FS Game: Space Firebird Cocktail

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Hey guys, I have a Space Firebird cocktail, its in pretty good shape and works but the monitor jumps a little from time to time $300 Cash


Thanks


Sorry I forgot to put in the title Charlotte NC
 

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If I take the board out and ship it away, I'll be left with a dead cabinet and possibly a dead boardset by the time it gets back to me :(

sorry guys, just too risky.
 
Just a quick question -- does anyone know if this boardset fit into a Donkey Kong cocktail?

I swapped a Radar Scope in no problem -- I just had to splice one wire into the power supply (there was an extra connector on the Radar Scope board that the DK board didn't have).

Thanks!

-- Bruce
 
I do not believe the boardset is compatible with the DK power supply. Although it uses similar connectors, when I tried booting mine with the DK harness and power supply, it wouldn't boot. The pinout must be different.
 
I did some more checking on this. The Space Firebird board set is not compatible with the DK power supply, but if you have a spare set of 9 and 10 pin power cables, you can easily make a power harness that will work.

The 9 pin power is a direct match:

Pin 1: Gnd
Pin 2: Gnd
Pin 3: Gnd
Pin 4: +12v
Pin 5: +12v
Pin 6: +5v
Pin 7: +5v
Pin 8: -5v
Pin 9: +24v

The 10 pin power cable, however, does not match. On the DK power supply, it's:

Pin 1: -5v
Pin 2: -5v
Pin 3: -5v
Pin 4: -5v
Pin 5: Gnd
Pin 6: Gnd
Pin 7: Gnd
Pin 8: Gnd
Pin 9: +5v
Pin10: +5v

The Space Firebird 10 pin power needs:

Pin 1: Gnd
Pin 2: Gnd
Pin 3: Gnd
Pin 4: +12v
Pin 5: +12v
Pin 6: +12v
Pin 7: +12v
Pin 8: +5v
Pin 9: +5v
Pin10: -5v

So, by de-pinning the 10 pin power cable, and rearranging wires, I can get Gnd, +5v, and -5v supplied to the 10 pin connector. But the Space Firebird also needs +12v on that connector too. The solution? Borrow one of the 12v wires from the 9 pin power cable, leaving one 12v in the 9 pin, and using the other 12v in the 10 pin.

I tried this arrangement with my DK power supply and my Space Firebird board set and it booted perfectly. Now I have a custom made power harness allowing me to bench test my other Space Firebird board using my DK power supply.

Why do this? Well, two reasons:


  1. DK power supplies are easier to come by
  2. If I ever want to send my Space Firebird boards out for service (which I plan to do), I can now send just the boards and my custom harness, rather than having to mail a 25 pound linear power supply along with the boards.
 
Have you considered selling it for parts ?
I'm desperate for some corner brackets to hold the glass .......
 
I did some more checking on this. The Space Firebird board set is not compatible with the DK power supply, but if you have a spare set of 9 and 10 pin power cables, you can easily make a power harness that will work.

The 9 pin power is a direct match:

Pin 1: Gnd
Pin 2: Gnd
Pin 3: Gnd
Pin 4: +12v
Pin 5: +12v
Pin 6: +5v
Pin 7: +5v
Pin 8: -5v
Pin 9: +24v

The 10 pin power cable, however, does not match. On the DK power supply, it's:

Pin 1: -5v
Pin 2: -5v
Pin 3: -5v
Pin 4: -5v
Pin 5: Gnd
Pin 6: Gnd
Pin 7: Gnd
Pin 8: Gnd
Pin 9: +5v
Pin10: +5v

The Space Firebird 10 pin power needs:

Pin 1: Gnd
Pin 2: Gnd
Pin 3: Gnd
Pin 4: +12v
Pin 5: +12v
Pin 6: +12v
Pin 7: +12v
Pin 8: +5v
Pin 9: +5v
Pin10: -5v

So, by de-pinning the 10 pin power cable, and rearranging wires, I can get Gnd, +5v, and -5v supplied to the 10 pin connector. But the Space Firebird also needs +12v on that connector too. The solution? Borrow one of the 12v wires from the 9 pin power cable, leaving one 12v in the 9 pin, and using the other 12v in the 10 pin.

I tried this arrangement with my DK power supply and my Space Firebird board set and it booted perfectly. Now I have a custom made power harness allowing me to bench test my other Space Firebird board using my DK power supply.

Why do this? Well, two reasons:


  1. DK power supplies are easier to come by
  2. If I ever want to send my Space Firebird boards out for service (which I plan to do), I can now send just the boards and my custom harness, rather than having to mail a 25 pound linear power supply along with the boards.
If you don't give it +24v does that make the sound not work?
 
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