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Title: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
Post by: Hoagie_one 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?

Title: Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
Post by: Witchboard 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.

Title: Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
Post by: SirPoonga on December 01, 2004, 12:32:28 pm

6 buttons is JAMMA+.

Are you connecting to a PCB?

Title: Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
Post by: RayB 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.

So give us more detail.......

Title: Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
Post by: Hoagie_one 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.

Title: Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
Post by: RayB 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.
~Ray B.

Title: Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
Post by: Kremmit 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. 

Title: Re: What do i need to make my own Jamma cab
Post by: paigeoliver 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.