Any other options than Lizard L deluxe adapter?

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Hey guys, going to run a 60 in 1 in the pac i am renovating (not going to call it restoring, since i'm not going for perfection).
First off before you guys curse me, check my other thread, it was a mess.
Visually i'm going original Pacman in every way, except i may skip the side art for now.

I'd like to use the LL deluxe adapter, but their site says the next shipment is due in 180 days, that's about 170 days longer than i would like.

So far in searches i don't yield any the same as the deluxe.
I'd like to keep the inside of my cab as much pac as i can.
I do have a power supply to re-use and know it's not 100% necessary to do it the deluxe LL way, but that's what i want (at least for the moment).

I'll put up a wanted ad for the Lizard version used if there is nothing else the same.


So is there an alternative?

And if you don't mind, if you have a negative comment on what i'm doing with MY pacman, use my other thread where i bought it, to vent.
Thanks,
Joe
 
Thats the way I went. Its easy as peazy!! works great. Plug and play. I was looking for the lizard lick for awhile. They were 180 4 months ago... Good luck.
 
I have the LL adapter and it's your best option. Couldn't hurt to throw up a wanted thread. I found one pretty quickly for mine when I wanted one last year.
 
I have it in my Ms. Pac running MAME. It's a sweet adapter.

Shame to hear they are having issues. I really liked dealing with Lizard Lick a few years ago. Very responsive.
 
Just rewire the cabinet with a JAMMA connector. You don't want to waste a bunch of money on a multiboard and a pricey adapter (likely in the hopes of not having to mess with the wiring), only to end up having to mess with the wiring anyway, and possibly frying your new board in the process because you trusted the sketchy wiring in a game that got improperly converted 30 years ago.

Rewiring the cabinet is not difficult, nor expensive and it will teach you a lot about game wiring.


Those adapters are more intended for people looking for plug and play solutions into known working setups, or people looking to board swap into their cabinets.
 
+1 on this. I'm not nostalgic about keeping 30+ year old wiring. Honestly, only purists care about 100% original. I'm more of a "mostly original" but open to making improvements, especially if it adds versatility to the cab.
 
Just rewire the cabinet with a JAMMA connector. You don't want to waste a bunch of money on a multiboard and a pricey adapter (likely in the hopes of not having to mess with the wiring), only to end up having to mess with the wiring anyway, and possibly frying your new board in the process because you trusted the sketchy wiring in a game that got improperly converted 30 years ago.

Rewiring the cabinet is not difficult, nor expensive and it will teach you a lot about game wiring.


Those adapters are more intended for people looking for plug and play solutions into known working setups, or people looking to board swap into their cabinets.

Fair enough.
As an electrical contractor i do tend to air on the side of caution so new wire is obviously better, then again when you own a home there is more bragging rights in new wire than there is old, lol.

OK, to do a New jamma harness, what exactly do i need?
I have a power supply that ran the setup that was in the cab when i bought it, and all the original pac wire is there.
Does the power supply work the monitor too?
Not sure i understand the term "switching" power supply.
thanks,
Joe
 
You should already have an isolation transformer for the monitor, and maybe another transformer that will handle coin door lights (if you have any).

Other than that, if you leave the original wiring, transformers, and fuses in, you just need a JAMMA harness, a switching power supply (which you will power by tapping into 120vac near one of the transformer inputs), and a game PCB. You can get some pins and connectors if you want to use them to mate to the existing coin door, monitor, and control panel connectors, or cut them off the original harness and splice them onto the new harness...
 
You should already have an isolation transformer for the monitor, and maybe another transformer that will handle coin door lights (if you have any).

Other than that, if you leave the original wiring, transformers, and fuses in, you just need a JAMMA harness, a switching power supply (which you will power by tapping into 120vac near one of the transformer inputs), and a game PCB. You can get some pins and connectors if you want to use them to mate to the existing coin door, monitor, and control panel connectors, or cut them off the original harness and splice them onto the new harness...

Ok, sounds good.
Shouldn't be too hard, since that's how the last game was wired.

I'm guessing i'll also be able to reference the wiring in my mk if i need to?
 
Yes you can, and you can reference online instructions as well. If you are an electrical contractor then you really shouldn't have a problem with it.

If you already have a switching power supply (they look like a metal box a bit larger than a VHS tape), then all you really need is a Jamma harness.

It also doesn't hurt to just start with a new power supply, they don't cost that much.
 
Yes you can, and you can reference online instructions as well. If you are an electrical contractor then you really shouldn't have a problem with it.

If you already have a switching power supply (they look like a metal box a bit larger than a VHS tape), then all you really need is a Jamma harness.

It also doesn't hurt to just start with a new power supply, they don't cost that much.

Yea, i'm not too worried, but since electronics are sensitive, i try and get all the info i can before going in. This way once i start the assembly i don't have to make a post on the forums to get it right.
Although, typically electricians are more afraid of 12v's and under than they are 120v's and up, go figure.

Everyone keeps using the term "switching" power supply.
Is that another term for adjustable?
I'm familiar with using power supply's for various items, and i have the one from the previous conversion, i just don't understand why everyone says switching.
 
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They are called switching power supplies because they have a switching regulator inside. With arcade games you generally talk about switching power supplies and linear power supplies.
 
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