Pineconeattack!

The Neo-Geo restoration adventure continues.  I finally received my new convex buttons from Happ Controls and also picked up a nifty little solder mate: the proverbial third hand. Installing the buttons would have been a breeze but I soon realized that I was missing all of the joystick & buttons wires from the MVS harness.

It looks like when the asshat converted this Rev 3 Neo-Geo cab into a shitty Carnevil, he or she removed not only the wires, but the JAMMA pins as well.  So, when I am ever in need for JAMMA pins, I always turn to The Real Bob Roberts.  Instead of wiring up my own cabling, I purchased a few pre-crimped wires from Bob Roberts and was on my merry way.

For the next hour or so, I just sat here, crimping, soldering and overall rebuilding the control panel wiring.  Of course, with some iPod tuneage and some sugar soda, I was enjoying myself a little too much.  What can I say? I find this portion of any cab to be both relaxing and annoying. Redundant, I know, but I love doing the harness, even though it does get really tedious.

I have maybe a hour of work left on the harness. All I need to do now is complete the ground circuit and zip-tie everything neatly with the LED and memory card harnesses.

90% of the wiring is now complete, and with some luck, I’ll be only a few hours away from finishing this project.

Fingers crossed.

–Jangofatt