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Questions about: Converting Original Arcade to Mame
Flip_Willie:
Thanks for posting again RayB.
Yea, I had wanted to keep it capable of playing Tekken 2. (Since there is no working rom of Tekken 2. I couldn
Kevin Mullins:
Konami had a number of four player games it could have been.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Run and Gun 2, and so on.
Which is good though, you may want to use the four player setup that is already there for the most part and just add to it as needed.
No problem helping ya out... we all started somewhere, and I've seen many monitors go up in smoke because they didn't think they needed that part. So I wanted to clarify that isolation transformer. By the way... the pics and graphics help ALOT in aiding you, I think everyone here appreciates that.
--- Quote from: RayB on July 30, 2006, 12:15:07 pm ---Yours is different than the standard "jamma" set up. You seem to have a "special" power supply that takes care of ALL power (AC and DC). This is unusual.
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I have one of those in my Captain America cab.
It's essentially the same thing.... switching power supply, emi filter, fuse, 120v tap for the monitor.....just all in one nifty package. (kinda like a pc power supply)
--- Quote ---You should let us know if you intend to keep the machine capable of playing JAMMA games, or if you will be strictly using MAME?
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That's a very good point. There are several options on how to go about doing what you want. But knowing if your "sole" purpose is to MAME it or to keep the JAMMA setup as well. Having both is a bit more difficult and could get quite complicated.
There's probably a half dozen opinions on how to go about doing it, so be open to the options.
Do plan on just building a pc in a case and simply sticking it in there, or will you have individual components mounted in there somehow?
But it also depends on your personal skill level as far as re-wiring, soldering, and all that good stuff. So give us an idea on those aspects as well....
A general idea of what you have in the cab right now to get kinda familiar with it:
Kevin Mullins:
Oh.... and the JAMMA pinout to show ya that there are actually multiple +5V and grounds.
Two of them are +12v , etc.
http://www.coin.demon.co.uk/jamma.htm
Flip_Willie:
Hey,
Thanks for all your help Kevin.
~Just to be a bit more specific....
I could have misread your message, but I think I might have led you astray on the control panel. It "was" a four player setup. (4 joys, and 2 buttons apiece. I can tell because there are a lot of empty holes on the underside of the panel. Pictures Below.) This actually makes me mad, because I would have much prefered TMNT or Sunset Riders over Tekken 2, although Tekken 2 is good also. It is now a two player panel, 2 Joys and 4 buttons apiece. Of course, since Tekken is only a 4 button game, I will have to drill 4 extra holes eventually, but I will get the rest working first before I do any of that.
~On a side note.
I am glad you appreciate my pictures. I am more than glad to provide them. Thanks for the clarification on my power diagram, Kevin. I thought about labeling them, but wasn't sure what they all were. :
NightGod:
On the drive mounting thing, alot of people have had luck with either ripping apart an old case and taking the drive cage out of it or using pipe strapping (which is metal ribbon with holes punched in it every inch or so).
Just a couple ideas that have worked for people in the past.
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