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The only board you can swap into a DK is a DK Jr.
DK3 uses the card-edge style connector exclusively. DK / DK Jr. use a harness
full of individual connectors that go to different places on the board. If you
install a jumper ribbon between the two boards (carries power from one side to
the other) you can use the edge connector type DK3 harness. This is the
easy/cheap way to make a multi-DK type machine. Install DK3 style harness and
install jumper ribbons on each boardset.
Every now and then someone argues that they've got a DK with the edge connector
style harness, but I would bet money not a single one came from the factory like
this. What you're most likely looking at is a DK3 that has been unconverted.
Mario is horizontal, not vertical like DK family. So it won't be very playable.
Richard
On 28 Jun 2005 08:58:37 -0700, "Dave Ellis" <ellis_1701@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I converted a Donkey Kong 3 to a Donkey Kong a while back. Seems to me
>that the connector to the PCB was identical, but the control panel
>connector was definitely different in DK3. But if you're not swapping
>CPs, that shouldn't be a problem.
>
>You WILL have a problem with Mario Bros, though--it's a horizontal
>game, while the three DKs are vertical. You'd have to change the
>monitor orientation to play Mario Bros.
>
>-Dave Ellis
>http://www.davesclassicarcade.com
>
>kaz1961 wrote:
>> I have a Double DK that I was thinking of getting DK3 and Mario Bros
>> boards to swap in. Could I just plug the boards in and have them work
>> or is it more complicated than that? If I bought a DK3 adaptor from
>> Arcade shop would the boards then work with a standard Jamma game?