Has anyone created a cabinet peripheal? (instead of a stand alone cabinet)

[deaconblooze]

I'm working on designing my first mini cab. I have a BG monitor and some light woodworking skills. My goal is mostly to play FX2 and Pinball Arcade, but also want the option to throw on VP9. I plan on using a 360 controller and mapping the buttons to it, and using the left analog stick with plumb bob to simulate analog nudge.

I feel pretty good about the plan. My thought was to just create the cabinet with monitors and controls first, and connect it to an external computer (at least for now). Has anyone else done this? I would think it would be as easy as running the cables out the back.

[mameman]

i have a couple machines that share a pc at the moment, as you say simply a case of video cables and a usb connection.

[deaconblooze]

Thanks, that's reassuring. I just always see everyone installing PC's right into the cab, so I thought I may have been overlooking something.