Metal slug 5 pcb difference update#

It is still pretty expensive but they are the best 29' tri-sync monitor cab you can get. I also found out that they only had about 10 left in stock and wouldn't be replenishing it so I decided to bite the bullet and get one I recently found out that Sega UK had a sale on and they were selling the monitor for £495+VAT (about £570). I have always wanted to get a Sanwa PFX tri-sync monitor for it but the £700 price tag put me off.

Metal slug 5 pcb difference update#

Well, my plans have completely changed again!Īt the last update I had replaced the 31khz monitor for a 15khz one. I have also pretty much finished the stainless columns and couplings. I could glue them but then I would never be able to get to the lumin discs If I ever need to get them out. The top MDF ring will be bolted with recessed machine screws to the top black acrylic ring and then the lower MDF layers will be screwed into the layer above it. One will sit below the spacie and the smaller one will sit on top of it flush with the black acrylic: These are the clear 8mm thick acrylic discs that I cut out. Then it was just a case of building up the sections: To get the two sections of MDF to sit flush I had to counterbore the MDF disc with a pattern bit: As you can see there is a gap at the disc sits slightly higher that the MDF ring: This is the first piece on top of the disc and MDF ring. The radius of the cutter forms a natural radius in the corners: I just cut two of the edges and then move one piece of the section around to cut the other two sides. I find the best way (for me) to route out a square is to use a couple of pieces of aluminium section and then use a template bit to follow them. As you cab see the PCB enclosure protrudes from the back of the disc so the discs has to have a cutout to clear the enclosure. I then needed to make some MDF discs to make up the bulk of the stools. I template routed a ring for the disc to sit in to keep it central: Now I have the plastic parts cut I need to make up some MDF discs and rings to house the lumin discs and give the stools there depth. I don't have a pic of the new monitor in place at the moment but I managed to just squeeze one in my Jamma Woody and they are awesome monitors, especially for £50 each The only slight problem I have is that the new monitor has a slightly different curvature to the old one so I will need to modify the bezel so that it sits flush. I then bolted the 15khz monitor to the frame and mounted it back onto the cab. I then removed the 31khz monitor and unbolted it from the mounting frame: I/O board removed and getting the monitor ready for swapping: This is the JVS I/O board which needs removing: I can then play my MVS carts in it along with Jamma boards and I also intend to put my Saturn in it too. I can then use an ArcadeVGA for Mame along with a J-Pac to wire the controls. Seeing as I'm replacing one of the monitors with a 15khz I am going to remove the JVS setup and rewire it for Jamma. I will then use the one with the 31khz monitor for Naomi games, Dreamcast and Xbox 360.

I did toy with the idea of selling one of the cabs and using the money to buy a tri-sync Sanwa PFX and have all of the consoles/mame etc in the same cab but I can't really justify spending £700 on a monitor when I have a lovely 31khz monitor in one and I have an excellent 15khz monitor that I can put in the other. I have been really undecided about what to do with the cabs in relation to the monitors.