Got my ArcadeVGA in the mail (my video card). It supplies video to the arcade monitor which I'm still waiting on. I noticed in the instructions of the video card that you can't use it with a PC (unless the PC is a second monitor). So I had to find myself another video card. Luckly I had some old Nvidia laying around. So I went ahead and wired everything up, so I could get started. And hooked it all up to my PC monitor. It's a big mess!

So I'm all ready to start the thing up to see if it works and I notice, I have no power switch! Usually they come w/ cases, but since I'm not using one, I didn't get one. I didn't want to run all the way back to Microcenter to get one so I was a little pissed, but then I had an idea! My power supply has some Molex connectors on it, one of which fit nicely over the power switch pins on the motherboard. So I cut one end off my power supply. I just needed a switch, which was easy enough, since the buttons on my control panel have microswitches on them. I just spliced the microswitch up to the Molex connector and put it on my motherboard. Hit the microswitch and it powered up! Nice! Next step is to set everything up w/ the computer. Here's my hackjob:

Also got an email from my Dad. He couldn't find MDF, so he got Birch Plywood. Cool! He said he saved $100 on it by going to Green Bay to get it. Amazing. Looks like that's what this baby will be made out of.