Parts time...

I'm lucky enough to work in IT, so a set of speakers were easily acquired through an old 2004 donor computer, keyboard and mouse aren't a problem as I have lots around the house, a working donor computer was a little more problematic, but a very good friend of mine is donating an oldie, but fully functional XP build to the project!

As to buttons / Joysticks; all of these had to be ordered, and I did also find a great looking trackball which I've added to the project, I wasn't initially going to put one in, but it means we don't need a front end, as the trackball will also double as a mouse!

Buttons and Joysticks were ordered from ebay, and arrived in short order...

That trackball also has the added benefit of being a USB device, so I don't even have to cable it to the iPac controller you see on the right hand side of the first image! I've left the card on the trackball in case you can make it out, as I have an American surplus reseller to thank for that, as I got it for less than half of the HAPP advertised price from Tornado Terry's (the name is searchable on e-bay).

The downside is the trackball also takes up significantly more room than anticipated, so onto potential layouts to see what we like best.

To be continued...