Pcb's and machines Help !

[Shotgunfacelift]

Im wanting to get into the pcb world.
Would this machine do the job?
Im confused with jamma and pcb's..

All i need to know is !!!
Would tatsujin-ou work on this machine?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... L:RTQ:AU:1

[system11]

If it's definitely still JAMMA wired (I'm guessing it is, they SAY it is, probably one of those 400-in-1 boards has been put in), then yes, no problem.

You may want to find out how easy it is to rotate the screen though - I think a few forum members own these units, so hope they reply.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Im wanting to get into the pcb world.
Would this machine do the job?
Im confused with jamma and pcb's..

All i need to know is !!!
Would tatsujin-ou work on this machine?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... L:RTQ:AU:1

Hi there Shotgunfacelift,

Yes, that 400-in-1 Jamma PCB goes by the generic name of "Gamebox" and is basically a 2-layer compact PC motherboard setup with some interesting features such as:

I've got a Gamebox PCB with 104-in-1 vertical screen oriented arcade Roms such as the Tatsujin-Ou Rom already installed -- it works like a charm, although you'd have to manually rotate the Taito Egret II's monitor "vertically" or in "Tate" position to properly display such arcade Roms though -- is very easy to do with said Egret II cab, hence the desire of the Japanese arcade shmup community to have one of those cool arcade cabinet setup such as the Taito Egret II for it's built-in rotational monitor capabilities. ^_~

* Has a 900 MHZ powered CPU with Windows 98SE OS already installed and runs in MS-DOS mode...is regarded the best OS for use with DOSMame emulation purposes.

* 17.3GB HDD with all the arcade roms already installed (if you don't see your favorite Roms on the main selection menu screen then, you'd have to take the built-in HDD out & connect to a secondary PC tower to manually upload the arcade Roms + manually configure it to work properly with said DOSMame emulation program).

* Uses DOSMame emulation along with ArcadeOS frontend + some other various utility programs such as Z-Snes Key to properly map the PC's keyboard inputs to the (in this case, the Taito Egret II cabinet being sold in this AUS eBay auction)

* The Gamebox Jamma PCB uses a seperate PC ATX power supply unit (PSU) to power up the actual Gamebox PCB setup and doesn't use the Taito's Egret II arcade PSU at all.

* The BGM tunes & sound effects from the arcade Roms are presented in stereo (for those arcade roms that do support stereo output but otherwise is presented in "Mono" sound output).

* A built-in interface is supplied on the top-layer Gamebox PCB for hooking up a 6-button layout for those cool fighitng arcade game Roms...you'd have to wire up the arcade push buttons 4, 5, & 6 to get them to function correctly. Already has support for two 8-way digital joystick input + 4-button support layout (via Neo-Geo MVS arcade control layout setup).

* You can hook up an old PC PS/2 type of keyboard + PS/2 type of PC mouse to access the DOSMame user controls (although the supplied but vague Gamebox directions don't tell you this -- I learned by trial & error) By pressing the "Esc" key allows one to go back to main menu selection screen to play with your favorite games.

* There aren't any USB ports on the Gamebox PCB because MS-DOS doesn't support USB protocols anyways -- hence the removal of them...

* Upon being powered up, the Gamebox PCB setup can get pretty noisy due to two internal cooling fans (one mounted directly on the Gamebox's CPU & the other is inside the PC ATX PSU). But since this entire setup is already inside the Taito Egret II cab, it will subdue the noises quite a bit anyways -- so no worries. ^_~

* When you are finished playing with the Gamebox PCB, just unplug the PC ATX PSU and the Gamebox PCB will shutdown. Easy as pie..... ^_~

Hope all this Gamebox info helps you out...good luck on that Taito Egret II cabinet + Gamebox 400-in-1 PCB eBay purchase! ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[system11]

I think those gameboxes are crap by the way - they don't feel like the real thing. I saw one some years ago when the first 100-in-1 units started appearing, in an arcade manufacturers showroom of all places.

You can put that on ebay though

JP cabs are not the only ones that are easy to rotate, I have one you can switch in 5 seconds, even if you're taking your time - seriously.

[Shotgunfacelift]

Thanks for the replies guys! sounds awfully confusing!
LOL