Power Wiring complete and J-Pac + Opti-Pac Installed

Picture of the back of my cab, monitor installed, below that is the computer, then below that is the J-Pac + Opti-Pac and the power wiring.



Shown here is a close up on the J-Pac and Opti-Pac, some wiring to the buttons are not yet complete as I am waiting on a few molex connectors. Also Im not too sure about the Opti-pac, turns out DHL damaged it during my shipment and I am working with Andy at Ultimarc for a replacment. ( I had to solder a trace that was completly scratched off the board)



Shown here is a close up on the power wiring, I decided to include the old line filter back into the circuit (shown mid picture) I figure 'it won't hurt anything'.

WOOT! the Crazed package has arrived.

I need to get some pictures of the box, squashed to shit.

Stay tuned.

Here is the last part of the tracking log :)

2004-02-25 14:00 With delivery courier
Vancouver - Canada
2004-02-25 10:00 With delivery courier
Vancouver - Canada
2004-02-25 09:12 Arrived at DHL facility
Vancouver - Canada
2004-02-25 07:35 Transferred through
Seattle - USA
2004-02-25 01:35 Transferred through Los Angeles
Los Angeles - USA
2004-02-24 18:24 Shipment arrived at wrong facility. Sent to correct destination
Los Angeles - USA
2004-02-24 11:27 Clearance processing complete
Los Angeles - USA
2004-02-24 10:19 Arrived at DHL facility
Los Angeles - USA

Holy Crap my Ultimarc shipment is moving again!!

Check this bull crap out. - Never I repeat NEVER use DHL to ship from London England to Canada, they think Canada is in Australia!!

Here is my tracking log direct from the DHL tracking site :(

Read from bottom to top :)


Feb 24 08:00 Departed from DHL facility
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 23 14:45 Clearance processing complete
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 23 09:56 Shipment arrived at wrong facility. Sent to correct destination
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 22 18:09 Clearance delay
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 21 18:20 Clearance delay
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 20 22:59 Clearance delay
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 19 23:06 Clearance delay
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 18 19:42 Clearance delay
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 17 22:04 Clearance delay
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 16 22:01 Clearance delay
Melbourne - Australia

LOOK YOU MORONS ITS IN CANADA!!!!!!

Feb 16 10:15 Shipment arrived at wrong facility. Sent to correct destination
Vancouver - Canada

Feb 14 03:10 Arrived at DHL facility
Cincinnati - USA
Feb 13 21:48 Departed from DHL facility
Los Angeles- USA
Feb 13 11:44 Clearance processing complete
Los Angeles - USA
Feb 12 12:34 Arrived at DHL facility
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 12 11:54 Clearance processing complete
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 12 11:53 Arrived at DHL facility
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 11 15:23 Please contact DHL
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 10 23:15 Transferred through Los Angeles-Gateway
Los Angeles - USA
Feb 10 14:27 Departed from DHL facility
Los Angeles - USA
Feb 10 06:33 Arrived at DHL facility
Los Angeles - USA
Feb 10 05:02 Departed from DHL facility
Cincinnati - USA
Feb 10 02:45 Arrived at DHL facility
Cincinnati - USA
Feb 09 20:27 Departed from DHL facility
Los Angeles - USA
Feb 09 11:08 Clearance processing complete
Los Angeles - USA
Feb 07 16:23 Departed from DHL facility
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 07 00:54 Arrived at DHL facility
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 07 00:12 Clearance processing complete
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 07 00:11 Arrived at DHL facility
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 07 00:04 Arrived at DHL facility
Melbourne - Australia
Feb 05 08:26 Departed from DHL facility
London - UK
Feb 04 20:08 Arrived at DHL facility
London - UK
Feb 04 19:11 Departed from DHL facility
London - UK
Feb 04 17:19 Departing origin
London - UK
Feb 04 17:00 Shipment picked up
London - UK

Pre-Design and Layout...

After much researching etc on the many forums and websites dedicated to arcade building and restoration, I have came up with a design I like. I designed this using visio draw, very nice program and can print to scale.



After printing and taping the design together, I found a scrap piece of plywood to test my layout with the actual components.

All systems are go. Looks like my design might be finished.

Still waiting on my parts from Ultimarc :(

Gee this really sucks, my order from Ultimarc is taking forever to get here. It was shipped via DHL (boo). Anyway they seem to think Canada is in Australia for freak sake! - 3 times my order bounced between USA and there. Andy from Ultimarc is scratching his head over this one.

Lets all hope I get these parts soon!

I Can't wait to test ArcadeVGA and my Track ball with the Opti-pac.

Parts are on route :)

2 shipments are due to arrive any day now. Package 1 from Ultimarc and Package 2 from Happs. A funny thing happened to delay my shipment from Ultimarc. It seems that my package wanted to hang out in Australia instead of coming home to me in Canada. Go Figure.

Once I get these items, I will post more info.

Chow for Now

Order Placed

Today I ordered my Trackball from Happs - One Red Translucent is on its way.... Well whenever Happs gets one in stock to ship to me that is.

Not sure which one to get....

I still need to order the last item sometime this week. But I can't decide which Track ball to go with :(

I narrowed it down to 2:

Red Translucent 3" from Happs
Blue Translucent 3" from Happs

Should I just toss a coin ?

New WG Monitor undergoes testing

Shown is Ms Pacman (vertical game viewed on my Horizontal monitor)



Advanced Mame was used.

Ordered my parts from Ultimarc Today...

Today I ordered a few parts from Ultimarc Which included, an Optipac for my Trackball and my Spinner, a New ball top 4-way J-Stick and the ArcadeVGA card.