Interest & feature check: JVS2JAMMA board

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Interest & feature check: JVS2JAMMA board

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Been thinking about this for quite some time, as the readily available from Riverservice sucks, and the better Namco/Konami isn't something you can easily get - especially if you're newbie.



Is it a market for something like this? Hopefully I can keep pricing around 100? shipped - depends a bit on how much I stuff on it.



Features I've been thinking about:



Video:

-Videosignal stepdown to VGA levels, selectable via jumpers (no scanrate conversion..)

-HD15 VGA connetor

(HD 15 VGA connector for video pass-through)

-screw terminals for CGA out - for CGA2VGA converter boards

-screw terminals for 5V,12V and GND - for e.g. CGA2VGA converter boards



Audio:

-audiosignal stepdown to linelevel

-2xRCA connectors for audio out



Jamma stuff:

-Buttons 1-5 on jamma edge

-MVS remap mode, like JVS-PAC

-Kick harness buttons 4-6: -RJ45 socket (ethernet cable), cables you can get anywhere cheap to make kick harnesses



Cool stuff:

-autofire enable via jumper

-shiftkey enable via jumper (for e.g. credit input via 1pstart+button1)

-JVS pass-through, i.e. connect a normal USB cable from this board to your naomi/JVS game

-VS mode, daisychain two I/O boards, second cab player1 = player2 on jamma edge



Power:

-ATX (?)

-JVS (?)

-Screw terminals (?)

one or more of the above



The board will have JAMMA edge like the riverservice one, but a jamme extension cable can of course be used if you want to mount the board permanently in your cab.



What do you think, and any features I should include? upscan to 31k would be awesome, but unfortunately out of my league..
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