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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: Level42 on June 17, 2008, 01:24:05 am

Title: Interesting new Game switchers from Mark Spaeth coming soon....
Post by: Level42 on June 17, 2008, 01:24:05 am: http://forums.webmagic.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=2&Number=797326&an=0&page=1#Post797326

2 JAMMA switchboards, linked:
(http://www-mtl.mit.edu/~mspaeth/pics/projects/New_Stuff/PICT0666.JPG)

3 Nintendo switchers, linked:
(http://www-mtl.mit.edu/~mspaeth/pics/projects/New_Stuff/PICT0667.JPG)

Unlinked boards (JAMMA, Konami, and Nintendo):
(http://www-mtl.mit.edu/~mspaeth/pics/projects/New_Stuff/PICT0668.JPG)

New JAMMA Adapters + nintendo harness converter:
(http://www-mtl.mit.edu/~mspaeth/pics/projects/New_Stuff/PICT0669.JPG)
Title: Re: Interesting new Game switchers from Mark Spaeth coming soon....
Post by: arcadefever on June 17, 2008, 09:53:51 am: :o That is really cool...I wonder how much they will sell for ?
Title: Re: Interesting new Game switchers from Mark Spaeth coming soon....
Post by: Mauzy on June 17, 2008, 11:38:34 am: Those do look pretty sweet. Too bad the JAMMA edges aren't keyed. All my harnesses have a piece of plastic in pin 7. I have to have keyed boards or I have a tendency to plug them in backwards...
Title: Re: Interesting new Game switchers from Mark Spaeth coming soon....
Post by: Level42 on June 17, 2008, 12:03:01 pm: Quote from: Mauzy on June 17, 2008, 11:38:34 am
Those do look pretty sweet. Too bad the JAMMA edges aren't keyed. All my harnesses have a piece of plastic in pin 7. I have to have keyed boards or I have a tendency to plug them in backwards...
you can get out the plastic pin very easily. Simply mark everything clearly...
Title: Re: Interesting new Game switchers from Mark Spaeth coming soon....
Post by: Level42 on June 17, 2008, 12:04:06 pm: Quote from: pinballjim on June 17, 2008, 11:53:56 am
If anyone buys any of these, I'd take great pains to ensure that they were wired correctly.

Because... ?
Title: Re: Interesting new Game switchers from Mark Spaeth coming soon....
Post by: RayB on June 17, 2008, 04:48:57 pm: Be careful of calling them "switchers". That's traditionally been the "nick name" for a switching power supply.
Title: Re: Interesting new Game switchers from Mark Spaeth coming soon....
Post by: Level42 on June 18, 2008, 11:10:40 am: Game switcher is what it says. It switches between games.

And if a person can't tell the difference between a switching power supply and these boards, they'd better not order them :D