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Title: Need Advice
Post by: ojelela on December 29, 2005, 09:43:58 pm

Hi,this is great forum :angel:
Finally I both older cabinet from local shop without monitor,and after years
of planing its time for MAME.Now cabinet came all wired up with coin door and
JAMA harness +wico track ball, my setup will have two 4-8 way joysticks 6 buttons each player,1&2 player buttons happ tr.ball arcade connector not usb,and two pinball buttons.Finally my question is can i use existing harness or should i start from scratch.What is easier way and cheaper to go,because my boss(wife) its already complaining about spending money.
Thanks in advance and Happy New Year to everyone :D

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: brophog on December 29, 2005, 09:46:10 pm

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What is easier way and cheaper to go,because my boss(wife) its already complaining about spending money.

That's what they're good at.

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: markrvp on December 29, 2005, 10:14:40 pm

You can use the Jamma harness already installed.

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: ojelela on December 29, 2005, 10:34:28 pm

OK,so i can use J-Pac for all 16 PB and two joystics??That means I have to add more wires to harness since original CP had only 3 PB and trackball.Is there than other way to go than J-Pac and orig. harness because i cant use it for my happ TB

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: GGKoul on December 29, 2005, 10:36:57 pm

Quote from: ojelela on December 29, 2005, 10:34:28 pm

OK,so i can use J-Pac for all 16 PB and two joystics??That means I have to add more wires to harness since original CP had only 3 PB and trackball.Is there than other way to go than J-Pac and orig. harness because i cant use it for my happ TB

You need 2 boards.. J-Pac for the joystick and buttons and the Opti-pac for the trackball.  Goto www.ultimarc.com for more information how those boards work.

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: ojelela on December 29, 2005, 11:20:32 pm

Since I know something about wiring(I'm electrician), I will go with I-Pac and Opti-Pac. Just not sure Ultimarc have two versions:
1. http://www.ultimarc.com/ipacve.html

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: brophog on December 29, 2005, 11:28:52 pm

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2. http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html and no prices that i can find.

That's because he took his shopping cart down. You're not ordering until Jan 9 when he returns from vacation. The 'regular' IPAC is 39.95 + 13 shipping (assuming you're in the U.S.)

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: markrvp on December 29, 2005, 11:35:02 pm

Quote from: ojelela on December 29, 2005, 11:20:32 pm

Since I know something about wiring(I'm electrician), I will go with I-Pac and Opti-Pac. Just not sure Ultimarc have two versions:
1. http://www.ultimarc.com/ipacve.html

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: ojelela on December 29, 2005, 11:56:29 pm

Tnx ,don't get me wrong i don't mind reading and searching just after few hours,days and weeks everything is getting blurry and makes less sense then before.That why I really appreciate yours help. So all I need then is MINIPAC and I guess if I build my own IDE cable I can find that on the Board??

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: markrvp on December 30, 2005, 12:04:21 am

Wiring Diagram:

http://www.ultimarc.com/mp_inst.html

The IDE cable is the same as the cable you connect your hard drive to your motherboard.

Title: Re: Need Advice
Post by: ojelela on December 30, 2005, 12:54:14 am

Ok, here we go,I will post same pics on progress, and hopefully wont bug you too much in the future.