No clue Qix - CP doesnt work, Hacked up everything

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Qix - Control Panel doesnt work, odd wiring *fixed*

Went for a pickup and was given this free along the cab I got. Wouldnt turn on at the guys house. Got it back, Popped the lock, changed fuses, grounds just dangling around, connected them. Turns on has picture & sound. Control panel does not operate. Picture upside down(that i get what to do).

Honestly look at the pics. I have no clue whats going on here. Maybe someone can provide me with direction. Wires hanging all over the place, spliced wires, connectors just hanging. Its like a jamma setup but not???

Thanks.
 
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http://crazykong.com/pins/Qix.pin.txt

here is a link to the pinout.

You should be able to go through and figure out which wire comes from the harness and is used for up down left right. And make your own connections with splicing, based on that. Or if you are lucky enough to have the proper size and sex of molex, make your own molex.
 
My problem is exactly what it looks like. He made his own and theres wires everywhere and hacked up harnesses etc etc. The pictures upside down because he hacked up the yoke and soldered all the wires wrong. Moving backwards from that seems difficult. Or im over complicating it.
 
Does not look like my qix at all, It does look like the bootleg board sets I have seen. You can figure out which bootleg you have based on the number of pins on the pinout I do believe.
 
So after fixing the wires on the yoke to get the proper screen adjustment I started going through some of the wires. Every wire was backwords, not in the right place. Like the screen. So now everything works.

Few questions:

It does appear to be a bootleg. But it plays Qix. If it was the 2nd version then theres no markings on the board?? Shouldnt it of been plug n play and not have to hack the harnesses?

Why would all this be setup for a Jamma configurations, but I cant play any other Jamma boards??
 
Why would all this be setup for a Jamma configurations, but I cant play any other Jamma boards??


Mark wasn't saying that it is set up for Jamma. He was saying that it is easier to adapt to Jamma because there are fewer connectors and they are centrally located.
 
So after fixing the wires on the yoke to get the proper screen adjustment I started going through some of the wires. Every wire was backwords, not in the right place. Like the screen. So now everything works.

Few questions:

It does appear to be a bootleg. But it plays Qix. If it was the 2nd version then theres no markings on the board?? Shouldnt it of been plug n play and not have to hack the harnesses?

Why would all this be setup for a Jamma configurations, but I cant play any other Jamma boards??

I would think that a bootleg of Qix isn't meant to go into a real Qix cabinet, it's meant to go into something else (because of course, if you already had a Qix, why would you need the bootleg board?). I'm guessing that pinout either mirrors something else out there (so that it could easily be swapped in), or that the bootlegger made their own cabs, so they just laid the pins out any which way. The hacked wiring indicates putting the bootleg board into a real cab (presumably due to board failure), and having it not go so well.

Or, you know, I could just be completely wrong.
 
Heres some images of the boards. Has number # 038205 etched on it and Qix sharpied on the other side. Tell me more about this.
 
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t does appear to be a bootleg. But it plays Qix. If it was the 2nd version then theres no markings on the board?? Shouldnt it of been plug n play and not have to hack the harnesses?

It's not a bootleg... it's an original taito boardset. they were primarily used in the taito cocktail cabinets (Elevator Action / Jungle King) and they share the same pinout with them.

There's Taito style markings all over the board... the labels by the connectors, etc...
 
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