Building my IKEA cab, a story of pain....

jimi_t2

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Even the better half is somewhat impressed and asked if I would produce a few of them and sell them how much would I get.

Big legal liabilities in selling any electronics that you've hacked/made yourself.

Myrddin

jimi_t2 wrote: »

Big legal liabilities in selling any electronics that you've hacked/made yourself.

Well there would be if Sony was the government but in reality, Mame is a legitimate programe running on a legitimate operating system, on a laptop, housed in a wooden cabinet.

If that's a crime then there's no hope for us.

jimi_t2

EnterNow wrote: »

Well there would be if Sony was the government but in reality, Mame is a legitimate programe running on a legitimate operating system, on a laptop, housed in a wooden cabinet.

If that's a crime then there's no hope for us.

No I meant in relation to selling on electronic projects or electronics that have been reverse-engineered or altered from stock. I was under the impression that you open yourself up to a load of legal quagmire if anything goes wrong after the sale, caveat emptor nonwithstanding.

(i.e. if 5 years down the line someone spills a glass of water on it and it starts a fire that you'd be held liable in some strange way).

Myrddin

jimi_t2 wrote: »

No I meant in relation to selling on electronic projects or electronics that have been reverse-engineered or altered from stock. I was under the impression that you open yourself up to a load of legal quagmire if anything goes wrong after the sale, caveat emptor nonwithstanding.

(i.e. if 5 years down the line someone spills a glass of water on it and it starts a fire that you'd be held liable in some strange way).

Never heard of anything like that, modifying a laptop screen to turn 180 degrees isn't exactly reverse engineering

Copyrighted software etc is all protected, but there's nothing grey area about selling on something like this. If that's the case, an arcade cab with an upgraded power supply is grey area? Don't think so dude.

DinoRex

Keep things low profile.

Make the exchange on a bridge at midnight and never any other contact with the buyer.

jimi_t2

EnterNow wrote: »

If that's the case, an arcade cab with an upgraded power supply is grey area? Don't think so dude.

I dunno, I was told about it before. Bit like companies giving computers away having to snip off the plugs first so as to avoid liability. Maybe the legal discussion forum might know

Myrddin

jimi_t2 wrote: »

I dunno, I was told about it before. Bit like companies giving computers away having to snip off the plugs first so as to avoid liability. Maybe the legal discussion forum might know

Lol I don't mean to patronise you, but whoever told you that is honk.

jimi_t2

EnterNow wrote: »

Lol I don't mean to patronise you, but whoever told you that is honk.

Person in Oxfam saying why they won't take electronics. Also a solicitor friend of the family (not going to name obviously) when I was thinking about selling breadboarded analog synthesis circuitry. I'm sure I'm not raving mad about this... Maybe I just got it confused

CiDeRmAn

EnterNow wrote: »

Quoted for Kerbdog.

I stand corrected, soldering that power switch was a hitch, thanks Kerbdog, a million apologies!

Jack burton

Yeah thanks for the inspiration, getting the bits together for a bartop myself.

I'll be starting a thread when i get closer to starting it though

o1s1n

Oxfam and other second hand shops won't resell electronics as they all fall under a newish EU recycling law. There's a recycling charge now with electronic devices.

jimi_t2

o1s1n wrote: »

Oxfam and other second hand shops won't resell electronics as they all fall under a newish EU recycling law. There's a recycling charge now with electronic devices.

I'm talking prior to the WEEE scheme or whatever its called. No worries, I'll start a thread in legal discussion at some point and figure it out.

o1s1n

Prior to the WEEE scheme, Oxfam and other secondhand shops all sold electronic devices

pdbhp

o1s1n wrote: »

And remember, you wouldn't be allowed to sell them with the roms. The copywrite police would be on to you :pac:

Eff the police...:P

jimi_t2

o1s1n wrote: »

Prior to the WEEE scheme, Oxfam and other secondhand shops all sold electronic devices

Huh... Not the one in Rathmines! Bleedin scumbags must have seen me coming

CiDeRmAn

Whatever charity shops some of you frequent, they seem to be stocked to the rafters with all manner of retro-gaming goodness.

KeRbDoG

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I stand corrected, soldering that power switch was a hitch, thanks Kerbdog, a million apologies!

...the seed of discontent has been sown...

CiDeRmAn

Don't say that!
After everything we've been through!
You've got to have a look at this thing though, it's fantastic!
I was playing a bunch of shooters on it I have never heard of before, and I still have access to the other mountain of vertically orientated games that I have never come across, so there's no way to ever get bored.
I can't recommend this highly enough.

I tell you what Kerb', you don't mind if I call you Kerb' do you? I feel like I've known you for years!
Give me a donor laptop and around €200 and I'll hook you up with all the retro goodness you can handle, and thats a lot!

(the above is merely mentioned as an attempt at humour and in no way is meant to be a business contract, ffs)

CiDeRmAn

I got a laptop cooling pad online for a fiver.
It is two usb powered fans and I basically lodged it in there, beneath the lappy and, so far, it is keeping everything cool/er.
I knew things were running hot when I burnt my finger on something metal while adjusting it!
Ouch!
It seems to chug a bit on certain games, from time to time.
I reckon I will replace the laptop with another at some point in the next year, may use a small PC board and a 17" 4:3 monitor instead, leave the controller on the available shelf if it take up too much room in the drawer.

Anyone else having a go at this cab??

Popped it on this morning and was playing Dodonpachi and ESP with no chugging, don't know why, it all just worked, so happy days. That said there is a cash converters type shop on Swords mains st, nothing retro there, just Wiis, 360's, PS2's, but they do have some cheap laptops, around the 200 mark, that might make the Ikea cab sparkle, might look into it later in the year.

Elbow

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

(the above is merely mentioned as an attempt at humour and in no way is meant to be a business contract, ffs)

I think you should give yourself a warning over that

safetyboy

Interesting, gonna look into this, have a few laptops in work i can use!

safetyboy

What is the ramvik table called over here in Ikea?

CathalDublin

Think it's now discontinued

CiDeRmAn

Seems to be gone alright, a great pity and there doesn't appear to be an equivalent in the online catalogue at least.
So, sorry to those who might have had a go at building one, mine is quite low powered but plays everything I want it to and the whole thing sits nicely in the living room without raising an eyebrow from my game-hating missus!