ballytablewiz
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So I finally decided to finish what I started with the PVM monitors I acquired (seen below) and piece together my test bench/supergun.
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To me, the most prolific controller ever was the NES joypad, and it's what I wanted to use. I desoldered the IC and existing harness on the joypad's PCB, and set to work running new wires to the appropriate pins in the vacant IC hole. I had read things about cutting out resistor tracks and grounds on the PCB, but I figured I'd take those steps if initial testing failed (which it didn't).
Then I cut up a cheap but nice BNC RGB cable to connect my PVM's to the harness I had chosen. (Konami Classic btw, with various adapters) Below is a WIP pic.
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After sewing up all the video leads, I grabbed the nearest Konami PCB, crossed my fingers, and plugged it all in to my 5" Sony PVM-5041Q.
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Yay! Everything looks fantastic and the NES joypad works exactly as I had hoped. I ran "COIN1" into the NES's "Select" button, since it was free and I need to coin up easily. Konami Classic pinout (and most of my PCB collection in general) uses 2 action buttons or less - I don't touch fighters, so I don't need any more.
Besides the obvious desktop testbed advantages, I don't have cabinets for many of my classic PCB's, so now I have a convenient way to enjoy them on a variety of monitor sizes with my favorite controller ever! Wicked.
.
To me, the most prolific controller ever was the NES joypad, and it's what I wanted to use. I desoldered the IC and existing harness on the joypad's PCB, and set to work running new wires to the appropriate pins in the vacant IC hole. I had read things about cutting out resistor tracks and grounds on the PCB, but I figured I'd take those steps if initial testing failed (which it didn't).
Then I cut up a cheap but nice BNC RGB cable to connect my PVM's to the harness I had chosen. (Konami Classic btw, with various adapters) Below is a WIP pic.
.
After sewing up all the video leads, I grabbed the nearest Konami PCB, crossed my fingers, and plugged it all in to my 5" Sony PVM-5041Q.
.
Yay! Everything looks fantastic and the NES joypad works exactly as I had hoped. I ran "COIN1" into the NES's "Select" button, since it was free and I need to coin up easily. Konami Classic pinout (and most of my PCB collection in general) uses 2 action buttons or less - I don't touch fighters, so I don't need any more.
Besides the obvious desktop testbed advantages, I don't have cabinets for many of my classic PCB's, so now I have a convenient way to enjoy them on a variety of monitor sizes with my favorite controller ever! Wicked.