Sega Super Megalo 2 compatability?

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I scored one of the massive machines and was wondering how much trouble it would be to get a Naomi or Namco 246 going in it.

The cab has Virtua Striker in it, which is a Model 2 and I don't think its Jamma. Ofcourse neither are my Naomis or my 246, natively. I have Jamma adapters for both, but I don't imagine I will get too far with them.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
 
I'm not completely certain, but I believe the Megalo 2 is 15.7 or 24khz only. The Megalo 410 was probably the only tri-res (15.7/24/31.5) Sega projection cabinet before they went out of style.

If this is correct you can still operate the Naomi, but only at 15.7khz (low res). Nothing will plug into your cabinet as-is other than another model 2 game like VF2. If you change things around to run different hardware you will still need to run video through the original level-shifter board (the small square board that the 4 BNC video connectors for the monitor attach to) -- the projector expects a different signal level (.7vp-p) than game boards normally output.

I imagine the tubes have seen better days.. At least pull the lenses and blow the dust out of everything, focus (electronic & at the lenses) & converge it, but if the tubes have significant burn there won't be anything you can do but replace them ($300-$600). When pulling the lenses on these do NOT remove any red screws near the lenses, or else you might open up the liquid-coupling glycol chambers and cause a spill. Only carefully open those up (with the tube rack pulled out of the cabinet) if you have reason to change the glycol due to cloudyness/fungus etc inside the chambers.
 
So I gather it's not JAMMA and from what I've read that Virtua Striker is a Sega Model 2 Game, so do I just need to find a Model 2 to JAMMA adapter?
 
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