Author Topic: Name this pcb (got it) (Read 1525 times)

j123vt_99 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:02:14 pm »

[asking this as a newbie] are people skilled enough to identify a board purely by looks? [/asking this as a newbie]

tommy · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:04:23 pm »

Ive seen stranger things happen on this site, they should, j123vt

j123vt_99 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:05:30 pm »

Quote from: tommy on February 24, 2005, 04:04:23 pm

Ive seen stranger things happen on this site, they should,

Witchboard · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:24:48 pm »

Tips would be handy, like any names or numbers silked on the board.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:30:34 pm »

Oh, Thats Bob

tommy · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:35:28 pm »

Theres really nothing to tell about it ,its a jamma pcb

Apollo · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:51:42 pm »

Ok well to start the ball rolling it looks non Jamma and has 2 layers of PCB's.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:53:38 pm »

Arcade PCB? Where do controls hook up?

tommy · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2005, 05:00:47 pm »

Like i said it is a jamma pcb theres no other inputs so all the hookups are from the jamma connector, it does have 2 boards there, im guessing the top pcb is the sound board, ive got some more pictures but im having trouble posting them so i would have to email them , this is an odd board ive never seen before

Witchboard · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2005, 08:38:03 pm »

This may be a silly question.. but since it's JAMMA have you plugged it up and seen what it is, or is this supposed to be a quessing game for fun and you already know what it is?

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2005, 08:42:14 pm »

Is it Lucky Wander Boy?

tommy · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2005, 08:50:28 pm »

No guessing game, the pcb seems to make some kind of ding when powerd up but thats it ,and everything in my cab is tip top so its the pcb, im fiddling with the board but nothing so far i did get it to ding as it did nothing before

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2005, 08:52:36 pm »

There has to be something written on it. Sometimes I've identified boards by looking at the little round numbered stickers that are on a series of the roms, then matching those numbers to Mame roms using MAWS.

There's no manufacturer or copyright notice on it? Not even a year?

Edit: BTW, I wasn't guessing; Lucky Wander Boy was meant to be a joke. I guess you haven't read the book.

tommy · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2005, 08:58:15 pm »

As you can tell from the pic the roms have nothing marked , there is absolutly nothing marked on the pcb saying make model etc the only thing the top pcb says is

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2005, 09:03:35 pm »

From the photo it looks like there's a lot of markings all over the roms. Even the processors say nothing?

tommy · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2005, 09:05:57 pm »

I could mail you some close ups , it looks like the main chip says 1988amd

tommy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2005, 09:09:01 pm »

Quote from: JoyMonkey on February 24, 2005, 09:03:35 pm

From the photo it looks like there's a lot of markings all over the roms. Even the processors say nothing?

i meant no stickers marking the roms

tommy · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2005, 09:58:04 pm »

Found out its a mortal kombat bootleg but you couldnt tell by how it looks

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2005, 10:03:52 pm »

Ah nuts. I was going to suggest a Smash TV bootleg. Oh well.

EDIT:

For anyone interested, there's an excellent collection of various PCB photos here:
http://arcadecollecting.xmission.com/pcbpics/index.html

And a MAWS deluxe search for games with whatever CPU you can find on the board is always good too.

You can find some nice "unknown" pcbs on ebay that turn out pretty sweet. I bought an unknown PCB that I figured out was a Mr.Do! for $12 before.

tommy · « **Reply #20 on:** February 24, 2005, 10:11:47 pm »

Thanks for helping joymonkey


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