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Franco B:

Whoa, you serious?

Ray wasn't actually calling you bone headed. He was just playing on what you said.

Chillax.  :afro:

skyblast:


--- Quote from: RayB on June 16, 2010, 02:53:19 pm ---You are bone headed.



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clear enough

Franco B:

 ::)

Someone needs to grow some thicker skin.

Seriously, Ray wasn't having a go at you, just having fun, and giving you some decent information at the same time. Everyone round here is pretty friendly. There are a couple of exceptions but Ray isn't one of them  :cheers:

CheffoJeffo:

Some basic background reading:

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/JAMMA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Amusement_Machinery_Manufacturers_Association

http://www.jammaboards.com/jcenter_jammaFAQ.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_harness

JAMMA is just a wiring standard and there are tons of games that use a JAMMA connector but also have additional connectors for specialty controls outside the JAMMA standard (e.g. trackballs, buttons numbering beyond 3, joysticks numbering beyond 2, rotary interfaces, spinners, etc). As an example, JAMMA/CPS-2 has an additional harness (36-pin?) to handle the extra controls. Or, some games even use a 56-pin harness with some of the JAMMA connections modified to accomodate specialty controls (some of the 60-in-1s were like that for the trackball connections).

Oh yeah -- only the 1-slot MVS boards are JAMMA -- the others use a 56-pin harness but have a slightly different pinout.

http://www.hardmvs.com/html/PCBcompare.htm

In addition to monitor orientation, you can also get different frequencies delivered through the same chassis harness, so do like Ray says and ask the seller exactly how the cab is wired and what kind of monitor is in there. Don't base it on what the original cab was.

BobA:

Thanks guys.  Best way to tell if it is jamma is ask the seller. If they don't know then you do not want it.  Why didn't I think of KISS first? :applaud:

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