Difference in wiring between cabinet and cocktail?

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Hello -

After having searched, I really haven't found anything on the matter.
Is there a material difference in wiring between a cabinet and a
cocktail configuration?

Taking Pac-Man as an example, the cocktail has no marquee (but has two
illuminated control panels), and has two joysticks (and only two player
select buttons).

 

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it depends wildly on the game... obviously games that played alternatly with
only a single set of controls will have the biggest differences. Ones that
had two distinct control sets will have fewest. Some have lights, some
don't... (shrug)

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> Hello -
>
> After having searched, I really haven't found anything on the matter.
> Is there a material difference in wiring between a cabinet and a
> cocktail configuration?
>
> Taking Pac-Man as an example, the cocktail has no marquee (but has two
> illuminated control panels), and has two joysticks (and only two player
> select buttons).
>

 

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> But one of the little differences that you often have to look hard to find
> is the wire that tells the motherboard that it's in a cocktail cabinet
> instead of an upright. This is a little trick that enables the same
> motherboard to be used in either cabinet without having to move a DIP switch
> or anything. It's often called "TABLE" or "COCKTAIL". With _Pac Man_ and
> _Ms. Pac_, it's a wire in position R on the main edge connector socket that
> is grounded to tell the board that it's in a cocktail cabinet. This wire is
> not installed in the wiring harness for an upright cabinet.

Thanks for the tip! What about the second joystick wiring? I'd
imagine it's additional wiring on the connector?

 

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<snip>

> But one of the little differences that you often have to look hard to find
> is the wire that tells the motherboard that it's in a cocktail cabinet
> instead of an upright. This is a little trick that enables the same
> motherboard to be used in either cabinet without having to move a DIP switch
> or anything. It's often called "TABLE" or "COCKTAIL". With _Pac Man_ and
> _Ms. Pac_, it's a wire in position R on the main edge connector socket that
> is grounded to tell the board that it's in a cocktail cabinet. This wire is
> not installed in the wiring harness for an upright cabinet.

Thanks for the tip! What about the second joystick wiring? I'd
imagine it's additional wiring on the connector? I just haven't looked
at schematics, so I'm wondering if there's different schematics for
uprights and cocktails, hence the initial post all along.

Thanks again.

 

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Mmm... some snafu in the prior post - my apologies. Both posts should
have been together, i.e.-

Thanks for the tip! What about the second joystick wiring? I'd
imagine it's additional wiring on the connector? I just haven't looked
at schematics, so I'm wondering if there's different schematics for
uprights and cocktails, hence the initial post all along.

Thanks again.

 

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> After having searched, I really haven't found anything on the matter.
> Is there a material difference in wiring between a cabinet and a
> cocktail configuration?

You do have a second set of controls, as well as a Player 2 start button.

But one of the little differences that you often have to look hard to find
is the wire that tells the motherboard that it's in a cocktail cabinet
instead of an upright. This is a little trick that enables the same
motherboard to be used in either cabinet without having to move a DIP switch
or anything. It's often called "TABLE" or "COCKTAIL". With _Pac Man_ and
_Ms. Pac_, it's a wire in position R on the main edge connector socket that
is grounded to tell the board that it's in a cocktail cabinet. This wire is
not installed in the wiring harness for an upright cabinet.