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RayB's AMUSEMENT 360 - STATUS: Almost done
RayB:
Lastly, here is most of my hardware mounted.
A: Here is a JPAC and JAMMA harness
B: Here the CD-ROM is mounted with brackets on top of two wood rails. Underneath is the 30g hard drive.
C: Here you can see my L shaped solution for holding my cards in place. The idea with everything here is to have everything mounted and secured so the cabinet can be moved without fear of anything falling or disconnecting.
D: The way the cabinet was designed there's a shelf (as you can see. Below this shelf I mounted the power supply (you can barely see it) and to the left I mounted a power bar.
Notice how all wiring is cable-tied and secured! If you do it right the first time, you avoid headaches down the road.
markrvp:
Ray:
From reading some of your other threads I see that you like using a Jamma harness with the JPAC when doing MAME cabinets. What is the advantage of going that route over using a keyboard encoder to interface the controls?
RayB:
--- Quote from: markrvp on November 28, 2005, 01:00:10 am ---From reading some of your other threads I see that you like using a Jamma harness with the JPAC when doing MAME cabinets.
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The JPAC has a video amp and cut-off which will cut off "bad" resolutions that could otherwise damage the monitor. I also like just having everything wired to the standard, should I decide to make this cab work with JAMMA game boards.
Buddabing:
--- Quote from: RayB on November 27, 2005, 10:54:26 pm ---Lastly, here is most of my hardware mounted.
A: Here is a JPAC and JAMMA harness
B: Here the CD-ROM is mounted with brackets on top of two wood rails. Underneath is the 30g hard drive.
C: Here you can see my L shaped solution for holding my cards in place. The idea with everything here is to have everything mounted and secured so the cabinet can be moved without fear of anything falling or disconnecting.
D: The way the cabinet was designed there's a shelf (as you can see. Below this shelf I mounted the power supply (you can barely see it) and to the left I mounted a power bar.
Notice how all wiring is cable-tied and secured! If you do it right the first time, you avoid headaches down the road.
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Please post a closer-up picture and description of (C).
Thanks!
RayB:
--- Quote from: Buddabing on December 01, 2005, 02:42:13 pm ---Please post a closer-up picture and description of (C).
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The steps I took were as follows:
1. I found a spot for the motherboard where it would not be in the way and there would be room for the cards and the cables that get plugged in them.
2. I used PCB feet and mounted the motherboard.
3. Now with the motherboard secured and cards fully inserted, I could mount the "L" shaped wood so that it would be snug against the tabs of the cards. I used L-brackets to secure it BUT NO GLUE. It must be removable in case I ever want to change cards.
4. Last step is using small screws to secure the card tabs to the wood post.