Electrocoin Elite

Finally as part of operation 'cheer myself up' I've decided to make a start on tidying up the Elite cab that Julian very graciously sold me prior to the last Unigame meetup.

Such a difference in appearance when stripped! Wiring isn't coming out as I don't want to risk damage to it!

I'm always one for originality but with bits flaking off I've decided it really needs work to make it top notch again

There was a lot of retro dirt and grime inside, surprising how many cloths I managed to get through!

Much cleaner, forgot to take before and after so heres clean on left and possibly the cleanest part I had to clean on the right, rest was a lot darker!

It has also started to flake more on the screen printed monitor glass which I've been given some good advice on how to preserve (Thanks guys!)

Still got the monitor to sort which I hope to have done in the next month or so

I'd also like to have the US250 psu checked over before I put it all back together and start using Jamma boards for the first time

Big thanks again to Rich (Strykr) for the coin mech and creditboard, have had it working great before stripping it back out 

About time you got back on this Phil, look forward to seeing the results

Epping pens were reasonably succesful and should fend off the flaking although I think its just going to accelerate and get worse, holding it up to the light reveals a lot of cracks that so far are not visible from the front but are there 

I've changed the sound amp loom I created now to a TMNT2 loom terminating in a konami connector (Thanks FrancoB for making up the konami cable!) 

Other than that not really much else to report other than getting this tidy unit opposite the cab for my consoles/computers and is child friendly - shame little one understands what keys do!

Will most likely get rid of the TV once I have my paws on the Ikegami monitor, spent a whole afternoon creating a dirty female scart to BNC cable which I'm too ashamed to show off! Will do it properly when my soldering skills improve!

So far the cab is still in need of powder coating, rear door and a proper screen but since last time I've made another loom (I love loom) to hook into where the Hanty 250 sat and got it running off a good beefy pc psu. I found out my old pc psu was pushing out 13 volts so makes me think that ultimately killed my supergun!!  Its now in the pile for the scrap! I've got a switcher and ISO transformer on the way for a more permament solution.

So heres the result of the recent work!

 

Really pleased that at last I can play games - just need that screen sorted and I'll be on the home straight

Went through my pcbs to test and found out that the speakers are actually only wired upto the left speaker when Jamma is in use - right side is hooked into jamma pin 11 (Neo-Geo?) I've found that this causes problems when using certain boards (Growl is one) with some doody loud feedback so to resolve guess what I did? Yes! Another loom! This one plugs into the speaker loom from the board, ditches the pin 11 config and also allows injection of sound to the right speaker if you have another hookup. In Growls case this means no more feedback and I can also hook the right speaker to the boards native extra connector, sadly no stereo sound just dual mono but sounds much better.

Couple of question I wanted to pose were these

Is it safe to hook 2 8 ohm speakers upto a jamma board or is it best to leave as is with one? I noted in the TMNT manual that it shows 2 8ohm speakers hooked up as long as the psu is 2A and only 1A needed if one speaker.

Probably a question for Mr D as it was his cab but is there an easy way to know if these sticks are short throw? I suspect they are but without comparing with anything I can't be certain.