hold the hard drive. It's designed to be upgradable, because I want but don't have a better computer that can play SF4 and emulate Dreamcast.
XCVG
ModRetro Legend
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
Okay, am I the only one that thinks dangling a moderately heavy motherboard with a pretty heavy videocard on it is a bad idea? And I can't just shove vents everywhere; it has to look nice. I think I'll put a fan on the top tower, moving the light forward, and one or two beside the motherboard on the back.
Also, yeah, that foot is like my best friend.
Okay, am I the only one that thinks dangling a moderately heavy motherboard with a pretty heavy videocard on it is a bad idea? And I can't just shove vents everywhere; it has to look nice. I think I'll put a fan on the top tower, moving the light forward, and one or two beside the motherboard on the back.
Also, yeah, that foot is like my best friend.
Basement_Modder
He who mods in thy basement.
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
This looks good so far, just as long as its not cardboard when its done.
This looks good so far, just as long as its not cardboard when its done.
XCVG
ModRetro Legend
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
Built the proper control panel. I actually built a prototype first, then the real one which is on thicker hardboard. I screwed up and now P2 has pause and back buttons too. I was going to just use the old prototype one (which isn't that flexy and I can reinforce it) but my dad was like "NO DOOD DO IT PROPERLY OR IT'LL BE flaxE" or something like that. Damnit, I just wanted help, not total domination.
Built the proper control panel. I actually built a prototype first, then the real one which is on thicker hardboard. I screwed up and now P2 has pause and back buttons too. I was going to just use the old prototype one (which isn't that flexy and I can reinforce it) but my dad was like "NO DOOD DO IT PROPERLY OR IT'LL BE flaxE" or something like that. Damnit, I just wanted help, not total domination.
Twilight Wolf
Frequent Poster
Re: XCVG's Bartop Candy Cab
My Dad used to always be messing with my projects without so much as asking for permission. You need to do what I did and get tough, and you need to tell your dad that though you appreciate that he's trying to help, this is your project, not his or anyone else's, and you want to do this yourself, your own way, and that if you need help, you'll ask for it.
My Dad used to always be messing with my projects without so much as asking for permission. You need to do what I did and get tough, and you need to tell your dad that though you appreciate that he's trying to help, this is your project, not his or anyone else's, and you want to do this yourself, your own way, and that if you need help, you'll ask for it.
