aclbandit
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Hello, all.
TL;DR version: Are daughterboards of (System 16 + JAMMA adapter) and System 18 interchangeable?
Longer version:
Working on a Moonwalker PCB for a friend, and I'd like to know definitively that the Moonwalker daughterboard is OK before I start tackling the mainboard.
The simplest way I can think of to see whether the problem lies on the "Moonwalker" daughterboard or the main System18 motherboard is to swap it over to a known-good board.
Obviously there's some caveats, but if we assume for purposes of this conversation that we're running the decrypted program ROMs with a regular not-encrypted, no-battery CPU, then I think this would turn out just fine, even if the System 18 is from a different game.
I have heard from the Googles that Clutch Hitter could be used in this way (and that's the idea I'm considering right now), but that appears to come in both System 16 and 18 variants. As far as I can tell, the main difference between the two is the pinout (System 16 is Sega's pinout, whereas System 18 is JAMMA).
So (assuming decrypted ROMs and CPU), are daughterboards of (System 16 + JAMMA adapter) and System 18 interchangeable?
TL;DR version: Are daughterboards of (System 16 + JAMMA adapter) and System 18 interchangeable?
Longer version:
Working on a Moonwalker PCB for a friend, and I'd like to know definitively that the Moonwalker daughterboard is OK before I start tackling the mainboard.
The simplest way I can think of to see whether the problem lies on the "Moonwalker" daughterboard or the main System18 motherboard is to swap it over to a known-good board.
Obviously there's some caveats, but if we assume for purposes of this conversation that we're running the decrypted program ROMs with a regular not-encrypted, no-battery CPU, then I think this would turn out just fine, even if the System 18 is from a different game.
I have heard from the Googles that Clutch Hitter could be used in this way (and that's the idea I'm considering right now), but that appears to come in both System 16 and 18 variants. As far as I can tell, the main difference between the two is the pinout (System 16 is Sega's pinout, whereas System 18 is JAMMA).
So (assuming decrypted ROMs and CPU), are daughterboards of (System 16 + JAMMA adapter) and System 18 interchangeable?