{"id":174,"date":"2009-10-22T21:48:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T13:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factotumindustries.com\/main\/?p=174"},"modified":"2009-10-22T21:48:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T13:48:32","slug":"hes-a-pinball-wizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factotumindustries.com\/main\/hes-a-pinball-wizard\/","title":{"rendered":"He’s a Pinball Wizard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"arcademachine\"All work and no play makes jack a dull boy…<\/p>\n

One of the “fun” projects we’ve been working on for some time is (re) building an arcade console.<\/p>\n

The unit was originally a hacked Amiga with some scary wiring in an original case. After it burnt out it was time for v2.0.<\/p>\n

So we’ve squeezed a Pentium 4 box in, replaced the aging CRT with a fresh one and hooked up the arcade controls via a USB interface. Just add an emulator and hey presto – countless hours of reliving the days down at the deli \/ fish and chip shop.<\/p>\n

I’m sure if we’d fitted a coin mechanism to it we would have been able to retire by now \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

When it’s not getting used for relaxation it doubles as the bandwidth monitor for the office network and runs photo promos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy… One of the “fun” projects we’ve been working on for some time is (re) building an arcade console. The unit was originally a hacked Amiga with some scary wiring in an original case. After it burnt out it was time for v2.0. So we’ve squeezed … <\/p>\n

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