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What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
« on: December 01, 2004, 10:59:32 am »
Needs to be able to play 6 button fighting games.

I have the empty cab.  what parts do i need?

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Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2004, 11:56:09 am »
How detailed are you wanting this list to be?  Bob Roberts has a few starter kits for AC/DC wiring, isolation transformers and JAMMA harnesses including kick harnesses which you'll need for your Street Fighter PCB.

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Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2004, 12:32:28 pm »
6 buttons is JAMMA+.

Are you connecting to a PCB?

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Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2004, 01:29:40 pm »
Explain what you mean by "empty cab". Some people describe a full cab with no game in it as "empty", while to others an empty cab is one with no game boards, and monitor but still has the wiring.

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Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2004, 01:38:20 pm »
empty as in just the wood.  I have the project arcade book...musta skipped the jamma section.

I want to run jamma pcb's.

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Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2004, 09:40:24 pm »
OK Well the Bob Roberts information pages are required reading, but the basics you need:

 - an arcade "switching power supply" (just a basic one that outputs +5v, -5v, +12v, -12v)

 - a monitor

 - an isolation transformer *IF* the monitor you get needs one (newer ones don't usually)

 - an AC filter

 - a fuse block. It's wise to put fuses on the lines that go from the power supply to the game board, which means you'll need 4 fuses (one on each voltage I mentioned up above). I think you also need another fuse too on the main AC line.

 - a JAMMA harness (this is the part that connects everything to the game circuit board--provides the board with power, joy/button inputs, coin switch input, etc)

 - marquee lighting (optional really)

 - an AC power switch

 - a 3 prong power cord

 - and other than that, wiring and controls.

That's about it. JAMMA cabs are pretty simple beasts.
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Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2004, 11:35:06 pm »
Sell it to somebody who wants to MAME it and find a working JAMMA cab.  You'll end up spending just as much or more to completely rebuild the insides, plus have to do a ton of work.  Unless you're doing it for the learning experience, that is. 

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Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2004, 11:50:01 pm »
Yeah, you are better off buying a cabinet that still has the basic wiring intact. It costs a ton of money to JAMMAtize a bare wood cab if you are buying everything from scratch.

Or at least get a cabinet that still has the basic AC wiring intact.
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