simbamame Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Well after 3 months and some hardwork Toms old defender mame cab is back up and running like a dream. Work done:Fixed bios problemStripped out and rewired the whole cabInstalled speaker amp and wired in marque speakers,Fixed the coin door and lightNew keylock for the rearWired in yellow button for coinsBuilt new front to hold the xarcade stikGenerally cleaned up the rest of the cabPics 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakerman Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbamame Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Thanks krak, the hardest part was the rewiring 1st time it refused to, power up, but sorted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Nice job, Ian! Glad to see it made it to a loving home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u-man Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 and the best is, it has a CRT... so much more fun, with the real stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Nice Work!Glad to see the cab is up and running fully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 NIce job! I'm sure that Tom will be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbamame Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Im sure he is pleased it went to a fellow enthusiastic person who gave it the tlc it needed lol, but to be honest was a good expierence to clear out and rebuild learned a fair bit of how to do some bits along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Nice job there!I would have taken it if it meant a dump job but in all honesty i'm glad you took it - you did a good job and it looks like it has a nice new home there! Great work man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Could not have worked out better. Thanks for the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celly Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Very cool indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbamame Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks and if anyone in the uk knows of an old pinball cabinet going free pleas e let me know would love to stick pinball x Into a digital pincab :-) havent be able to track one down yet.Can email me [email protected]Feel free to add me or sent fb/ twitter / skype addies etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 That's a job I'd like to spend my weekends doing. If somebody knew of one they wanted to "donate", I wouldn't mind tinkering with building one too. Hardest thing right now is the money, everything costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Tidy job. What kinda board is that in yer first pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Tidy job. What kinda board is that in yer first pic?Its an ultimarc JPAC. The machine is Jamma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Ah... thanks. Jamma's one thing never looked into... 'nuff on with this misbehaving beast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Jamma cabs are a cheap way of doing of it. You can (or could) pick them up for a couple of hundred and you get a real CRT although not in good shape. The cab also has an Ultimarc ArcaeVGA card for the monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbamame Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 And its currently working sweet as a nut, just connected it to the home network and updated to the latest gameEx version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 "Sweet as a nut" means something totally different here simba! Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbamame Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 Added a bar stool finishes it off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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