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AmericanDemon:
Its not going to connect to your PC at all.  You would need to have an Arcade monitor to run this or build yourself a Supergun to fit inside your cabinet.  Its just as simple as wiring multiple devices to each button.  It'll get messy with the wiring, but it'll be cheaper than building a seconardy cabinet.
krick:
Here's how I would go about running "real" JAMMA arcade PCBs side by side with a MAME computer:

1) put an arcade monitor in your cab
2) wire the cabinet using a JAMMA harness
3) buy a Multi-JAMMA or Double JAMMA adapter
4) connect the real PCB to its own power supply and one connector of the multi-JAMMA
5) connect the MAME computer to another connector on the multi-JAMMA using a J-PAC
6) enjoy
Goz:
I've posed the question on a number of boards and never actually found someone who could confirm that they were able to use a multi JAMMA with a JPAC. I would love to see an example if so. I hope that  you are right and that it is possible, because if it is, I know what I'll be ordering myself for fathersday.

-Goz
Rocky:

--- Quote from: krick on May 31, 2004, 10:22:36 pm ---Here's how I would go about running "real" JAMMA arcade PCBs side by side with a MAME computer:

1) put an arcade monitor in your cab
2) wire the cabinet using a JAMMA harness
3) buy a Multi-JAMMA or Double JAMMA adapter
4) connect the real PCB to its own power supply and one connector of the multi-JAMMA
5) connect the MAME computer to another connector on the multi-JAMMA using a J-PAC
6) enjoy


--- End quote ---

I would do it this way except I would not get the multi-JAMMA adaptor. It's not that hard to turn the game off and switch the harness to a different edge connector.  Save yourself $100

krick:
Good point.  He didn't say that he wanted to run both at the same time.  Yeah, in that case, I'd just swap the connector too.  Of course, if he was switching boards a lot, that might get tedious and possibly subject the connectors to undue wear.
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