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Dual MAME & Jamma cab setup???
teknomedic:
A couple of good ideas in there thanks.
Something I didn't think of... when I was thinking of doing the joysticks and buttons I was in the thought of needing to swap everything... But, should I be able to do the same thing by simply breaking or connecting the grounds instead?
diverdown:
--- Quote from: teknomedic on August 07, 2007, 10:25:06 am ---
Well... I hope you're happy, I'm now out $183 because of that Multi-Jamma, lol... j/k
Look like I'll be trying this Multi-Jamma kit thing then. I'm still very interested in hearing other (cheaper) ways of doing this in case this doesn't work out the way I hope. I'll also post back here once everything arrives and update how it all works out and how easy it is to setup. Lastly, when I hear back from a few of the others that have this up without the use of a Multi-Jamma, I'll pass the info along for those that can't spend the $$$ on one of Clay's kits.
TK.
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my way was cheap - maybe $10 for the connectors.....
I don't think it needs a wiki as all i did was wire up my cp to a molex connector and then wired the ipac4 out to a molex connector..... and the jamma control wires out to the same size connector, then just swap the connection between the jamma and ipac4 connectors.
slider2732:
I believe one of the *PAC interfaces is geared toward Ground + connection, in keeping with practically all arcade cabs. But obviously the problem is when wiring to a keyboard hack.
So I ran the Grounds that connect to other switches out to a small loom and manually connect all with a molex when I want to run the original PCB's. They aren't connected till all are connected by the connector, as it were.
:)
throwgali:
This is my first post and I am fairly new to the arcade building scene but...
I just recently started designing the outlay of my first cabinet and ran into a similar problem. I want to run a modded xbox along with a pc for mame. My solution right now it that I am wiring the CP into a db25 cable and then plugging that into a parallel port switch with both my modded xbox's ipac and pc ipac also being routed into this switch box via hacked db25 cables. I can just mount the switch on the side of my cab and then manually switch between systems when I want to. I my mind this should work but again this is all in theory at this point and I will start construction within the week so I'll let you know how that turns out.
Cheers
Ron
diverdown:
Sounds a good solution :cheers:
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