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Title: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: Mac Green on March 01, 2012, 05:36:43 pm
OK so I bought a Mr Do! PCB and I need an adapter but everywhere seems sold out or they want 19$ for shipping so ive decided to make one any help or advice appreciated
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: Nephasth on March 01, 2012, 05:39:00 pm
Franco B does top notch work! (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117852.0)
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: paigeoliver on March 01, 2012, 07:33:34 pm
In the past when it was a cheap board I would just mount the board onto a piece of wood with a jamma fingerboard and just solder wires right from the board to the fingerboard. Faster and cheaper than making the adaptor. When I sold my board collection the boards I did this to went way over market value too.
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: Nephasth on March 01, 2012, 07:52:40 pm
...I would just mount the board onto a piece of wood with a jamma fingerboard and just solder wires right from the board to the fingerboard.

 :whap
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: paigeoliver on March 01, 2012, 08:39:54 pm
Yeah, not the most original thing to do, but it got the boards converted for $3 rather than $30. Which could be particularly important when I was dealing with an unknown condition board with a unique pinout.

...I would just mount the board onto a piece of wood with a jamma fingerboard and just solder wires right from the board to the fingerboard.

 :whap
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: Mac Green on March 01, 2012, 10:21:10 pm
Thanks for the replies everybody i thinnk this is what im gonna do get one of these http://www.jammaparts.net/misc/76-28-pin-edge-connector.html (http://www.jammaparts.net/misc/76-28-pin-edge-connector.html) and one of these  http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAMMA-Fingerboard-JB-3-Non-JAMMA-to-JAMMA-Adapter-/150575935568?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item230f067050#ht_1612wt_1344 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAMMA-Fingerboard-JB-3-Non-JAMMA-to-JAMMA-Adapter-/150575935568?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item230f067050#ht_1612wt_1344)
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: Unstupid on March 02, 2012, 09:46:44 pm
$10 here... http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/39-jamma-harnesses (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/39-jamma-harnesses)

How much is your time worth?  How many hours would it take you to make the harness?
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: Nephasth on March 02, 2012, 10:56:13 pm
$10 here... http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/39-jamma-harnesses (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/39-jamma-harnesses)

How much is your time worth?  How many hours would it take you to make the harness?

He's not making a harness. He's making an adapter to plug a non-jamma pcb into a cabinet that is wired for jamma.

Basically one of these minus the sound amp...
(http://www.arcademvs.com/accesseriors/A-02.JPG)
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: Franco B on March 03, 2012, 04:37:12 pm
Franco B does top notch work! (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117852.0)

Thanks for the props :)

In the past when it was a cheap board I would just mount the board onto a piece of wood with a jamma fingerboard and just solder wires right from the board to the fingerboard. Faster and cheaper than making the adaptor. When I sold my board collection the boards I did this to went way over market value too.

My #1 pet PCB hate. If I found someone who did this to an original PCB I would find it hard not to punch them in the face, and I'm not a violent person  :bat
Title: Re: Making JAMMA Adaptors
Post by: Mac Green on March 03, 2012, 10:50:56 pm
Franco B does top notch work! (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117852.0)

Thanks for the props :)

In the past when it was a cheap board I would just mount the board onto a piece of wood with a jamma fingerboard and just solder wires right from the board to the fingerboard. Faster and cheaper than making the adaptor. When I sold my board collection the boards I did this to went way over market value too.

My #1 pet PCB hate. If I found someone who did this to an original PCB I would find it hard not to punch them in the face, and I'm not a violent person  :bat
  :stupid  Agreed