Posted by lightspeed on February 18, 2002 at 10:34:33:
In Reply to: Re: A question about a Midway Mortal Kombat cabinet posted by lightspeed on February 18, 2002 at 10:26:13:
Sounds like you need to wire all the buttons from scratch - rather than using ABC KO harness I listed, you'll be better off with the Super-Super Jamma Harness Kit ($30). You'll still need the auxillary kick harness, though.
: I can't answer all your questions, but Bob Roberts has a good write up of JAMMA+ wiring as it pertains to MK:
: http://www.dameon.net/BBBB/plus.html
: Basically, each joystick + the first 3 buttons for each player (and P1 and PII) go to a standard JAMMA harness (you're PCB should have an grid this plugs into). Any extra buttons are wired to an auxilary harness which connects directly to the PCB via a extra Molex connector. Bob sells both, which should get you going.
: http://personal.msy.bellsouth.net/msy/b/o/bob147/
: ABC KO Jamma harness 5' with labeled connector fully
: loaded and with heavy 18ga power leads - $16
: Jamma *Plus**Kicks**Extra* harness complete - $15
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: : I've converted my cabinet into a MAME machine, but I've left the original wiring intact inside the cabinet. I want to purchase an MK3 PCB with sound board and wiring harness to go in there, but I have no idea what to hook it to(the cabinet is an original Mortal Kombat). There is, I believe, an auxillary harness(?) that is connected to the control panel with a black box(power supply) sitting in the bottom. I will take pictures of the cabinet tomorow and post them on here for you to see to give you an idea of what it looks like. From a quick inspection, I believe that I'm going to need some new wires to attach to some of the buttons inside of it. Some of the buttons have wires attached to them, but others dont. The joysticks have no wires running to them. Basically, I need someone to give me a general rundown of the types of wires used inside an arcade cabinet. I'm not looking for an indepth write up of every wire; just what type of wires are used inside the cabinet. I am going to purchase some parts from Happs but I have no idea what I'll need. If it is too much to post here, then a link to a guide on Midway cabinets would be fine. Thanks for any help you can give me.