Joust / Stargate / Robotron wiring harness compatibility

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Joust / Stargate / Robotron wiring harness compatibility

Hey all,

I'm trying to find a harness for Robotron. Other members have mentioned that a Stargate harness will also work for this, which does open doors.I've also read that Joust harnesses may be compatible? Can anyone confirm this for me? I've seen posts both yes and no so I'm not sure.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ace
 
the harnesses should entirely be the same, the only exception is with the next revision rom board that Joust/Robotron got, they changed the power plug to the rom board. I've talked with RobMcRaf about this and the reason I guess is when Williams added the Special Chips to the rom boards on those, they were planning on using +12V but wound up not doing so. so they have a wider power plug with the +5 bridged to a couple different pins if I recall instead.

not the end of the world. I intend on porting a Stargate harness to power all varieties of those.
 
Cool. Thanks for the heads up on this..I guess i'll open my search to a stargate and joust harness as well.

Appreciate your help!

Ace
 
The power harness is/can be the same, but the wiring from the widget to the control panels is different. You can even use a Defender one, just need to lengthen sections of the wiring.
 
The rom boards for everything but Stargate have 2 grounds tied together plus the positive pin. The Stargate rom board only has one ground pin and one positive pin where the power connector goes. As long as you plug the 2 pin Stargate power connector in the right spot on the Robo or Joust rom boards, it works fine. The other interconnects are all the same in Joust, Robortron and Stargate with the exception of the Widget harnesses which needs to be re wired for which ever game your using, some have more or less wires depending on the game. The pins come out and can be swapped to the correct spots pretty easily.
 
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