Arcade & Retro Repairs & Mods, all new recipe, with no added MSG...

I made an ATX into a jamma supple before.
Its so easy.

All you gotta do is chop all the wires (from your new PSU) and join the same colours together in a connector block .
Then chop the old cable where it comes out of the old psu and join them up to the new connector block.

You wont have to repin the molex connector or anything I think .

Steve X2

Is anyone able to make up a power supply that can output +5v @ 30A and +12v @ 7.5A with the correct connectors for my Ridge Racer upright cab(or reuse the connectors already attached)?

Basically the same as this guy did:
http://www.ukvac.com/forum/ridge-racer-1-2-power-supply-sold_topic354458.html

The original power supply below has been dying for a while now and I really need to get it replaced, ideally with a modded version of a more modern ATX or newer arcade PSU if possible.

I can provide more detailed pics of connectors etc if anyone is willing to do it.

I'm of course not expecting it to be done for free. Can pay cash or trade some retro gear for services. I have a lot of nice retro stuff so I'm sure I'll have something of interest

geotrig

I think iirc all these can use the same pinout /guns ,Zero Point , Police Trainer, Lethal Enforcers there is definitely another that i cant remember the name of ,I
think lord of gun carnevail and eggventure might as well but i just cant remember exactly anymore its been a long time since i messed with them , point blank was definitely different for guns and pinout anyway.I used to love police trainer when it came out !

It could look like franken cab with a load of different guns hanging off it ! lol

edit :

oops the other might actually be area 51 lol, is the area 51 mirrored maybe thats why it didnt register with me straight away .

well it's jamma so technically , any of these should be easy enough to run on it :
Zero Point , Point Blank, Sharpshooter, Police Trainer, Lethal Enforcers, Lord of Gun, Rapid Fire, Invasion, Carnevil, Eggventure ...

A lot of these though have specific connectors for the guns and sound and doors so it gets just as messy as making non jamma adapters

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I suppose anything that uses standard light guns should work just fine.

Very good.
Any chance of it running another game?

no I changed the PSU and the pcb didn't boot. Found a bare pcbs on uk-vac for cheap, (they tend to go for upwards of 180 on ebay !! ) and that's about it. The pcb I'm running at the moment has sound issues and the odd display flicker though, but I'm waiting on another one

Monitor is working perfect. the cab just needs a clean , a bit of harnest tidying and new art for the control panel as it's peeling off. I'll have to reconnect the coin mechs too, but overall it's working and playable

nice to see it up and running .
Was it just the PSU?

finaly got around to getting that Area51/Maximum Force combo cab ... it's actually fun in two player mode

now I can at last more on to fixing that Gladiator pin

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Todd looks well in that photo.
Love his videos but he makes so many i cant keep up.

Jack burton

BrownFinger wrote: »

ICE COLD SODDER!

#1 problem in pinballs

Inviere

o1s1n wrote: »

Is there a reason why Americans say 'Sodder'? Always irked me in youtube videos!

Trump's fault no doubt...

... well...

o1s1n

Is there a reason why Americans say 'Sodder'? Always irked me in youtube videos!

ICE COLD SODDER!

been on a roll with these.
Kung Fu Master bootleg repaired. It was covered in dirt and dust so I gave it a nice wash too

It had exploded caps in a few places and the white board custom replacemt chips on the bottom left had cold sodder everywhere and bad sockets. Replaced them and reflowed the sodder . All working now

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fixed the last one of those Galaga boards I got broken off ebay a while back.
This one took a bit more work but all faults were "obvious" really.
2 custom chips had broken legs but were still working fine so I managed to re sodder the legs on both.
One socketed 74LS386 was missing.
One resistor array had snapped so I just repaired the legs.
One bad RAM replaced (identified by self test).
A missing eprom so I reprogramed one
and 1 Prom reprogramed by a generous member on UK-VAC
... pfeww

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MrVestek

Convert that into a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire cab!

I loved that thing back in the day...

Doge

BrownFinger wrote: »

Actually in that pic you can see how bad the convergence is in the bottom right,
I have some strips too try get it better.
It also needs to be degaused

Not the only that strips on that monitor i bet! :pac:

Actually in that pic you can see how bad the convergence is in the bottom right,
I have some strips too try get it better.
It also needs to be degaused

Doge wrote: »

What are the touchy feely erotic games like?

Some of my favorites

Doge

What are the touchy feely erotic games like?

Behold the beast that should not be

Been trying to get this to work for 2 months.
you wouldnt believe the amount of butchering I had to do to the yoke to get it to fit .
I actually cant believe it works as well as it does,
The picture isnt the best and the convergence is way off but by god it works!

CiDeRmAn

Star Lord wrote: »

If you didn't have rich cousins, then you were the rich cousin!

Ah, go on, me Da was a busman!

sugarman wrote: »

LGR done a neat review of it, I might have to pick one up.

Yeah i saw that, peaks my interest even more. Screw it im getting one.

The main reason for it is to bypass the need for dial up modems, mainly on old devices.
What do you do with a device that has no ethernet port?

Star Lord

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

We didn't have any rich cousins!

If you didn't have rich cousins, then you were the rich cousin!

CiDeRmAn

KeRbDoG wrote: »

You too can enjoy Bulletin Board Systems on systems and at the (slow baud) speeds that only your 80's/90's (rich) cousins could!

Most BBSs are online via Telnet now right? I believe the original reason for this was to get old serial printers/devices accessible on wifi

We didn't have any rich cousins!

KeRbDoG

eddhorse wrote: »

Cool little gadget.

Wifi232 internet modem module $45

http://biosrhythm.com/?page_id=1453

You too can enjoy Bulletin Board Systems on systems and at the (slow baud) speeds that only your 80's/90's (rich) cousins could!

Most BBSs are online via Telnet now right? I believe the original reason for this was to get old serial printers/devices accessible on wifi