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Nuttman:
My mistake, I see what you're getting at.  Color coding each connection differently definitely requires more choices that these vendors provide.

Hopefully the vendor links I provided could help out someone who doesn't need as many color choices.
Gideon:
The poor man's option is to use a labelling system.  Why not do that?
rob:

--- Quote from: Gideon on February 23, 2004, 07:35:46 pm ---The poor man's option is to use a labelling system.  Why not do that?

--- End quote ---

It's a good idea, but with small cp's like mine, all those labels would really make a mess and cramp everything real bad.  So, color coding is the best way to go.  When I wired mine, I used all black.  I mixed up the left and down on player 1 and even though it wasn't really THAT bad, finding the proper wires was definately a pain in the arse with that little space.
paigeoliver:
I actually prefer to work with black wires for ground, and the same color for everything else (usually red).

There is GOOD reason for that.

It REQUIRES me to check connections rather than make assumptions based on wire colors. Assumptions based on wire colors have led to MANY, MANY, MANY arcade mishaps over the years.
patrickl:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on February 24, 2004, 05:16:06 am ---I actually prefer to work with black wires for ground, and the same color for everything else (usually red).

There is GOOD reason for that.

It REQUIRES me to check connections rather than make assumptions based on wire colors. Assumptions based on wire colors have led to MANY, MANY, MANY arcade mishaps over the years.

--- End quote ---
Doesn't the multi coloring just make it much easier to check if you have colored wires? With "assumptions" do you mean that you misread the color (like mixing up brown-white and black-white)? Or for instance, that you thought the red wire would be player one start and in fact it was player 2 start?

BTW, if you use a multimeter to test the wiring, you could still accidently measure it against the wrong connector on the i-pac (or whatever you use). So in that case you have a risk of doing things wrong too.

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