Testing With a Pandora's Box DX
Saturday February 18, 2023
With the help of my friend Gabe, we were able to actually get a good look at the monitors last night.
One small issue is that none of the buttons work. He told me why but I don’t remember. Something about a pin on the Pandora Box being grounded. He has an adapter to make it work which I’m going to pick up later today. This is just so I can use the thing while I think about what I really want to put in this thing.
To my surprise, the Tetris burn in that looked really bad with the screen off is practically invisible when a game is running. Maybe I’ll eat these words later on but at this moment I am extremely not worried about it.
I blew both of the fans out with an air compressor. I can’t tell if they actually sound better or if it’s placebo.
I know now isn’t the time to think about aesthetics, but there are some things I can’t wait to get at. My little monkey goblin brain tried to peel off the Tekken stickers, but I decided to do it later when it wasn’t just a quick peel.
The little section for a game’s controls printout is pretty ugly on the P1 side. The P2 side is perfectly fine.
Also featured in that picture is a button I replaced. It’s a clear Sanwa, and it made me realize that these other buttons are not Sanwas. The end goal is 6 yellow Sanwas on each side, but I could temporarily use Hori buttons just so they all match. I need to slow down and pick a game.