Posted by Joe on November 02, 1999 at 17:05:29:
In Reply to: Re: Poor JoseQ... posted by JoseQ on November 02, 1999 at 13:24:38:
: Heh:
: It's been a while since I check this board, and I do it now and first thing I find is my name, funny. :)
: Building is definitely not for everybody. Although I am probably capable of doing it (spent too many years in engineering school), but time is definitely something I don't have, and my wood working abilities would also leave me with a non-pro looking ball of wood with a screen in there somewhere, and some knobs and buttons protruding out in a couple of different places. :)
: So I preferred getting the real deal. I bet it would be cheaper to get an used arcade cabinet, but then hooking the controls would be a pain for me, the monitor and control parts would be used and weared out, plus the whole thing wouldn't smell like new.
: And like I said, time is a huge problem for me. I run EmuViews, DVD Views, DVD Ratings, and SpeedHost.Com which is a web hosting business with a couple hundred customers (Saint is one of them). I'm also married and have a full time job.
: Adding more work to that is something I have to
: think many times, and it would definitely take me
: many many hours to do something like that. I'd
: rather pay for it. Like my first grade teacher (may she rest in peace), time is gold.
: JoseQ
: : I guess Jose didn't spend enough time here at The FAQ.
: : Oh well, I suppose building your own cabinet/controls isn't for everybody!
: : Check out today's update at emuviews...
: : "HanaHo: Build It and They Will $pend."