Playchoice 10/ Nintendo Vs. Pinouts/Wiring

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I have been checking pinouts and kit manuals but it seems inconclusive so far. Can you use a Nintendo Vs. Unisystem Harness to power and play a PC-10 board? I don't need the timer, so forget that part of the harness. I also don't need the wiring for the reset button as it won't be used in freeplay mode anyway. Does the Unisystem harness have wires for the 3 and 4 player buttons, or do they have to be added? Thanks.
 
I know that a PC10 harness can be used to play a VS. pcb. I have Vs. Gradius in my extra PC10 single monitor cab.

But I'm not sure how a Vs. harness would work with a PC10 pcb. I'd think it would be missing the wires for the extra buttons on the PC10 control panel.
 
I know that a PC10 harness can be used to play a VS. pcb. I have Vs. Gradius in my extra PC10 single monitor cab.

But I'm not sure how a Vs. harness would work with a PC10 pcb. I'd think it would be missing the wires for the extra buttons on the PC10 control panel.

Are all the PC-10 inputs and outputs on one side of the edge connectors?
 
OK, I think it will work. What was throwing me was the parts/solder side which PC-10 does not utilize really. Everything is on one side of the connector.


nintendo playchoice 10

44/22

1 gnd.........a gnd
2 gnd.........b gnd
3 +5v.........c +5v
4 +5v.........d +5v
5 +12v........e +12v
6................f
7 coin 1.......h
8 coin 2........j
9 vid red.......k
10 vid gn.......l
11 gnd.........m vid gnd
12 vid bl.......n
13 sync........p
14...............r
15...............s
16 +24v.......t +24v
17 ctr..........u
18...............v
19 svc.........w
20 gnd.........x
21 gnd ........y gnd
22 gnd.........z gnd


18/36

1 gnd............a gnd
2 2 right........b time disp
3 2 left..........c time disp
4 2 up...........d time disp
5 2 down........e time disp
6 2 push a......f +5v
7 2 push b......h +5v
8 channel sel...j time disp
9 game select..k time disp
10 enter..........l time disp
11 start..........m time disp
12 1 right........n gun trigger
13 1 left..........p gun hit
14 1 up...........r +5v
15 1 down.......s
16 1 push a......t
17 1 push b......u reset
18 gnd............v gnd


nintendo vs. System

44/22

parts........solder

grd 1.....1 grd
grd 2.....2 grd
+5 3.......3 +5
+5 4.......4 +5
+12 5......5 +12
6..............6
s coin 1 7......7 m coin 1
s coin 2 8......8 m coin 2
s red 9.......9 m red
s green 10.....10 s green
vid grd 11........11 vid grd
s blue 12.......12 m blue
s sync 13........13 m sync
14.................14
15.................15
+24 16...........16 +24
s counter 17....17 m counter
18.................18
s service 19....19 m service
s sound 20......20 m sound
grd 21............21 grd
grd 22............22 grd

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parts..............solder

grd 1............1 grd
s1 right 2........2 m1 right
s1 left 3..........3 m1 left
s1 up 4..........4 m1 up
s1 down 5.......5 m1 down
s1 a switch 6....6 m1 a switch
s1 b switch 7....7 m1 b switch
s start 1 8........8 m start 1
s start 2 9.....9 m start 2
s start 3 10....10 m start 3
s start 4 11......11 m start 4
s2 right 12......12 m2 right
s2 left 13......13 m2 left
s2 up 14......14 m2 up
s2 down 15......15 m2 down
s2 a switch 16.......16 m2 a switch
s2 b switch 17.......17 m2 b switch
grd 18...................18 grd
 
BTB, to wrap this thread up, it DID work. I used a red tent harness with all the wires cut off the parts side. Set the dips to freeplay which did away with the need to wire in a timer. The wires for buttons 1-4 are used for channel select, enter, start and game select. The reset button/wire is not needed, as to reset in freeplay you push channel select and enter buttons at the same time to reset back to the main menu.
 
Awesome man- I wish more people would post the conclusion/solution in their problem/question threads. I hate when I search for a problem one of my games is having, find it, read 4 pages of posts only to be left high and dry in the end. Kudos to you.
 
Awesome man- I wish more people would post the conclusion/solution in their problem/question threads. I hate when I search for a problem one of my games is having, find it, read 4 pages of posts only to be left high and dry in the end. Kudos to you.

I agree. I do it too. But sometimes I am able to remember and find my old threads and give them closure. Tells you how boring this place has gotten when I have time to track obscure shit like this down and actually post a solution. This place blows!
 
Hi,
Any chance of showing how this works a bit more? I have an extra red tent that I was thinking about turning one side into a pc10. Will a pc10 motherboard plug and play other than the play controls being wonky? Are the power supplies the same or did they change in the PC10?

Thanks for any additional info,
 
OK, I think it will work. What was throwing me was the parts/solder side which PC-10 does not utilize really. Everything is on one side of the connector.


nintendo playchoice 10

44/22

1 gnd.........a gnd
2 gnd.........b gnd
3 +5v.........c +5v
4 +5v.........d +5v
5 +12v........e +12v
6................f
7 coin 1.......h
8 coin 2........j
9 vid red.......k
10 vid gn.......l
11 gnd.........m vid gnd
12 vid bl.......n
13 sync........p
14...............r
15...............s
16 +24v.......t +24v
17 ctr..........u
18...............v
19 svc.........w
20 gnd.........x
21 gnd ........y gnd
22 gnd.........z gnd


18/36

1 gnd............a gnd
2 2 right........b time disp
3 2 left..........c time disp
4 2 up...........d time disp
5 2 down........e time disp
6 2 push a......f +5v
7 2 push b......h +5v
8 channel sel...j time disp
9 game select..k time disp
10 enter..........l time disp
11 start..........m time disp
12 1 right........n gun trigger
13 1 left..........p gun hit
14 1 up...........r +5v
15 1 down.......s
16 1 push a......t
17 1 push b......u reset
18 gnd............v gnd


nintendo vs. System

44/22

parts........solder

grd 1.....1 grd
grd 2.....2 grd
+5 3.......3 +5
+5 4.......4 +5
+12 5......5 +12
6..............6
s coin 1 7......7 m coin 1
s coin 2 8......8 m coin 2
s red 9.......9 m red
s green 10.....10 s green
vid grd 11........11 vid grd
s blue 12.......12 m blue
s sync 13........13 m sync
14.................14
15.................15
+24 16...........16 +24
s counter 17....17 m counter
18.................18
s service 19....19 m service
s sound 20......20 m sound
grd 21............21 grd
grd 22............22 grd

18/36

parts..............solder

grd 1............1 grd
s1 right 2........2 m1 right
s1 left 3..........3 m1 left
s1 up 4..........4 m1 up
s1 down 5.......5 m1 down
s1 a switch 6....6 m1 a switch
s1 b switch 7....7 m1 b switch
s start 1 8........8 m start 1
s start 2 9.....9 m start 2
s start 3 10....10 m start 3
s start 4 11......11 m start 4
s2 right 12......12 m2 right
s2 left 13......13 m2 left
s2 up 14......14 m2 up
s2 down 15......15 m2 down
s2 a switch 16.......16 m2 a switch
s2 b switch 17.......17 m2 b switch
grd 18...................18 grd

I wanted to wire up 2 nintendo female controller ports to the countertop PC10 that way you could plug in controllers to play if you wanted too, and also the lightgun.

I saw that you must remove a resistor (and wire a jumper) to correct the lightgun for the PC10. But what about standard NES controllers? Are there any signal issues (or something im not thinking of)that would prevent NES controllers from working?

And if I wired a P2 female port to P2 controller on the PC10 for full NES gamepad controller use, is there anything that would interfere with the lightgun usage?

Definitely want to do some research before I start soldering. Also, while this post provides the schematics for the PC10, is there a link that shows which wire/colors from the NES female harness go to their respective pinouts?

And is this schematic the same between the full version and the countertop version of the PC10?
 
I wanted to wire up 2 nintendo female controller ports to the countertop PC10 that way you could plug in controllers to play if you wanted too, and also the lightgun.

I saw that you must remove a resistor (and wire a jumper) to correct the lightgun for the PC10. But what about standard NES controllers? Are there any signal issues (or something im not thinking of)that would prevent NES controllers from working?

And if I wired a P2 female port to P2 controller on the PC10 for full NES gamepad controller use, is there anything that would interfere with the lightgun usage?

Definitely want to do some research before I start soldering. Also, while this post provides the schematics for the PC10, is there a link that shows which wire/colors from the NES female harness go to their respective pinouts?

And is this schematic the same between the full version and the countertop version of the PC10?

Cool Idea!
 
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