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ChopstickSamurai
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That PCB protector is pretty sweet. I've seen the Cave sized ones but not these. Did it come with the board?
I never understood why more PCB collectors don't make plexiglass enclosures for their PCBs.
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I'm wondering why there aren't protectors for PCB plexiglass enclosures.
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Yeahhhh I store all my pcb's like that, it is a tad ridiculous...but I'm a picky asshole about how I store things...
It's about $15 worth of plexi, plastic standoffs and screws at Ace hardware...so it's relatively cheap if anybody wants to do the same...
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Looks like a nice way to trap in heat. Cool looking case though, I just hope whoever made it used anti-static acrylic.
but then you would need a box protector for the box protector protecting the acrylic.
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Come on man you need to brainstorm some more ideas, variety is the spice of life. These fortune cookie aphorism jokes are getting stale and almost as old as you.
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So you are autistic?
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Has to be joke? It's an open air enclosure. There are tens of thousands of arcade pcb's that were encased in plastic with little to no ventilation that still function 100% today. Point of fact - the most reliable pcb's are the ones that are in cartridge enclosures.
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Aku Gallet- got banged up in shipping but luckily still works:
Nice scoop. Did it come in the signature Yaton pizza box?
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Mike, don't even try to bewlshit us. You know that heat led to unstable air, which led to bit rot, which led to unstable framerates and input lag.
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No, it's no joke. You should see the shit he says in chat. You guys only experience a fraction of his 'burgers on the forum.
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It was actually packed really well, but customs gave it the once over.
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But yeah a lot of those case based pcbs from my experience generally have fewer ic's than boards without cases (unless we are talking about games that came in big ass computer cases). That alone probably contributes to why more are working vs boards with a shit ton of ic chips. When I think of games that came in cases I usually think of MVS,CPS2,PGM,some JP CPS1 games, F3 and then you got the computer based case hardware. There is a lot more of course. At least it isn't nowhere near as bad as what fuck tard Luke morse did where he made enclosures for all his games that he calls "PCB sandwiches" or people running their games in bubble wrap baggies like the ones you see from Japan shops.
the point I was making is if you keep that horizontal and play for extended periods of time the ambient temperature is going to be much higher than say, having it caseless. Whether that affects the lifespan of a game that has been on for years on end in any meaningful way is really unknown. Thermal cycles are really what kills games imo. A lot of these boards really should've been fit with heatsinks and had fans as its really thermal cycles that destroy these games
I think the acrylic case idea is good overall, it removes mechanical stress from the equation and makes swapping boards ez. I just hope you used anti-static acrylic as it can build up a big ass charge over time and POTENTIALLY kill your boards. Does anyone remember when Chempop pointed this out at the collectard cave acrylic case thread over here?
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Hellz yeah man put cheese on them.
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Wow, that does look fucking sweet!
Picked up a few games last week while visiting family.
NES:
Guerrilla War
Tetris
Legendary Wings
SMS:
Altered Beast
N64:
Gauntlet Legends
Castlevania 64
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