Ultimate Coffee Table Part#1

G'day again.

I'm going to start using this space again as a home for a project that Dave and I have started.

The idea we have began with a old coffee table that I had. When I moved in here we started using it. However a comment of Dave's that it was 'As ugly as sin' had the table quickly resigned to sitting out of the way. We recently also acquired a number of classic consoles and quickly discovered that having 4 odd consoles lying across the floor was not only a horrific mess but incredibly complicated to work out what cable was what. One of Daves drunken moments had him making his very own Atari 2600 controller from scratch. With the removal of the coffee table and the again lack of some kind of surface to put things on an idea was brewed over numerous beers one night to create the ultimate coffee table. We could incorporate multiple consoles into one unit. Further ideas were brought to light over more beers, such as a universal controller for our consoles. Thus again reducing the amount of cables everywhere. While we're at it lets stick a pc with video out inside the cabinet so we could have a full multi media unit for music and videos. Why not do that over wi-fi too!

So what do we have already?

One ancient coffee table in desperate need of 'Modernisation'.
Atari 2600.
3 x Super Nintendo Entertainment Systems.
Nintendo Entertainment System.
Playstation II.
Hewlett Packard P3 PC with video out.
Apple Airport.
Semi wired CAT5e house.
Loads of beer.
A project that is going to take forever and probably lead to many a hangover.
A pile of enthusiasm.

So there you have it. An idea and a place to share it.

Next post - Initial Construction and Console Discovery.