Tighe
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Can a Space Firebird board be converted to Space Demon?
Would it be as easy as a ROM swap?
Would it be as easy as a ROM swap?
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SRW's wouldn't be for sale any more if he were within 300 miles of me.
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Not weird at all. Space Demon only came in that cabaret, never in any other cabaret.
Space Firebird, though licensed from Nintendo to Sega/Gremlin, was never housed in Nintendo Cabaret. Instead, it was in its own cabaret:
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So yes, you technically COULD drop in a SF boardset, but you'd need to swap out the 9 and 10 pin cables for some custom ones.I did some more checking on this. The Space Firebird board set is not compatible with the DK power supply, but if you have a spare set of 9 and 10 pin power cables, you can easily make a power harness that will work.
The 9 pin power is a direct match:
Pin 1: Gnd
Pin 2: Gnd
Pin 3: Gnd
Pin 4: +12v
Pin 5: +12v
Pin 6: +5v
Pin 7: +5v
Pin 8: -5v
Pin 9: +24v
The 10 pin power cable, however, does not match. On the DK power supply, it's:
Pin 1: -5v
Pin 2: -5v
Pin 3: -5v
Pin 4: -5v
Pin 5: Gnd
Pin 6: Gnd
Pin 7: Gnd
Pin 8: Gnd
Pin 9: +5v
Pin10: +5v
The Space Firebird 10 pin power needs:
Pin 1: Gnd
Pin 2: Gnd
Pin 3: Gnd
Pin 4: +12v
Pin 5: +12v
Pin 6: +12v
Pin 7: +12v
Pin 8: +5v
Pin 9: +5v
Pin10: -5v
So, by de-pinning the 10 pin power cable, and rearranging wires, I can get Gnd, +5v, and -5v supplied to the 10 pin connector. But the Space Firebird also needs +12v on that connector too. The solution? Borrow one of the 12v wires from the 9 pin power cable, leaving one 12v in the 9 pin, and using the other 12v in the 10 pin.
I tried this arrangement with my DK power supply and my Space Firebird board set and it booted perfectly. Now I have a custom made power harness allowing me to bench test my other Space Firebird board using my DK power supply.
I'm not sure. I know that the DK power supply already has everything you need to power the boards, but you need to do a bit of re-arranging on one of the connectors. See here:
So yes, you technically COULD drop in a SF boardset, but you'd need to swap out the 9 and 10 pin cables for some custom ones.
I was lucky enough to find an eBay auction with a complete boardset, wiring harness, power supply, speaker, coin meter, and iso transformer out of a cocktail that someone must have stripped, so I basically have everything I need to populate a cabaret - EXCEPT a Fortrek ESS board![]()
Yep, same connectors as DK.
I am so glad you have a healthy sense of humor.![]()
Glad you enjoyed it! I got a infraction point for it!