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Newbie in over my head. Few questions...
DeLuSioNal29:
If it's a Jamma machine, you'll need this wiring harness for each machine (since you said they are all cut up).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-JAMMA-Wiring-Harness-Multicade-Arcade-Video-Game-/221169675090?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337ebd6b52
I've attached the standard Jamma pinout below. You simply connect the wires as labeled to your devices. (+12v on power supply, +5 on power supply, ground, etc). Then you connect your buttons and controls to the labeled wires. Plug in a Jamma board and go from there.
Here's a video on how to wire up your buttons. The concept is the same for Jamma, except you would be connecting your buttons (microswitches) to the Jamma connector your purchased above instead.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,80229.0.html
However, if you want to install a PC into a Jamma cab (using the Jamma wiring and the original monitor) you'll need this circuit board called the J-Pac to convert the PC signal to the arcade monitor.
Last but not least, if you want to go with an LCD and PC for a MAME unit, you can bypass the Jamma nonsense altogether and simply purchase an iPac2 here: http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html
Hope this helped and welcome to the hobby!
DeLuSioNaL29
P.S. - Pics would help greatly. Do you have any of these machines?
DeLuSioNaL29
mgb:
As far as your question about the plexi, pretty much, you will most likely have to cut and drill your own.
you can check here http://thearcadeboneyard.com/ and see if they have one but I doubt it.