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Title: Altered Beast cab
Post by: Wadeduck on January 24, 2005, 01:57:54 pm
I have a co-worker who is selling an altered beast cab for $150.  He says it is working except the sound is shot.  Anyone know if this sounds like a good deal?  How hard is it to get sound working again?  Any help would be appreciated greatly.
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: melidian on January 24, 2005, 02:32:49 pm
where are you
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: Wadeduck on January 24, 2005, 03:00:08 pm
I am from near Canton Ohio.
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: RayB on January 24, 2005, 04:03:33 pm
Go for it. Could just be a broken wire.  ;D
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: skid_68 on January 24, 2005, 07:24:21 pm
where are you

lol, cause you want it :P
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: RayB on January 24, 2005, 07:36:24 pm
Get some photos..... I think Altered Beast was a kit only, which means that cabinet was something else prior. Maybe a "classic".

Next thing, if you buy it, JAMMA games won't work in it (nor will a j-pac). Sega used their own pin-out format.

Lastly, regarding the sound problem, KLOV has this to say about it:
Fixes
This PCB also suffers from the same problem as Shinobi, however the sound fix varies slightly. You still replace the custom Sega chip at with a standard Z80, however you replace the ROM at location A10, as opposed to A7 on Shinobi.


~Ray B
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: melidian on January 24, 2005, 08:59:20 pm
yeah i want it...so  :angel:
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: Wadeduck on January 25, 2005, 02:38:50 pm
I was planning on doing the J-pac thing. :(  I was hoping for an easy change over to PC but that sounds like its not going to happen.  I wouldn't just gut it but I really wanted it for Mame etc.  If anyone here is interrested I will let him know.  Looks like I will have to bite the bullet and finally build my 4-player oak finish cab.
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: RayB on January 25, 2005, 02:47:34 pm
It's not that difficult to re-wire it with a jamma harness... It's a matter of just wiring the right wire to the right spot on the harness. But that's your call if you feel confident enough to do something like that.
Title: Re: Altered Beast cab
Post by: Sephroth57 on January 25, 2005, 03:35:11 pm
well if youre gonna go through the trouble of wiring a jpac why not just use an Ipac? easier to do if youre not confident with wires