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chinabox:
I finally got some pictures of my cab and the guts. I have a couple of general questions regarding the pictures located here:

http://home.rochester.rr.com/sparer/good/cab_pics.htm

I'm probably going to be using a J-PAC with an ArcadeVGA card. That being said, where does the J-PAC physically plug in to the arcade machine? And then the ArcadeVGA plugs right into the JPAC? That's my understanding...Also, what parts do I take out of the cabinet, and what parts do I keep in?

Finally, what are people's recommendations about the control panel? My current plan is to do a 2-player joystick/6-buttons with several (5-10) "auxilary" buttons. Any recommendations about expanding the current control panel?

Also, can you help me ID these parts? Just for curiosity's sake...

Thanks in advance for your help!
Zach

rampy:
The jpac plugs in to the JAMMA harness... Your jamma harness is currently occupied by the game PCB..

You could remove the game PCB and plug the Jpac into the black harness in picture 4

Hopefully it's a fully populated jamma harness... I wonder though since your cabinet is a trackball game if the person who originally wired/jammified it bothered to make the full runs for player 1/2 joy and other buttons n' stuff...

*Shrug* It's just a possible complication. I highly recommend for background reading bob roberts "so I want to build a game" or his jamma explanations...

good luck with your project (you, you lucky bastage who just happens to have a championship bowling in his basement)

rampy

EDIT 1: BTW I suggest making a new control panel out of mdf or the like to create a replacement CP.

I dont' think you'll need that many admin functions man. There's a "shift" function in the JPAC that allows you to have buttons do duel duty. If you setup a FrontEnd properly you'll never need your keyboard (well not really -- but in regular useage you wouldn't)

I'd keep everything in the cabinet =P Depending on what games you want to play (Street Fighters? ... ) you might want to rotate the monitor horizontally... but if you prefer classics/verticals maybe leave it vertical. =P

Apollo:
The ArcadeVGA card replaces the video card in your mobo. That means that you cant use a PC with onboard graphics as you need a mobo with spare AGP slot. You may be better off just ditching the jamma harness ( sell it on ebay along with the Championship Bowling PCB? ) and rewiring a control panel to an IPAC. It may be a lot simpler in the long run.
Good luck and have fun ( just a tip, don't rush it ).

chinabox:
NEW PICS ADDED! Can you guys help me ID this stuff?

The cabinet comes apart really well. I didn't expect things to be this easy. It looks like it's a"fully JAMMA-fied" cabinet. Can anyone confirm this?

paigeoliver:
I would ditch the Jamma harness and go with an I-Pac and arcadevga instead. There are no wired joysticks on that panel, and the wires for them may be snipped off from the harness itself. Even if it isn't, you will still have to rewire, so you might as well do it from scratch and save the extra money.

You might also want to check and see if Championship Bowling has been dumped for emulation yet. I don't see it in Mame.

Kind of a shame that you don't have any other cabinets to use. Bowling games are pretty fun and often sell for pretty good money. Capcom Bowling has been skyrocketing in value lately. They used to sell for like $50 at the auctions, but lately they are going for much more (one on ebay now is already at $280).

Also, the old kit will probably sell for much more money if you include the control panel, marquee, trackball, PCB, harness, bezel, and all the other guts too.

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