Taito Type X inside an MVS cab?

NeoEsZ

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I'm interested in putting a 4 button Taito Type X game inside a Neo Geo cab. Is Taito Type X standard jamma? Isn't it possible to do a JAMMA to MVS converter, if so, would I have to do additional wiring for the 4th button, or would I be fine with just the converter?
 

Lemony Vengeance

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I'm interested in putting a 4 button Taito Type X game inside a Neo Geo cab. Is Taito Type X standard jamma? Isn't it possible to do a JAMMA to MVS converter, if so, would I have to do additional wiring for the 4th button, or would I be fine with just the converter?

Not going to happen. Really. Type x is JVS, and only uses vga video. An IO board like the capcom or Sega boards will work, but even then, it wont look good.
 

Fox1

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Nope TTX isn't Jamma, you need a converter from JVS to JAMMA. You should be okay with the 4th button.

Not going to happen. Really. Type x is JVS, and only uses vga video. An IO board like the capcom or Sega boards will work, but even then, it wont look good.

Type X can do 15k, X2 can only do 31k + HD
 
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eathis

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Like Lemony and Fox1 say you will need a I/O board to use your Taito Type X on a Jamma cab.
TTX is JVS not Jamma.

The I/O board I use to put my JVS systems on my jamma cabs is the Capcom Converter.
For me this is the best and easiest I/O board to use.

A JVS system is using VGA for vidéo, RCA for audio (for TTX you will need a jack to RCA cable) and USB for controls (joysticks and butons).

You will plug the VGA, RCA and USB of your TTX mobo on the I/O board and on the other side of the I/O boards you will plug the jamma of your cab.
I/O board will convert signals of your TTX mobo into Jamma.

But even for 4 boutons games like KOF98UM you will not directly had all boutons.
This is the reason why I like Capcom Converter, on this I/O board you can directly connect a CPS2 kick harness to made all boutons working.
For example with the Capcom Converter, on KOF98UM, you will only have A and C boutons (only punch boutons) if you don't use a kick harness. If you use it you will also have B and D boutons (kicks boutons).

Your cab only accept 15Khz video signal, TTX mobo can do 15Khz and 31Khz.
There is 2 video output ports on TTX a DVI one which is used for 31Khz and a VGA one which is used for 15Khz.
You will have to connect the I/O board to the VGA port, not the DVI port.

TTX power supply is include in the mobo, and you will have to connect it separatly (nothing crazy, it's like a PC), you can't powered it with your jamma or I/O board.
Just pay attention because the power supply is with a manual switch to choose between 110V and 220V. Don't choose the wrong position or you can say goodbye to your mobo.

I don't know very well US NEO GEO cabs but it sound possible to me with the appropriate tools
 

Tyranix95

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Iiirc, The KOF games like Wide screen format.

The other TTX/2 games can do both wide and standard format ok.
 
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