So, my old arcade machine was showing its age... Slow to boot, ran hot, very heavy etc... Time for a change... So i've taken off the back door completely. The back door held the motherboard / hard drive etc, so basically that was the PC part of the system... Stripped the power unit for the PC out the back from behind the screen, so Ive got some space...
So, plan is to use the controls that are wired to an iPac, to go into my pie via usb. Audio, to go to a powered speaker (Legacy of the arcade cabinet) via another usb and 3.5 audio out from the pie... Vision will hopefully go via an HDMI to VGA adaptor (arriving tomorrow) to send the signal to the 19 inch old style 4.3 square monitor inside...
Now I can power shit from the 4 plug gang thats inside it, no problem, but I run into an issue straight away. Im not sure how Im gonna power on the monitor? Monitor used t be connected to a power signal from the PC board - But thats gone... But I'll have to work that out tomorrow when I have the adaptor to play with...
Finally, the light in the marquee is no longer gonna work, cause that took power from the motherboard too, but I guess I can power that from the pie if need be... Its only a small LED...
So hopefully, if I can get it all playing nicely with itself, I can hide it all away inside, instal the safe shutdown mod to the pi, and then put the back door back on its hinges, minus the motherboard etc... Then, *hopefully* I'll use the original 'power up' button on the back, to power on and power off the cab whenever I wana poo it...
I'll poost pics later if anyone's interested - Just not much to poost at the moment, as its just bits of wood and cables that don't go anywhere !
Anyhoo... Wish me luck !
