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I have an empty DK... so what do I do now?

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Ginsu Victim:

It's got CGA, so yeah, but they don't give much information at all about the monitor on that site. Not even the brand.

javeryh:

I just called and got a quote on shipping ($28) so it would be $267 shipped for the monitor.  I might pull the trigger even though I'm at least a month or two away from installing any electronics. 

jimkirk:

To me the easiest thing to do is wire the cab jamma,get a monitor,a board either original with jamma adapter or 60-1 multi, a switching power supply and wire it up and play. That is all that is needed to play right away.
All you would need to do is find an original harness,power supply and transformer,and sanyo monitor if you want the inside original.
The harness is the most difficult to find,I had to buy bits from different sources to complete it.
Does your cab have a coin door and mechs?
If not there are a few guys on KOLV that have them just post in the WTB section.
As for the cp just repair it and paint it semi or gloss black,I couldn't find any laminate or vinyl like the original.
I prefer the original stick but the Sanwa JLF  is pretty close to original and will work good for DK.

orion:

As much as I prefer restoring games to original, I have to say that a cab in a totally gutted condition tends to be ridiculously expensive to restore.... and I mean ridiculously expensive. It seems like working boards for any popular games all seem to go for over $150 and the Vision pros go for over $200. So your over $350.00 in just those alone. Whereas a PC/Mame solution is often free. The 48 in 1 would be the easiest solution to set up and get running, and you could get all the parts you need for that easily well below $200 if you go with a 19 inch VGA monitor.

javeryh:


--- Quote from: orion on March 25, 2009, 09:33:57 am ---As much as I prefer restoring games to original, I have to say that a cab in a totally gutted condition tends to be ridiculously expensive to restore.... and I mean ridiculously expensive. It seems like working boards for any popular games all seem to go for over $150 and the Vision pros go for over $200. So your over $350.00 in just those alone. Whereas a PC/Mame solution is often free. The 48 in 1 would be the easiest solution to set up and get running, and you could get all the parts you need for that easily well below $200 if you go with a 19 inch VGA monitor.

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yeah... I'm in for almost $100 already and all I ordered so far are CP parts and the top marquee retainer.  The cab came with no CP at all.  The side art, bezel, marquee and instruction cards are going to run me another $150 and I still need to get the electronics (board/power supply) and monitor.  I'm figuring this is a $500 project easy.  Maybe I'll start with MAME since I have old computers lying around and then convert it down the road.  I don't know... I really wanted a true DK...

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