Hi everyone
a friend had a rampart board go bad like ten years ago, so he gave me the cabinet and i put a mame board in there. everything worked fine, though i did have to rewire a few of the controls, if i remember right.
i got the rampart board repaired recently, and decided to restore the cab to its original config, which should be easy since i have the original manual.
well, im probly being really really dumb, but its NOT that easy. the manual does not have a 1 or 2 player start button. but there sure is on the cab. and im pretty sure the game had player start buttons when i first got it, so what gives!
also, when i turn the game on and enter test mode, all it wants to do is scroll up, even though nothing is being pushed, and i have dutifully rewired all my controls to match that of the manual. even if i unplug the "up" joystick wires (#18/V) the menu still perpetually scrolls upward.
now i will admit that the player 1 or 2 start button thing is weird and probably my fault, but the sticks and the other two buttons are wired correctly i think. (another weird point...pin 17/U is normally for 1 and 2 player start, right? but the rampart manual has them listed as player 1 or 2 ROTATE...which means blue or red button, i think.... the other button, the "PLACE" button, is down at pins 22/Z with everything after that being unused)
anyhow, im obviously really confused and im not sure if i have somehow misread the jamma pinout, or if maybe something is wrong with the board that i just got back, and its scrolling on its own due to some other problem that i didnt create?
any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
a friend had a rampart board go bad like ten years ago, so he gave me the cabinet and i put a mame board in there. everything worked fine, though i did have to rewire a few of the controls, if i remember right.
i got the rampart board repaired recently, and decided to restore the cab to its original config, which should be easy since i have the original manual.
well, im probly being really really dumb, but its NOT that easy. the manual does not have a 1 or 2 player start button. but there sure is on the cab. and im pretty sure the game had player start buttons when i first got it, so what gives!
also, when i turn the game on and enter test mode, all it wants to do is scroll up, even though nothing is being pushed, and i have dutifully rewired all my controls to match that of the manual. even if i unplug the "up" joystick wires (#18/V) the menu still perpetually scrolls upward.
now i will admit that the player 1 or 2 start button thing is weird and probably my fault, but the sticks and the other two buttons are wired correctly i think. (another weird point...pin 17/U is normally for 1 and 2 player start, right? but the rampart manual has them listed as player 1 or 2 ROTATE...which means blue or red button, i think.... the other button, the "PLACE" button, is down at pins 22/Z with everything after that being unused)
anyhow, im obviously really confused and im not sure if i have somehow misread the jamma pinout, or if maybe something is wrong with the board that i just got back, and its scrolling on its own due to some other problem that i didnt create?
any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
