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| GearHead:
I decided that I wanted to make the control panel swappable so I used an ATX breakout board off of eBay and an ATX connector. None of the pins are connected to each other on the breakout board so it has 24 available pins. I just have to make sure I don't push the power on button. Not much inside the cabinet. The JROK MultiWilliams board is pretty small. |
| ChadTower:
Damn, that's some fine work. :cheers: Where south of Boston are you? I live right by Gillette. |
| 8BitMonk:
--- Quote from: GearHead on May 09, 2017, 03:23:10 pm ---The feel of the joysticks is pretty good with games. Playing Robotron takes a little getting used to, but it's not bad. Defender and Joust are close. The Leaf Pros need a little more resistance but they will do for a machine in my classroom. --- End quote --- Agreed on the resistance, I had a Dominux8 in my Dig Dug cabaret and went back to a WICO. --- Quote from: GearHead on May 09, 2017, 03:23:10 pm ---I decided that I wanted to make the control panel swappable so I used an ATX breakout board off of eBay and an ATX connector. None of the pins are connected to each other on the breakout board so it has 24 available pins. I just have to make sure I don't push the power on button. --- End quote --- Great idea! I want to do a swappable CP on my Defender as well and may go this route, thanks. Where'd you buy the long ATX cable going to the CP and was it pre-wired or did you crimp and wire it yourself? |
| GearHead:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 09, 2017, 03:30:56 pm ---Damn, that's some fine work. :cheers: Where south of Boston are you? I live right by Gillette. --- End quote --- Thanks. I'm just off Exit 10 on Route 93. About 8 miles south of Boston. --- Quote from: 8BitMonk on May 09, 2017, 03:56:57 pm ---Great idea! I want to do a swappable CP on my Defender as well and may go this route, thanks. Where'd you buy the long ATX cable going to the CP and was it pre-wired or did you crimp and wire it yourself? --- End quote --- I cut my Jamma harness in half and crimped one end of it and fed the other end into the breakout board. Seems to be working nicely. I will update things when I finish off some other control panels. |
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