Re: Firsts for MAME cabinets


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Posted by tektreve on 12, 2001 at 11:45 AM:

In Reply to: Re: Firsts for MAME cabinets posted by ChrisDFW on 11, 2001 at 11:13 PM:

: These are going to be hard ideas to beat. I will also being using an LCD screen, but I was going to display controllers and instructions on it as well as a small marquee. There, now you've done it, I admitted another one of my plans. I have been mostly a lurker on this board for more than a year (probably 2, how long has it been up?). I try to use any chance I can to give back and help out anyone that I can. Thanks to all who have thrown out ideas and plans over the years. You have all been inspirations! I will take a digital picture this weekend of the door mechanism and post a link here.

Have you done much work on this idea? I was also thinking about something like this, but haven't really decided the best way to go. The issues I want to resolve:

(1) What type of inexpense display to use for this "additional" info. Anything from a multi-lined LCD panel to a very small monitor (i.e. Point-of-Sale style). It should be relatively cheap, because if you're going to spend too much on it, you'd probably get more enjoyment out of buying a larger main monitor for the games.

(2) Where to mount this second display so it fits in well with the cabinet and looks good. You wouldn't want to add this slick feature, but detract from the cabinet's appearance.

(3) Software. How do you plan to manage this display. Do you plan to write your own front end (that's what I'm considering) or did you find one that you could get to work?

I think if this 2nd panel could be done easily and relatively cheaply others would include it in their cabinets. Now, does anyone know where we could find a cheap 26" x 6" (or so) color LCD panel for the marquee ;-)



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