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<blockquote data-quote="Timelord" data-source="post: 65145" data-attributes="member: 1441"><p>Sotie, </p><p></p><p>Yeah, sturdiness is a relative term, bro. If the iCade build suits your expectations, that's all that really matters.</p><p>The cabinet I use is not a full size cabinet, but a dual joystick control panel. It's been evolving since the 90's. </p><p></p><p>It started as a "Hotrod" Joystick which was manufactured by Hanaho. Hanaho made a lot of the classic arcade machines back in the day. They are considerably more durable than the X-Arcade units. I have one of the X-Arcade trackball units and the vinyl covering and trim is coming apart after only moderate use.</p><p></p><p> It's 3/4 " Particle Board throughout and must weigh a good 20 lbs, but I never actually put it on the scale. All the controls are authentic vintage style electronic parts except for the keyboard controller interface which is wired into the JAMA standard wiring harness. </p><p></p><p>This thing is built like a tank and has taken beverage spills and the physical abuse from frustrated players for almost 20 years without a shrug. My son even puked all over it and all I had to do was wipe it down, clean the buttons so they didn't stick and not even so much as a hiccup from it. </p><p></p><p>When I purchased them they were wired for standard DIN keyboard. I have since modified one of them to ps2/usb interface using an X-arcade Hotrod adapter kit, so it's actually a Hotrod/X-arcade hybrid. It would be a pretty easy mod to wire in the iCade Bluetooth PCB into the cab and there is more than sufficient space to accommodate it. I probably would use an external 9vdc powers supply(wall wart) and plug/jack vs battery because I have a lot of them sitting around doing nothing and it would eliminate the battery replacement "engineering". </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure I am going to go that full route as Farsight has announced a PC version and that would eliminate a need for the Bluetooth adapter mod.</p><p></p><p>These things pop up now and then on eBay and make an excellent starting point for a interface build without starting from scratch.</p><p></p><p>If you really want some photos I can probably throw some up eventually, let me know.</p><p></p><p>Timelord ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timelord, post: 65145, member: 1441"] Sotie, Yeah, sturdiness is a relative term, bro. If the iCade build suits your expectations, that's all that really matters. The cabinet I use is not a full size cabinet, but a dual joystick control panel. It's been evolving since the 90's. It started as a "Hotrod" Joystick which was manufactured by Hanaho. Hanaho made a lot of the classic arcade machines back in the day. They are considerably more durable than the X-Arcade units. I have one of the X-Arcade trackball units and the vinyl covering and trim is coming apart after only moderate use. It's 3/4 " Particle Board throughout and must weigh a good 20 lbs, but I never actually put it on the scale. All the controls are authentic vintage style electronic parts except for the keyboard controller interface which is wired into the JAMA standard wiring harness. This thing is built like a tank and has taken beverage spills and the physical abuse from frustrated players for almost 20 years without a shrug. My son even puked all over it and all I had to do was wipe it down, clean the buttons so they didn't stick and not even so much as a hiccup from it. When I purchased them they were wired for standard DIN keyboard. I have since modified one of them to ps2/usb interface using an X-arcade Hotrod adapter kit, so it's actually a Hotrod/X-arcade hybrid. It would be a pretty easy mod to wire in the iCade Bluetooth PCB into the cab and there is more than sufficient space to accommodate it. I probably would use an external 9vdc powers supply(wall wart) and plug/jack vs battery because I have a lot of them sitting around doing nothing and it would eliminate the battery replacement "engineering". I'm not sure I am going to go that full route as Farsight has announced a PC version and that would eliminate a need for the Bluetooth adapter mod. These things pop up now and then on eBay and make an excellent starting point for a interface build without starting from scratch. If you really want some photos I can probably throw some up eventually, let me know. Timelord ... [/QUOTE]
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