Posted by bill connolly on 18, 2000 at 5:05 PM:
In Reply to: Building A Cabinet, please help me with a few choices posted by Amakon on 18, 2000 at 2:17 PM:
: I am building a cabinet soon, and I have a few choices I wanted to get opinions on. Firts, the monitor. I want to be around 25inchs, so I guess I could get a real WG RGB Monitor, or just use a 25/27inch TV... any suggestions?
ANSWER: I hear that arcade monitors and PC monitors are better than TVs. TV can be cheaper but a few screen shots I have seen of vector games on a TV monitor just don't look as sharp.
Also, what about a Sony Trinitron Wega 24inch? Its the same price as a RGB monitor, and with my ATI All in Wonder 128 (pretty good TV out) I thought it might be the way to go.
Also, controler. Right now I am leaning towards buying the happ USB interface and building my own right into the cabinet since it would allow me more customization (plus an easy HAPP trackball hookup) but I am also considering the HotRod(Why no USB guys?) and the Mas Systems Sticks(I live right near them, can drive over with a bat if they try and screw me) because it can be made to use dreamcast (dreamcast on the cabinet would be sooo sweet) anyone know if the Mas sticks work with 2 hooked up to a PC? It doesn't say either way on the site, and it sounds suspicious. Anyway, and opinions would be great.
I like the build your own approach, but if you got the money you could have someone custom build to your specs. There is a discussion 4 posts below on build a console that discusses keyboard hacks, USB, and IPAC. Down a little further are some comments about the K72T. All good options. I chose the IPAC and built my cabinet so I can have swappable panels. I will use the OPTIPAC+ to interface my Happs trackball. It was easy and a lot cheaper then going a total happs route.
Good Luck!