Troubleshooter - Portable JAMMA Test Rig / Supergun - Finished

[yotsuya]

 

[Nephasth]

Here's a few pics I shared over on KLOV...







Packing her up for the RMPS just in case.

[emphatic]

Beautiful result!

[Malenko]

how soon till mines ready?

[TopJimmyCooks]

video walkthrough please. 

[Nephasth]

Beautiful result!

Thanks man! Much appreciated!

how soon till mines ready?

Unless you can find one of these monitors... odds are looking slim. I originally wanted to build 5 or 6 of these so I could sell some, but there is way too much labor involved for me to want to make another. But I do have spare cases if you want one.

video walkthrough please. 

In time, my friend. I'll even narrate, though I hate the sound of my recorded voice...

[Malenko]

does it have to be VGA? I have a couple composite monitors. I used the VGA one in the marquee of Checkered Past

[opt2not]

Looks awesome, and very handy for repair work! 

[Maximus]

My God man if you walked down the street holding that I think 10 FBI vans would come screeching around the corner to take you out. It looks fantastic though, I think this pretty much makes you a God of arcade nerds.

[PL1]

My God man if you walked down the street holding that I think 10 FBI vans would come screeching around the corner to take you out.

* FBI agents pour out of the vans with weapons drawn. *

Agent: "DROP THE DEVICE AND PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD!!!"

Nephasth: "What's the big deal?  It's just my Supergun."

* Agents open fire. *   

On a more serious note, this build is a great combination of design, function and aesthetics.   


Scott

[Nephasth]

does it have to be VGA? I have a couple composite monitors. I used the VGA one in the marquee of Checkered Past

The monitor in this isn't VGA. It accepts the CGA signal put out by the game pcbs. But I suppose with the proper converter, you could put whatever monitor you wanted in the lid.

Looks awesome, and very handy for repair work! 

It looks fantastic though.

On a more serious note, this build is a great combination of design, function and aesthetics.   

Thanks guys!

My God man if you walked down the street holding that I think 10 FBI vans would come screeching around the corner to take you out.

Took it in and out of a hotel this weekend, nobody noticed.

[Fallen_Veteran]

 

Awesome build! Watching what you and other members do on the forum has definitely help alleviate some of my concerns with regards to my own ability to venture into this world!

[BobA]

Great looking Test Rig/Supergun.  Looks better than any unit I have ever seen.   

[TopJimmyCooks]

you might consider getting some of those chrome loop bars that you see on vintage electronics faceplates - to protect the protruding joystick, etc. I was going to post a pic but I have no idea what those things are called to search for. 

here's the best pic I could find:  two big ones on either side.  for your purposes they could be much smaller. 

[mcseforsale]

You may be able to find something similar at Lowes in the drawer pull area:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_89212-103-BP19017SS_0__?productId=4718467&Ntt=stainless+drawer+pull

Or, you can look online for some old networking equipment...

AJ

you might consider getting some of those chrome loop bars that you see on vintage electronics faceplates - to protect the protruding joystick, etc. I was going to post a pic but I have no idea what those things are called to search for. 

here's the best pic I could find:  two big ones on either side.  for your purposes they could be much smaller. 

[Jasen]

I literally stumbeld upon this thread tonight. As a SuperGun builder and blogger I can say this is a sweet build, well done. I'd be interested in picking up an extra case if you are still interested in selling (and the price was right ).

For the VGA adapter, looks like the GBS-2880, what part number is that VGA port and the plastic connector for the RGBS inputs that you connected to the board for the external VGA connection? I have a couple of these adapters that I am thinking of using for some new SuperGuns but haven't found those parts in the brief amount of time looking. Mind sharing? :-D

[Nephasth]

Awesome build! Watching what you and other members do on the forum has definitely help alleviate some of my concerns with regards to my own ability to venture into this world!

Great looking Test Rig/Supergun.  Looks better than any unit I have ever seen.   

I literally stumbeld upon this thread tonight. As a SuperGun builder and blogger I can say this is a sweet build, well done.

Thanks guys! It's always great to hear!

I'd be interested in picking up an extra case if you are still interested in selling (and the price was right ).

Once I get yotsuya's partial "kit" put together and shipped off to him I'll get a hold of you about one of the remaining cases.

For the VGA adapter, looks like the GBS-2880, what part number is that VGA port and the plastic connector for the RGBS inputs that you connected to the board for the external VGA connection? I have a couple of these adapters that I am thinking of using for some new SuperGuns but haven't found those parts in the brief amount of time looking. Mind sharing? :-D

Correct on the adapter. However, the VGA extension you see pictured isn't transmitting the signal appropriately to the VGA monitors (not sure if it's a pinout issue between the header and connector, or if that header doesn't have the signals present). I have another VGA extenstion (that will plug into the D-sub connector on the board) on the way to resolve this issue (already tested and confirmed).

[yotsuya]

Oh ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, Christmas comes early in Casa de Yotsuya...

[Nephasth]

This rig has been functional for many months now, and has been used on my own boards and friends' boards many times. But the one thing that wasn't "finished" was the ability to used this to test  arcade monitors. Been lazy in the hobby most of this year for many reasons, and it's a little sad knowing the last thing to finish this up took me only 20 minutes to make.

Finally got around to making the video signal harness for arcade monitors today. I made it the same length as the power cord used to power said monitors.


As always, careful planning in the early stages pays dividends. Made the harness, plugged it into my Ms Pacman monitor (just because it was the easiest monitor to access), and it just worked. Love it when that happens. The board connected to the Troubleshooter is one I recently acquired for an upcoming project.


Can't say I'm a big fan of the banana jacks, but they work.

Just wondering how many jamma boards you own? 

Got around to counting them the other day (and updated my VAPS on KLOV), sitting at 19 right now.
I feel like a hoarder.

[emphatic]

Nice work on the final piece of your puzzle.

[Malenko]

as great as this is, I have yet to receive mine in the mail. Its getting cold standing next to the mail box. 

[CraftyMech]

Awesome rig, turned out really nice!

19 Jamma boards is not quite hoarding... the question is how many non-working Jamma boards do you have? If that number is close to 19, you might be a hoarder

[Generic Eric]

How does one store 19 unused jamma boards?

On a shelf that can hold 50 *ba-dum tish"  tip your waitress, I'll be here all night!

[ark_ader]

Words cannot describe how professional and awesome looking, that tester rig is.

Very impressive! 

[opt2not]

I saw your post on KLOV that you got your Freekick board! Nice job! 
What's your plan for it? Surely it's not going in the ms.pac cocktail.

May I ask how much you paid for it? I was able to get mine off ebay last year for $20
Fun game IMO, but ridiculously hard.

[Nephasth]

Thanks guys!

as great as this is, I have yet to receive mine in the mail. Its getting cold standing next to the mail box. 

Package came back as "suspicious". Sorry dude.

I saw your post on KLOV that you got your Freekick board! Nice job! 
What's your plan for it? Surely it's not going in the ms.pac cocktail.

May I ask how much you paid for it? I was able to get mine off ebay last year for $20
Fun game IMO, but ridiculously hard.

A guy sent me a PM (WTB ads really do work!) offering it for $30 shipped, so I jumped on it. The board is for my next arcade related project, Arkanoid Plus (tentative name). I've been thinking about commissioning you for some art for it. I'll be using a 6-in-1 JAMMA switcher for Arkanoid, Tournament Arkanoid, Revenge of Doh, Gigas, Goindol, and Free Kick. Free Kick was the last piece of hardware I needed for the project.

[pbj]

Nice tattoo, weirdo.

[Nephasth]

Nice tattoo, weirdo.

What the hell are you talking about?

[ed12]

nice work Nephasth
forget what they say
and for pbj just tell him to ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- the fudge down and shut the fudge up

ed

[Nephasth]

Thanks Ed!

Jim, ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- the ---fudgesicle--- down!

[ed12]

 
i watched it from start to finish
building 1 like it for my shop

ed

[opt2not]

A guy sent me a PM (WTB ads really do work!) offering it for $30 shipped, so I jumped on it. The board is for my next arcade related project, Arkanoid Plus (tentative name). I've been thinking about commissioning you for some art for it. I'll be using a 6-in-1 JAMMA switcher for Arkanoid, Tournament Arkanoid, Revenge of Doh, Gigas, Goindol, and Free Kick. Free Kick was the last piece of hardware I needed for the project.

Oh that sounds rad! I was thinking about something similar for Arkanoid 2, and free kick in a bartop, but a deal fell through for the Doh board.
I'm seriously looking forward to seeing your ultimate spinner cab!

[TopJimmyCooks]

what's with all this board love?  feels like I'm at a different forum.  6X Jamma switching!

Remember when taxidermied goats used to get mamed? 

[opt2not]

If you mame too much, you'll go blind!

[TopJimmyCooks]

or at least grow hair on your palms.

[Nephasth]

Where's the I'm Jealous you son of a ---smurfette--- emoticon?

Some day the devs will tackle Raiden II. 

Well, now Raiden II is playable in MAME (at least that's what I hear)... And here we both sit, with Raiden II boards.

[harveybirdman]

Where's the I'm Jealous you son of a ---smurfette--- emoticon?

Some day the devs will tackle Raiden II. 

Well, now Raiden II is playable in MAME (at least that's what I hear)... And here we both sit, with Raiden II boards.

  Opt says he call tell a difference in Mame version, I will choose to believe that the actual hardware is more desirable until proven otherwise.

I have a recurring dream that one day I walk into that cab graveyard from the alpha one thread with your supergun and buy a working macross plus and vimana boards for $20

[Nephasth]

I have a recurring dream that one day I walk into that cab graveyard from the alpha one thread with your supergun and buy a working macross plus and vimana boards for $20

That made my day right there.

[emphatic]

I got my Vimana board for $30. Didn't like it and sold it for $100. Get an Out Zone board instead, it's the best Toaplan by far.

[harveybirdman]

I got my Vimana board for $30. Didn't like it and sold it for $100. Get an Out Zone board instead, it's the best Toaplan by far.

Blasphemy!