Dual system project: Joy-ro

[mh12]

hello,

i'm working on setting up MAME in this candy cabinet I got at auction a while ago:



anybody into candy cabs ever heard of this thing? it's by Andamiro, from Korea. the marquee is pretty cool.. i'm going to keep it for the time being.

it came with a Namco system 246 running Soul Calibur II. you can see here that i've mounted a computer (AMD Athlon 2000+) on top of it:



you can see the harddrive and power supply to the right on that picture. the HD is screwed into HD mounting brackets which, for the time being, are just sitting on wood. i'll screw it in later. the power supply is sitting on the metal encasing the coin box. i got a JPAC down bottom there.. just hanging around until i get some mounting feet and mount it next to the 246's little JAMMA board.

the monitor is multisync.. and if i'm reading the dipswitches on the 246 correctly, it's was running at 31khz in the arcade. i got an ArcadeVGA anyhow to have all the different resolutions.

the 246 setup is completely intact - all i do to change it from MAME is swap the JAMMA and monitor cables and switch the audio.

i've been reading on here about a lot of people taking the original cabinet power supply out. unless mine starts to smell (?) when it's running MAME for a long time, i think i will keep it as is. this raises one question though:


the power supply


the monitor cord

2 round prongs going into a flat-type converter --- that says 250V!
i'm in Canada by the way - 110V.

anyone know what could be going on here? might the power supply also be some kind of voltage converter? i'm afraid to plug the monitor directly into the mains.

i do know the machine was used for years in an arcade here. for some reason the ground prong was ripped off the cord coming from the cabinet, too. i wired up a replacement plug.

you can see how long it's been around through the bookkeeping on SCII:




thanks to y'all for all the help on these forums!

[Hunk_4TH]

Awesome! Wish I could get something as sexy as that at an auction! 

[mh12]

thanks, man.

another question related to the monitor (if someone could shed some light on the above i'd really appreciate it!): with both 246 or the computer, it gets periodic green/purple shades passing through it. and then it will be fine. though the corners are always pretty yellow. i guess it's in need of a good degaussing, huh?

i'm a bit nervous because i don't have any documentation on the monitor. i can't even see what manufacturer/model it is. i suppose the 15/30khz switching is automatic.. but maybe not?

also, there's an "impedance" switch next to the position/size pots (under the CP), for "high" and "low".. any idea what that should be set to? i've never touched it. forget what it's set to as i'm not home right now.

[mh12]

later on i'm going to take a pic of the monitor chassis and make a post in the Monitor forum.

[CthulhuLuke]

Wow that thing looks like a really cool project candy cab. I've been searching for one of those for a while, I found one when I was living back in Seattle but did not have any money at the time to grab it.

Are you going to swap out the joysticks/buttons for sanwa or seimitsu parts? and any plans to spruce it up at all like custom art or anything?

[mh12]

far as i can tell, those are all Sanwa controls. a couple of the buttons are beat up and need to go. will get some soon. it's already got placeholders to make it an easy 6 & 6 set-up. i'm just going to use shifted keys for functions.. it's got an "instruction space" (its labeled as such) just above the CP that i'll make artwork for, explaining that.

custom art eventually, probably. whenever my fiancee wants to take a crack at that, we'll screenprint something (it definitely needs a new CPO). i don't want to make up a name for it... though i really liked the idea in another recent thread where this guy's friend made up a game and decked the cabinet out with art for it.

[infiniteomega]

Here you go man.  Links for the manual and specs of that cabinet.  In english even...

http://hard--candy.com/index.asp?page=Joy-Ro+29

I'd suggest getting that monitor bezel resprayed since it's supposed to be the same color as the rest of the cabinet.

The controls are probably not sanwa.  The sticks certainly aren't, but I can't really say who made the buttons from your pictures.

It appears as though that thing can take a standard sega control panel so you have your pick between sanwa and seimitsu made control panels that would fit any sega candy cab.  You can buy fully populated control panels from http://www.akihabarashop.jp

[mh12]

thanks, man. i don't think i'd seen that webpage before.

i'm pretty sure i saw "Sanwa" written on the buttons underneath. as for the sticks, Sanwa did make some bat-tops (like on http://www.lizardlickamusements.com/pages/joysticks.shtml). think i'll just be buying some more buttons to fill it out (and replace a couple). i should be able to get restrictor plates for the sticks - i don't want to mount more on there.

wish i knew about the Akihabara arcade shops when i lived in Japan. then again... it's a bit much to take back with you

[mh12]

I'd suggest getting that monitor bezel resprayed since it's supposed to be the same color as the rest of the cabinet.

anyone have any tips for this? what sort of white spraypaint? anything need to go under that? it should be an easy removal.

[Akuma]

Before you use spraypaint and risk ruining the bezel I recommend you get some sort of plastic or fibreglass renewal polish. It can be obtained at every decent automotive shop which sells polishes and similar. When in doubt, just ask the sales persons and tell them that you got a piece of white plastic which has yellowing on it and they will sure hook you up.

BTW: If you are into candy cabs and need any knowledge I can recommend the Arcade Otaku message board over at arcadeotaku.com

[mh12]

thanks, Akuma. will do that. i tested a little spraypaint and it was not going well. took it right off with paint thinner though. i'm back where i started.

the buttons were not Sanwas... but they are now. 6 & 6 

more pictures after i do a couple more little things.