Portable Tabletop MAME Cabinet (Inventory)

This was my inventory for the project.

• Compaq W17q 17-inch Flat Panel LCD Monitor ($169)

• Generic Micro-ATX Power Supply ($30)

• VIA Mini-ITX N10000 Motherboard ($170)

• Hard Drive or at least a 2 GB Compact Flash with IDE-to-CF adapter (varies; don't spend more than $100) that you can install an OS and MAME on.

• Ultimarc I-PAC Controller Card to map joysticks and pushbuttons to keyboard clicks ($40 or $80 depending on the card you get, which depends on how many controls you want.)

• 2-foot x 4-foot 1/4-inch Medium Density Fiberboard ($5)

• 2-foot x 4-foot 1/2-inch Medium Density Fiberboard (x2) ($10)

• Red and white 18 gauge electrical wire

• .110 and .187 gague female flat terminals (pack of 100) that hook to the connectors on the joysticks and buttons

• Mountable power button for the motherboard

• 8 Arcade Pushbuttons (cost varies around $20; see the Happ web site for baseline)

• 4 Arcade “Player Start” Pushbuttons (cost varies around $10; see the Happ web site for baseline)

• 4 Miniature Joysticks (cost varies around $120; see the Happ web site for baseline)

• 1 1/8 -inch drilling spade bit ($4)

• 1 ¼ -inch drilling spade bit ($4)

• 1/2-inch drill bit or auger ($5)

• 1-inch drill bit or auger ($10)

• 1-inch (or 25 mm) L-braces (Corner braces) (x16) ($10)

• Locking latches (x6) ($5)

• Black silkscreen (or black pantyhose)

• Electric drill/Power screwdriver

• Sandpaper/Power sander

• Metallic Gray Spraypaint (my choice of color for the tabletop MAME cabinet)

• Clear Coat Spraypaint

• Soldering iron and solder

• Wire cutter/stripper

Saturday, August 25, 2007