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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: ediblegod on March 24, 2008, 12:41:10 am
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I bought a bunch of cabs awhile back to convert to MAME cabs. I know a lot about converting to MAME cabs but not a lot about actual arcade cabs.
I have a few cabinets in my garage w/ different cabinet boards and different connections.
My ? is how many different connections are there out there?
I have one working cabinet but none of the other boards seem to be compatible with the connections.
Any info is greatly appreciated.
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Any pics of the connectors?
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Depending on when the games were manufactured, there are lots of different connectors and, more importantly, pinouts (e.g. two games could use a 36-pin connector, but have completely different pinouts).
In the mid-80s, the JAMMA standard (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/JAMMA) was created to simplify the conversion of cabinets.
Pics might be helpful, as would be a description of what the game boards are (or pics of the gameboards if you don't know what they are).
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Here's a pic of each board.
The first pic is the working cab.
Moon Patrol
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/ediblegod/MoonPatrolworking.jpg)
Time Pilot '84
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/ediblegod/TimePilot84.jpg)
Road Riot
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b38/ediblegod/RoadRiot.jpg)