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Inside the machine.
15 inch Sony monitor with much of the case dremeled away. To fit in in the case it's actually upside down and the graphics card flips the output. I made a bootup branding screen that was upside down so it looks right when booting up too.
On the left is the PC power supply, mainboard, hard drive and fans, one sucking in at the bottom and one blowing out one of the vents at the top. Might be a P4, but I can't remember. Arcade buttons and sticks are connected via the keyboard interface by a little circuitboard and big wiring loom. Real keyboard and mouse sit on the right. Only needed for setting the machine up. Underneath them is the working coin mech, which simulates an F5 press when a coin is accepted. Also on the right is the stereo amp removed from some PC speakers. The disc is the volume control, accessible when the machine is closed. I could do with bigger speakers for more bass. Can you get 5 inch ones with magnetic shielding?
Obligatory arty shot. The space invader was being sold as a necklace. Had to have it for the keyring!
Software is MameWah running as the windows shell. Can't remember what the jukebox and Genesis emulators are. The latter might be a build Fusion with the keys remapped to MAME keys.
MameWah was the most sophisticated front end at the time but now there are some amazing ones.