jerryspaghetti
Active member
Here's one to p!$$ off the purists but bear with me!
I have been hoarding a bunch of ratty parts from Sega Naomi Universal cabs that have seen better days i.e chopped legs, yellow/cracked plastics etc.
A good friend of mine would love a machine but doesn't have the access for a traditional woody type cab to get up the stairs to his loft room (the only place his Mrs would even entertain it!), so....
He's been a solid mate over the years so I was thinking of throwing together something for him to play on as a gift. Call it a Frankenstein project but it would basically be the frame of a Naomi Universal cab with a full jamma set up inside and an LCD. He has a mister FPGA which he's going to get a mistercade for at some point so it would be a great way for him to have a (sort of) original hardware set up at home.
I've told him we can just address the cosmetics over time by doing a respray/tidy up on the various bits whenever is convenient.
My biggest problem is going to be sourcing an LCD screen the correct size. I've already dismissed the idea of being able to get any kind of 4:3 LCD 26" or larger to work so i'm thinking a de-cased bog standard wide screen LCD TV set to 4:3 aspect with the overscan areas hidden behind the grey mask bezel.
My main question is has anyone done this and know what size widescreen TV i'd need to work with the 29" opening?
I'm thinking 37" at 16:9 would be ideal but interested to see if anyone has experience.
Cheers!
jerryspaghetti2022-12-09 13:30:25
I have been hoarding a bunch of ratty parts from Sega Naomi Universal cabs that have seen better days i.e chopped legs, yellow/cracked plastics etc.
A good friend of mine would love a machine but doesn't have the access for a traditional woody type cab to get up the stairs to his loft room (the only place his Mrs would even entertain it!), so....
He's been a solid mate over the years so I was thinking of throwing together something for him to play on as a gift. Call it a Frankenstein project but it would basically be the frame of a Naomi Universal cab with a full jamma set up inside and an LCD. He has a mister FPGA which he's going to get a mistercade for at some point so it would be a great way for him to have a (sort of) original hardware set up at home.
I've told him we can just address the cosmetics over time by doing a respray/tidy up on the various bits whenever is convenient.
My biggest problem is going to be sourcing an LCD screen the correct size. I've already dismissed the idea of being able to get any kind of 4:3 LCD 26" or larger to work so i'm thinking a de-cased bog standard wide screen LCD TV set to 4:3 aspect with the overscan areas hidden behind the grey mask bezel.
My main question is has anyone done this and know what size widescreen TV i'd need to work with the 29" opening?
I'm thinking 37" at 16:9 would be ideal but interested to see if anyone has experience.
Cheers!
jerryspaghetti2022-12-09 13:30:25
