Posted by Steve in NY on 1, 2001 at 1:08 AM:
In Reply to: One more question posted by Dub on 31, 2001 at 10:44 AM:
No prob. Yes, I used a fingerboard from arcadesticks.com to tap into the existing jamma wiring. I also got a Jamma harness from him, and connected it to the IPac. So my wiring goes from the PC, to the iPac, to a Jamma harness, to a fingerboard, to the Jamma harness that is wired to the cabinet. This way I didn't do any soldering and I had nice color coded wiring to the iPac. One BIG thing to remember if you do this, all the pin outs of the Jamma harness get reversed since I am plugging to females together with a male-male fingerboard. Basically everything on the one side is acutally on the other side. For most functions, it is the exact opposite. For example, all player 1 buttons and joystick are actually player 2, but as long as you wire the iPac correctly it doesn't matter. The video pinouts are not as easy, make sure you get a labeled harness and reverse the sides and you will be fine. Or, you could just solder wires to it and it would be less confusing but I am not the best solderer. ;)
: Thanks for the info....how did you tap into your jamma harness? Did you use a fingerboard?
: Thanks again!
: WT