RQ: How Do You Manage Your Jamma PCB Collections?

The Expanding Man · Post by **The Expanding Man** » Sun May 30, 2010 5:16 am

My collection of Jamma boards is about to reach the dizzying heights of 4.

I have one cab - a Blast City.

For safety, I want to screw the PCBs to a wood board to slide into the slot inside the cabinet. If there is a better way, I'd like to hear about it.

It seems I have 2 options.

Cut a board for every PCB and have them permanently attached to the board. Means I can easily swap boards in seconds, but may mean that I have storage problems (can't protect the babies in anti-static plastic).

Use the same board and have to screw a PCB to it everytime I want to swap games.

I have done a few searches on this, but couldn't find very much help.

Thanks.

cools · Post by **cools** » Sun May 30, 2010 7:10 am

I install PCB holders on the board inside the cab.

The Expanding Man · Post by **The Expanding Man** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:10 am

cools wrote:I install PCB holders on the board inside the cab.

What about different sized PCBs?

cools · Post by **cools** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:16 am

They're adjustable.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Adjustable-Printe ... 230766c875

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:35 am

Pretty cool. From the picture though you can't tell exactly how it mounts. Surely that diagonal bit makes it awkward.

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:45 am

The diagonal bit has two vertical ridges on, its perfect for pcb's. Being a pcb holder I guess.

Can't be bothered screwing every game to the wooden board before playing.

Always good to go to a woodshop or whatever and get the guy to cut you up a load of MDF the right size also, works out about a quid a piece too.

I have a single CPS2 mobo with feet and clips, mounted to a wood board and just change the B board, a 4 slot mounted to another board, and a pcb holder on another board

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Sun May 30, 2010 3:07 pm

Doesn't work for MVS 1-slots though. But most PCBs will fit... LIKE A GLOVE.

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Sun May 30, 2010 3:10 pm

Just screw the 1 slot to a board

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sun May 30, 2010 5:15 pm

I manage them by not having them

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sun May 30, 2010 6:02 pm

i roll each pcb up in its own piece of carpet and store them in the closet beside my tesla coil

dcharlie · Post by **dcharlie** » Sun May 30, 2010 9:21 pm

saw some place selling what i can only describe as massive Neo Geo style shock boxes. I'm thinking of buying some and then a roll of the anti static pcb shipping foam. Print of a few huge oversized custom inlays and it's on!

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun May 30, 2010 10:30 pm

The Coop wrote:I manage them by not having them

In other words, play them arcade PCBs via emulation, right? Definitely saves space and serious $$$ by going that particular route indeed.

The hard-core arcade gamer veterans, however, will have a stash of his or her favorite PCBs on hand to play whenever the desire comes on strong to sate it whether it be the shmups genre or another genre. So be it. The privilege of owning/maintaining your own private & personal arcade is cool since you are the owner, manager and customer all rolled into one. Ain't nothing like playing with real software on real hardware (with dropping in yen/quarter/pence coins into the coin chute) for the best authentic arcade experience (aside of attending a local Japanese game center).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sun May 30, 2010 11:33 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:
The Coop wrote:I manage them by not having them
In other words, play them arcade PCBs via emulation, right? Definitely saves space and serious $$$ by going that particular route indeed.

That, and I have no space for arcade cabinets. If I had the space and cash, there are a few arcade games I'd own. But I don't, so I play them via MAME or in an arcade collection like Metal Slug Anthology or Taito Legends 2.

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Mon May 31, 2010 6:50 am

nothing fancy here, I just keep them individually wrapped in bubble wrap, on their side in a row on a shelf. The main thing I avoid is similar to books without bookends, when the PCB's slouch over to one side, it probably isn't good for the components on them.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:06 pm

Mine stay in the boxes they were delivered in, or perhaps in the case of having the kit, inside the kit box.

Having a bunch of naked PCB's lying around isn't exactly attractive.

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:17 pm

There was one guy on ng.com who used to screw them to his bedroom wall

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:35 pm

ng.com is full of eccentrics. They have massive jamma looms over there.

drunkninja24 · Post by **drunkninja24** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:24 pm

If they're boxed (like, say, a Cave kit), they stay in the box unless I have them in my cab. A bare PCB I'll put in bubble wrap or an antistatic bag if I have one large enough.

Post by **undamned** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:18 pm

jonny5 wrote:i roll each pcb up in its own piece of carpet and store them in the closet beside my tesla coil

Me too! I read somewhere that shag carpet works the best, though.
-ud

Jeneki · Post by **Jeneki** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:26 pm

Same way I manage my floppy disks: I take a huge magnet and attach them to my refrigerator.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:58 pm

undamned wrote:
jonny5 wrote:i roll each pcb up in its own piece of carpet and store them in the closet beside my tesla coil
Me too! I read somewhere that shag carpet works the best, though.
-ud

berber ftw!! and obviously nothing but the finest synthetic weaves for my PCB's!

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