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Donkey Kong Themed Bartop
eaconner:
All of the electronics are in. I love the 60 in 1 Jamma card. I will post a review as soon as I have time.
It looks like I will be cutting the case out next week, I just need to work out a time with my friend. I'm off to Lowe's today to buy some more MDF and a few misc parts.
Bender:
Love this project! :cheers:
I have no experience with jamma boards, is that thing running everything? (in other words no need for a pc, just a power suppy)
If so, how do you hook controls up to it?
eaconner:
--- Quote from: Bender on April 02, 2010, 10:34:55 pm ---Love this project! :cheers:
I have no experience with jamma boards, is that thing running everything? (in other words no need for a pc, just a power suppy)
If so, how do you hook controls up to it?
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A JAMMA board (Japanese Arcade Machine Manufacturers Association) is standard for arcade machines. The main part of this standard is the 46 pair wiring harness (the rainbow cable on the left side of the photo below). This harness and board are basically the CPU and iPac in a Mame machine. The harness has connections for power, video, audio, coin door/coin counter, the player-1 controls, and the player-2 controls. This specific board has a 4 pin molex connector for power, a VGA output, and an 1/8" audio jack; this way you don't need to use all of the connections on the wiring harness. The only part of the harness that I am using is the player-1 and 2 controls. I have also attached the pinout for the JAMMA connector.
Bender:
Wow that is pretty nifty!
Thanks for the info
I can sense another project idea forming, uh-oh
eaconner:
--- Quote from: Bender on April 03, 2010, 08:30:54 pm ---Wow that is pretty nifty!
Thanks for the info
I can sense another project idea forming, uh-oh
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The neat thing about this card is it allows you to turn on and off any of the 60 games. If you turn all but one off it will only load that game; there is no selection screen. You can have basically a dedicated cab. I already have plans for three full sized cabs; a dedicated Donkey Kong, Ms. Pacman, and Galaga. If I can't find a decent priced/working original board I know what I will be using.
On another note: I have finished drawing the parts in the CNC program so I should get everything cut out next week. I can't wait.