Converting back to Pacman

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I have a dedicated Pacman cab that has been converted to Commando. I have a couple Ms. pac pcbs on the way. I read these can be easily converted back to Pacman. I am going to do this with one. Anyway, what I want to know is what else I need. I have the wiring harness thanks to Pengo. Here is a photo of what is left of the original PS. I do have a few switchers to use as well. There is a G07 in the cab now, would that be OK. I'm thinking I have almost everything but now quite sure on the power supply components. Here's what's left of the original.
 

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One of your transformers is missing, but everything should work fine with that switcher. Best way to do this is to look at a Pac or Ms Pac manual...all the wiring diagrams are shown. Should be a fairly simple project. Just make sure you set your output voltage on the switcher +5 to around +6 by cranking the adjustment pot on the switcher(The voltage is down-converted to 5v on the board itself so it expects a little higher voltage than exact 5v coming from the switcher. Just run the +5(adjusted to +6) to the 7 volt locations on your harness and the +12 to the +12 locations and you should be set.

Pac-Man Manual: http://home.comcast.net/~jpittman2/pacman/pacman_opmanual.pdf

Also...Riptor is the local Pac expert btw and is a good contact if you need parts :)
 
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How is the rest of the cabinet? Was it painted over or have laminate applied? The G07 is probably what it shipped with. Some of them came with that monitor, others had the WG4600.
 
The rest of the cab is not too bad of condition. It was painted over and the underside was pretty banged up. lots of dents and nicks. The tube is not the original. Has some good marble madness burn, but I have a couple TV tubes I think can be used. I also have a WG4903 and one other, not quite sure what, but it's a more common one, will have to look. Here's what it looked like when I tried to strip it. The stickers and the engraved number on this cab is 1477 so it's been around for a while.
 

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Looks like your stripping job is going well.
Mine was painted with black oil based and a thick coat of blue latex over that....I just had to sand the whole thing down to the wood...(Currently working on body work with mine as we speak) :)
 
I'm thinking on taking right down to the bare wood as well. The bottom and corners are going to need some work as well as some scratches on the sides. I have another cab identical to this, but it looks like a repro with 5/8 melamine and nothing on the inside. I may do a multipac with it. Here's a pic of that one.
 

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I'm thinking on taking right down to the bare wood as well. The bottom and corners are going to need some work as well as some scratches on the sides. I have another cab identical to this, but it looks like a repro with 5/8 melamine and nothing on the inside. I may do a multipac with it. Here's a pic of that one.

This Robocop cab is a great candidate for a 60 in 1. The CP is already set up correctly. Just need some art and a board.
 
This Robocop cab is a great candidate for a 60 in 1. The CP is already set up correctly. Just need some art and a board.

I just noticed, but looking at the Robocop, could it be a homemade build. When it's next to the pac cab, it's identical except for the top. The top is flat, or square, and not rounded like the pac. A 60 in 1 WOULD be nice, and if not, even a multi pac.
 
Nah, the top was probably trimmed off at some point in the past due to damage, height restrictions where the OP wanted to put it, whatever.

Even BETTER reason to throw a 60 in 1 multi in there. It would be a serious pain the arse to restore that one to a pac.
 
Let me know if you end up going original on the PS. I personally would keep with the switcher. But I have a ton of midway parts including the original power supply transformer with harness that you are missing.
 
This will make a nice restoration project. All the parts you need should be easy to find.

Here is my 'deconversion':

Pac-man.jpg
 
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