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I actually was confused enough by the Astro/New Astro ground wiring that I made a separate wiring diagram for myself during my own restore. Here's what I was able to piece together: https://github.com/Softdrink117/new-astro-city-ground-wiring My cab may be a slightly unusual case though, as it...

Whoops, didn't see this - It's a generic "PCB Holder"; I found it from a seller on eBay. This isn't the exact listing, but it's a very similar (perhaps identical) unit. However, I've been considering replacing it with a 3D-printed option designed by @TD-Linux , since the generic one is a bit...

It's a 1/2" hardwood dowel, so it can actually take a fair bit of weight in this orientation. But as the design says, you can use basically anything as long as it's the right height. Pretty much exactly what @Robertguy09 said - I don't think most people would need to hold much weight, and if you...

This occurred to me when I was designing it, and I ultimately decided that it wasn't a great idea. You can see in a couple photos in the opening post - there is actually not very much space above the shelf before it starts having potential clearance issues with the monitor cage (and proximity to...

Thanks davesarcades, but tony and I were able to work it out. I'll update the thread title.

Bump - still looking.

Lovely stuff. I was actually considering doing something similar behind my cabs (though for my case it's less about power and more about managing AV connections for streaming).

Looking for the formed metal panel that holds hard drives for a Type X2 motherboard. I don't need a drive, just the raised panel itself. Also looking for the brackets used to mount the motherboard to a board for vertical installation inside a cabinet. I've actually found a couple of these for...

I've been working on something that will handle this, but it's been stalled for a little while. Good reminder to get back to it.

I've been running the 31k mod on an auto-switching MS9 for quite a while, and while I agree that it's not a perfect experience, it's not nearly what you've described here from what I've seen. I've not had any color issues when changing between resolutions - only a minor tweak to Contrast is...

FWIW I believe the data cable is a standard 50-pin SCSI cable; if you're not picky about using original hardware, you can probably find one locally at a computer shop or even order one online. Do a bit of searching online first though; I seem to remember some comments about length (like -...

No problem, happy to help!

Yeah, the spacers are definitely pretty important! You can get away with a lot of other things besides laser-cut spacers though; even just washers or generic spacers from the hardware store would be fine. Anything in the 3mm-5mm range should give good clearance over the other cabinet screws.

While I absolutely agree that full bleed looks better if you're willing to make custom art, that wasn't really the point of this thread. Having said that - full bleed works best when you have a template to work around screw holes and other design features, so I suppose the cutfiles would be a...

Overview Front view of the marquee holder installed on a New Astro City cabinet. A few years ago I created a DIY lasercut marquee holder for the SEGA Astro City and New Astro City arcade cabinet. This design wasn't perfectly accurate - I didn't have reference to an original holder at the...