TheBman80 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 If anyone has ever built one have any pictures and maybe a description on how it was built or even web pages on the subject I would like to see it. I was thinking about this today and if I'm really going to get into this hobby it might be a good investment to troubleshoot boards. I was also thinking were could you get a small vector monitor to build a vector test rig I have seen it done with an oscilloscope before. Maybe you could use a Vectrex that had serious cosmetic issues to its case but that’s just B&W vector games. Is there a small color vector monitor out there like the size of a Vectrex? I would basically like to design a duel unit vector one side regular arcade monitor on the other oh and same question for the regular arcade monitor were could you source one the size of a Vectrex screen? Trying to get as compact as possible but with still enough viewing room to see the screen really well. I once saw a real Atari Vector test station go up for sale on eBay but it was too far away to pick up and I think the bidding was starting over $500 but I would have bought it if I had the cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I built myself a JAMMA bench test unit quite some time ago. Sticks, buttons, speakers, power supply, and JAMMA harness with external video hookup to a monitor. It made messing around with boards far less annoying then trying them out in a full cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBman80 Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Yeah that’s exactly why I want to make one you can always make adapters for a game to convert them to JAMMA so wiring the test station to be JAMMA would be the best option. What kind of monitor do you use in it? I have seen LCD's and regular arcade type monitors used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I have a test rig at my office. It has a jamma harness hacked to hell with connections for pacman, galaga, and many other common arcade PCB's. In my opinion a 13 inch electrahome G07 is the perfect test rig monitor. If you need help hooking it up, shoot me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Yeah that’s exactly why I want to make one you can always make adapters for a game to convert them to JAMMA so wiring the test station to be JAMMA would be the best option. What kind of monitor do you use in it? I have seen LCD's and regular arcade type monitors used. I used a Sony industrial RBG/multi monitor, or one of the Commodore 1084s via RGB input. Both worked very nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Piece of plywood with an iso tranformer, speaker and a few microswitches wired to a plug for monitor and a JAMMA board and switching power supply. Basically a gutted JAMMA cab on a 8x10 inch board packed both sides with eletronics and a handle to hang it on. Works great for diagnostics on monitors (use the test pattern on the PCB) or power supplies. Using a Soul Edge board because its small and I don't care what happens to it. Honestly, I leave most board repairs to the pros. Not worth my time as I am not that good at chip level diagnostics. I will agree the 13 inch G07 is a great choice. I think there was a 13 inch color vector in Tempest or Space Duel cocktails. Remember that uses a 63 V isolation transformer, not a 120 like rasters. If you need that iso board, I think I have a spare one. Portability was my main concern as most work was done in the "field". C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 That 13" vector monitor is HARD to find. He'd be better off adapting a vectrex, at least for b/w games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBman80 Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 That 13" vector monitor is HARD to find. He'd be better off adapting a vectrex, at least for b/w games. Yeah that’s what I was thinking I never heard of anyone doing it before though. Like I said above if one could be found that was beat to hell and back case wise but still worked it would be no good as a collector item and perfect for a test rig monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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