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For JVS you only need to add the official Taito JVS IO board to the control panel and the JVS power supply to the bottom of the cab.

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JVS PSU
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JAMMA is hard because the kit is out of stock, so the only way you can currently get one is to shop for a used cab with one already inside it.
 
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It costs as much to convert to JAMMA via official kit as to just buy a JAMMA candy cab. It's ~$750 plus shipping iirc. Not that they're in stock now anyway.

As @jassin000 said, you just need the IO (cheap, if not already in the cab), and PSU (also cheap, you can buy any, doesn't need to be Taito).

Check under the control panel to see if there's a PCB in there. If there is it's either the Fast IO (which you could sell for a profit and buy the normal one), or it's the normal one.
 
You can go the "home made" route to get JAMMA into a Vewlix.
I used a HAS supergun, OSSC and DVDO iScan VP30 for a time in my Diamond.
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As @rewrite accurately stated above, this will cost almost as much (depending on how much you can find a DVDO for) as simply buying a dedicated JAMMA cab.
 
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I mean, if you want to really go home made, you only need any kind of upscaler, a regular JAMMA PSU, a bunch of wire and some AMP UP and misc connectors.
 
rewrite said:
you only need any kind of upscaler, a regular JAMMA PSU, a bunch of wire and some AMP UP and misc connectors
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Yup true, provide the arcade PCB has stereo/RCA output it really is just that easy.
I think if you are looking to build a single game dedicated cab this makes more sense, for multi JAMMA support I think using a HAS supergun provides more flexible support.
 
Wow, this is a lot more complicated than I thought. It seem like a Vewlix FC is a better route if I want to play older console. The Orange Vewlix Diamond is more for modern console like PS3 or PS4. Since I'm going to see KC this Monday. I'll take a look at the FC also then. The only thing I'm afraid is in the long run, I rather have the Orange Vewlix Diamond. Maybe I have to spend a little more for these conversion adapters in order to work with older system for Jamma.
 
The FC isn't any better for JAMMA than the orange diamond. They're both equally ill-suited for it.
 
Yup, the FC gives you a few more part that makes it a fraction easier to use for Jamma.

The lowest cost route with virtually less hassle would be to get a jamma/jvs crt cab if you want to play jamma/jvs games. You have the advantage cause you can actually go to KC and inspect/try out the cabs, and hopefully get the best crt one he has.

If Im going to game on modern consoles I would not do it in cab, I would play these consoles on modern gaming displays/oled tv.

You still need to spend money/make up harnesses to play modern consoles in vewlix. And it becomes expensive to get jamma in these cabs, Jassin has the list of parts, of the top of my head: scaler (probably both the taito & ossc, supergun, DVDO vp30/50, jamma/jvs psu, custom wire harnesses, probably a few more things.

You would be be buying the vewlix because you like them, I know I do I have 5 of them :) . But in the end, I have bought as many CRT cabs, because its just easier and its the way those older games were meant to be played. Only exception I make is playing the older games using the ossc and oled tv, cause the oled is just amazing.
 
So instead of an Orange get a FC and also bring home a NNC Blast City. Problem solved lol.

But seriously if I could pick up my choice of cabs the shipping cost alone saved would be nearly enough to do just that.

Doesnt invzim have something for jvs to jamma or am I making things up?

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The orange Vewlix is of the modern "Diamond" style.
The FC (aka Capcom) is just like the original F only in red.

I personally feel the newer Diamond style cut too many corners in the design and would rather have a original F or FC.
Neither one is any more or less suited for JAMMA, all you need is that official Taito kit (that is no longer for sale).

If you care about the illuminated marquee and move strip you need a F or FC, or at least a L or L-AMI.
The Diamond style must be modified (NOT recommended) to accommodate the illumination parts.
 
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Coyo5050 said:
So instead of an Orange get a FC and also bring home a NNC. Problem solved lol.
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Not really problem solved because the NNC is a JVS cab, not JAMMA. and even with the JAMMA to JVS adapter it's less than optimal because you're converting from parallel data, to serialized data then serialized data back to parallel data and introducing control input lag in the process.

When you buy a cab you have to consider 2 things
1. the resolution that your game runs at (15KHz, 24KHz, 31KHz, or HD)
2. the control input connection (JAMMA, JVS, or Fast IO)

If you want to play CPS2 then you're looking at 15KHz and JAMMA
If you want to play NAOMI then you're looking at 31KHz and JVS
If you want to play Taito Type X3 then you're looking at HD and Fast IO

If you buy a Vewlix C that's usually equipped with JVS (or Fast IO) and HD.
If you want to run lower resolutions and JAMMA controls then you'll need to drop money on the JAMMA kit which will allow for SOME compatibility with other resolutions and a JAMMA control interface but it's not going to work as well as a native low-res monitor and a cabinet designed for JAMMA

If you buy a New Net City they have a nice tri-sync monitor that supports 15KHz, 24KHz or 31Khz but it's JVS only. You can buy a JAMMA to JVS adapter but it's not going to work as well as a native JAMMA cabinet.

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I almost always recommend people buy a Blast City as their first cab, because it's got a tri-sync monitor, and it works with both JAMMA and JVS games. Not to mention with the right sub-harness it an run platforms that are almost never compatible in other cabs such as Sega Model 2 and 3. Not to mention it uses the easily sourced Sega style control panels, so if you want to swap out for some other types of controls (like a Golf or baseball panel, or virtual on, etc.) then those panels are available and don't need to be custom made for your cab.

the Blast Cities are also relatively easy to source compared to most other options.
 
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Thank you all for pictures for references which help a lot. I hope to see if KC have any of those floating around when I see it or maybe the cabinet I'm interested in might have it. In any case, I'll make that decision once I'm there. I've also noticed KC is selling the F for $1400 and the FC for $2000. Is there a significant in differences to justify the $600 in price?
 
Personally I think the FC is the nicest Vewlix money can buy, but functionally its identical to the F.
Same monitor, same IOs, same PSU.
 
Basically the same cab, you can consider the FC as a refreshed/updated F aesthetically speaking mostly. So for the money I would go for the F. Yes they may be older cabs, but cant argue that $1400 price cause thats the entry price on a chewlix I think. Ponder this I bought 4 FC from KC years ago, must have been $11-12K with shipping, and thats the price before all the upgrades/extra parts. To get 4 Fs for $1400 ea now is crazy, if I could resell my FCs at cost now, I would be getting those Fs and save ton of cash to spend on getting the other parts that I need. As is my dilemma now, Im hunting for a bunch of parts to be able to use the orange diamond as I do the FCs. Now I wish I would not have sold the spare taito jamma kit I had.

Now as Twisted says, buy the cabs for the games you intend to play, but the Blast happens to be the most compatible out of the box cab for Jamma/JVS.
 
The other nice thing about the Blast City is the control panel easily comes off with just 6 bolts.
Makes moving it around easier as it will fit thru doorways with the CP removed... Can't to that with a Astro City.
 
If you took a blast, installed a pureflat and a rotate mech it'd be the perfect CRT cab.
 
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Fixed my post, wasnt thinking when i typed it that NNC is jvs, was only thinking about the tri-sync monitor. Point being get a nice jamma candy. :)
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I currently have an Atomiswave SD which have a tri-sync monitor with Jamma harness. I wanted the Orange Vewlix Diamond as my second cabinet for other setup but don't know exactly what though. Now with so many options out there, I have to see what it'll be use for.
 
Has anyone gotten confirmation lately whether KC's Vewlixes come with JVS IOs in them? I know that used to be a problem
 
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