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Jack Burton:
Do you already have a MAME cab?

If not this is a good "first try" candidate.  

Take out the PCB and wiring.  I'm not sure if these things use JAMMA or not so you should check that out.  

You can probably find somebody on this site in BST willing to trade you the PCB and other hardware inside for some joysticks and buttons.  

The easy way to redo that control panel is to take a piece of lexan or 1/4" MDF and attach it over the button holes in the original CP.  Then drill new holes for your new parts.

For the rest I'd stick with the good old combo of PC+I-pac+ArcadeVGA.  For sound you can hack a set of PC speakers or buy a little amp.  
Well Fed Games:

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--- Quote from: thefearsomefearful on June 27, 2011, 10:45:25 am ---Some interesting options... only thing I know, it is raining today, so I am glad I went for it yesterday.

One weird thing, there is a "Tec-Key 2000" (some sort of wireless receiver, like a garage door) wired into it, seems to go to the reset switch. I wonder what purpose that would serve?

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A place I used to hang out could clear the credits on the machine remotely when someone cashed in. Think it's for that?

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+1

Here is in Wisconsin, these things are everywhere.  Pretty much every bar you go into, even some gas stations have them.  They don't legally "pay out" but in this entire state, it's an unwritten rule that they really do payout.  If you ever win big and want to cash out, you just talk to the bartender and they pay you in cash.   Anyway, I've seen countless places use a remote to restart the machine, which clears the credits off of it.


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Yeah, I am sure that is it, a remote credit clear.

Thanks all for the thoughts,  I am currently "finishing" (painting, painting, painting) my Pac cab (MAME), and was thinking of doing a Raiden II cab next or a mini cab for my daughter. But now I have a "real" arcade monitor... hmm.
Well Fed Games:
Some pics of the inside, for the curious...

*edit- sorry for the bad focus... I apparently need a new camera. Why do I never find one of those on the curbside?  :lol*
Jack Burton:
Hmmm,

those buttons appear to use the same hole size as a standard arcade button.  This is a good thing.  No need to make a new CP.  You could easily remove the current buttons and install a joystick plus four action buttons.  Something like this maybe?



You'd want to put a a button plug in the hole next to the joystick. 
Well Fed Games:

--- Quote from: Jack Burton on June 28, 2011, 05:51:54 pm ---Hmmm,

those buttons appear to use the same hole size as a standard arcade button.  This is a good thing.  No need to make a new CP.  You could easily remove the current buttons and install a joystick plus four action buttons.  Something like this maybe?



You'd want to put a a button plug in the hole next to the joystick. 

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Thanks for the mockup... I think I have a line on someone who wants the CP, but I definitely see the possibilities.
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