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Crazy Cooter:

My dad saw the cab I picked up for my MAME project and was very interested in something for himself.  Only he would be interested in restoring a game or two.  My experience is mostly MAME so I'm trying to find out what the guts of *cough* "Real" cabinets are.  I've looked around online for sellers of parts and it seems that it could be broken down into a few categories:

Cabinet - Obviously

Control Panel - Joy/Buttons

Monitor - Vert/Horz

PCB - The actual game circuitry

Wires - ?

Power - ?

If he bought a gutted cab or scratch built, what all would he need to buy?  Do most pcb sellers include the wiring?  I'm just not sure how the electronic stuff is categorized.   ???

DYNAGOD:

jamma harness...and a kick harness, if you like 6 button fighters.

switchable arcade power supply unit

AC line filter








Apollo:

I suggest you buy a working cab and just have a look at how it works. You can get them pretty cheap if you are not concerned with the actual game or condition of the cab.

exibar:

That's probabaly the best thing.  Find an arcade shop around somewhere and see what cheapo's they have for sale.  

  You can probably find something complete for cheap 100 - 300 bucks, maybe less.  You won't find a pac-man or a Galaga, but you might find an ataxx or some other wierd game that isn't popular for cheap that they might just want to get rid of...  

  I picked up a 3 gun beast busters and a Neo-Geo 4 way (no MB though) for $150 complete with 25" monitors and everything, but no main boards...  main boards just plugged right in though :-)

Crazy Cooter:

I'd like to pick up a full cab with him.  But I'm not sure what "complete" is.  Obviously if it was working I would know, but if it was missing say the isolation transformer for the monitor, I'd have no idea since I don't know what it looks like.  Is there a pic somewhere that identifies what the parts are (generally of course)?  I've got an idea since I understand what the parts are supposed to do, but I don't have a clear picture in my head.

Take the isolation transformer for example.  I know it's something that's between the wall outlet and monitor.  That's about it.  I'd guess it to be rectangular and vented... maybe even have an actual plug unless it's hardwired ???

Even a sketch in paint would help.  A website dealing in parts with some pics might be better ???

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