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Posted by Prophet of Retrogames on 17, 2000 at 2:43 AM:

In Reply to: More Capcom Impress Sitdown JAMMA cabinet info posted by Tom A. on 16, 2000 at 9:08 PM:

Damn, I'm really starting to like that cab...

Is it really in as good as a condition as the photos look? Many scratches, chips, other damage etc.?

Can u also pls answer the following Q's?

1) Is it really only 28" wide? I mean is that number 100% precise at the widest point? Because my front door has no more than 29" clearance and if I got that cab, if it's truly not more than 28" then it would fit through. 29" and it won't. If you could double check your measurements I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

2) What material is the CP? I ask because I wonder if it's a difficult material to work on? Plastic is easy to drill holes etc. but metal, I know nothing about working on metal. :(

Anyway, it also looks to be a wonderful JAMMA cab - personally I'd love to collect some real arcade boards for it if I had it. Emus are great but the real thing is still unbeatable, if only for the psychological aspect. :)

Also if I got such a cab, my ArcadePC mini with the WG U3100 would likely go on sale... It's in great, great shape folks... so stay tuned. :) Somebody out there would love to have it I'm sure... But I'd have no room for 2 cabs.

-Proph-
www.retrogames.com


: Hi folks,

: I was asked to provide more info on my recent cabinet acquisition. If you haven't seen the pictures of the unit, you can do so at the link below. I made a new image available today that shows a standard computer chair next to the unit so you can get an idea of its size.

: Speaking of size, the unit is roughly 28"x35"x56" (WxDxH) not including the clear marquee which isn't in any of the pictures. I doubt I will use it. I would like to remove the marquee holder also as I don't need it and it is bent. I can't do so from the outside of the cabinet and since I don't have the special screwdriver tool to remove the cabinet screws I can't get inside to see if the holder can be removed. Yes, I do have the special tool on order. Should be here early next week.

: The control panel is roughly 27 1/2" x 10". The biggest problem I see with the cp is it's depth, it's not very deep (3 1/2" in the back, 2 1/2" in the front) but that's not taking into account the wiring harnesses in the middle of the cp and the metal supports inside the panel. Look at the pictures linked below to see what I'm talking about it. I would like to eventually get a trackball and spinner into the panel but that's down the road a bit. I think with a little thinking at least the trackball will fit. I'm not too sure about the spinner however. Time will tell. First I need to get a VGA cable hacked so I can hook up my PC and give MAME a whirl.

: As far as the monitor goes, I don't know the brand yet as I can't get to it...need that special screwdriver!! but I can get to the brightness, V-position, H-position, etc controls as they are in the control panel assembly. From what I can tell from the owners manual (it's all in Japanese!) the monitor is a 15/24KHz unit. The downside (from what I can make of the pictures at least) is that you select EITHER 15KHz OR 24KHz by putting a wiring harness on either of two jumper like attachments to the monitor pcb. I'm not too pleased with this. Has anyone experienced this type of either/or when using a 15/24KHz arcade monitor? How did you get around it?

: Well, I have a lot to do but will start slowly as cash is now limited. I eventually want the cabinet to have its own dedicated PC (probably not in a case, just to look impressive to the untrained eye...hee...hee) and I would like to replace all the control buttons as I think they are cheesy and the yellow ones could use a good cleaning. The buttons are flat unlike the nice curved Happ buttons. The joysticks are pretty nice IMO even though they are microswitch units. The joysticks use a pcb with their own wiring harness as opposed to Wico's (and I assume Happs) stick with individual microswitches wired separately)

: Oh, one last thing. The unit has amplified speakers built in. They sounded nice with the Blocout PCB I bought on eBay for testing. The game is in mono but both speakers were playing. I'll have to test this out with my PC, but I noticed a pair of standard RCA jacks laying in the bottom of the cabinet connected to the amp/power supply unit. I assume these are for a stereo input. I sure hope so as this would be perfect. If so, I won't have to hack a pair of speaker cables to attach to the JAMMA harness. BTW, I just got my JAMMA fingerboards from "the real Bob Roberts" today, I haven't even opened the package yet.

: Well, I need to get busy and move my PC closer to the unit as this PC will have to pull two duties for now and I will have to switch VGA cables depending on which one I use at which time. Not ideal but hey, at least I have the cabinet, right?

: If anyone has any other questions or suggestions, please let me know. Also, if you are interested in buying one of these the seller has more. Just contact me and I'll point you his way. All in all, I'm happy with my purchase so far.

: Thanks for enduring my rambling.

: -Tom A.




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