Placing controller ports externally on my MVS cabinet

[77punk]

I am looking to find neo geo controller ports.. I want to solder off the points on my MVS motherboard to add two ports (player 1 and 2) on the front of my cabinet. Does anyone know where i can get these. I would hate to try to de-solder off the controller ports just to screw up the motherboard. Any suggestions?

Thanks all of you.

 

[not sonic]

i would splice into the jamma harness rather than possibly damaging your mobo. that way youd be able to use it for more than just neogeo too.

unless you have a mobo with onboard controller ports, in which case you could just run some db15 extension cables.

 

[77punk]

tghanks

Yeah thats what i want to do. Thanks for the name of the extension cables. Im sure people have done this as well. I have a two slot MVS with the extra two ports on the inside.

Thanks yall...

 

[77punk]

how hard would it be to map the controller port to another joystick? Anyone pull this off without crazy modding?

Tanks.1

 

[Airthrow]

how hard would it be to map the controller port to another joystick? Anyone pull this off without crazy modding?

Tanks.1

You mean like use a console joystick on the cab through the port on the MVS mobo?

If yes, make a hole in your cab for a DB15 male connector, connect it to the DB-15 extension cable to your MVS control ports, and you can hack your joystick to pretty easily connect to neo geo, or even build a PS>Neo Geo converter, there's lots of guides out there.

Not sure what you consider "crazzy modding", I have done some joystick wiring stuff before and have some basic soldering skills and Electronics 101 from highschool (got a C), and this stuff is well within my abilities. Just read up and be careful and you could do it man. Good luck!

 

[77punk]

gotcha. thanks for the thoughts. I will try it soon. Have to order parts now.

Thanks again