Lost the Website!

It’s been a while since the last update.

Unfortunately I’ve been having problems with my web host. For some time now I was having problems with the virtual machine. Initially it had some data corruption, then I lost access to it, and eventually the VM went down completely. I was on vacation at that time so I didn’t pursue it, but when I got back it turned out that the VM was lost and could not recovered. At least the support staff was quick to tell me that.

I’ve been able to recover the site from an old backup, but I’ve lost a bit of information that was posted earlier and will have to repost it. Not looking forward to that.

Lesson to be learned? Need to back it up after every change, or at least more often.  I’m not letting this happen again, and with the web host that I’m using, it’s very likely that I will be having issues.

Another JAMMA Adapter Batch Arrived

Just received another set of JAMMA adapter boards!

Some of these are enhanced versions of existing adapters that I designed a while back, and some are new.

The important one here is the Nintendo adapter. This one is a brand new design that I’ve been working on for a couple of weeks. It includes a high speed, low cost video inverter and audio amp. This adapter has video selection jumpers for normal or inverted video selection and a jumper for audio amplification, which means that it can be used with both the Nintendo and the bootleg versions of games like DK and DK Jr. Bootleg versions typically output non-inverted video and have their own sound amplification.

Included in the batch are also the new Namco Pacman and Galaxian adapters which used to be a single adapter before. I split these apart, and the reason for that, was to support bootleg video and audio configurations. I tested both and they seem to work perfectly with my boards. There is also a new Namco Galaga adapter in the batch, and an improved version of the Irem adapter.

Finally I got a new set of 44 pin and 36 pin universal adapters. These exist to simplify the assembly procedure for games with a lower pin count.

Maybe one or two more batches, and I’ll have a fairly complete set of Jamma adapters and will probably be done with these for a while. The next set on the to do list are a Falcon set (I have many versions of Make Trax and bootleg Ms. Pacs), a Nintendo VS adapter and possibly a Playchoice 10 if I can locate one cheap.

I will be soon be listing these on eBay, and as always, it will be for a very, very good price, so stay tuned for that.

More info on each adapter will be available shortly in the project section.

 

 

 

CPS-2 Battery of Death Replacement Guide

Hey everybody,

I spent some time last weekend changing all my CPS-2 batteries and I thought I’d write a tutorial on how to do this. My record for doing these is about 30/30 right now, so I feel that the procedure I use is pretty reliable and at this point I feel confident sharing my information with everyone.

You can find the guide here in the new Guides section.

Also, if you’re in the Toronto area and need someone to do the work for you, contact me and we’ll likely be able to work something out.  The work will be fully guaranteed and the prices will be very reasonable, but I haven’t decided on the exact amount yet.

Welcome!

I’m going to be posting some information about projects that I’ve been working on recently that I would like to share with you.

Coming up first will be a nice selection of JAMMA adapters for arcade PCBs that I’ve been designing over the last few weeks. Most are in the prototype stage, but I’ll have them ready for purchase in a couple of weeks. This is the current list of the adapters.

1. Capcom
2. Sega System 8
3. Sega System 16
4. Konami
5. Data East
6. Tehkan
7. Taito
8. Namco Galaxian
9. Namco Pacman
10. Irem
11. Phoenix
12. Mr.Do Universal
13. Namco Galaga
14. Nintendo
15. Universal (56 pin)

More info coming soon… stay tuned.