I want to create a test area in my basement to connect JAMMA boards to an LCD monitor I normally use for my PC on my work bench. Is there an adapter or something I can buy/make that I can just unplug the VGA cable from my PC and plug it into something that connects to a JAMMA harness that I can connect right to a board I want to test? I need something where I can easily unplug it back and forth so I can still use it on my PC when I'm done.

Does anyone know an admin/moderator over at the KLOV forums I can reach out to? I know its odd I'm asking here, but I've been trying to get access forever. I've registered/donated, etc... and I still haven't gotten access. There doesn't seem to be a away to contact them if you can't post. Most of the time when i'm looking for parts or some other help I'm told to go there and check... so it would be nice to participate in those forums as well.

I'll have to dual-boot my PC and give Clonezilla a try... thanks!

I'm trying to clone the HD from my Golden Tee so I can transfer it to a compact flash card instead. I tried using CHDMAN, but it doesn't seem to be working correctly. It will tell me its creating an image, but when its complete the file is only 1k in size. Does anyone have any other opensource cloning utilities they use that may be better than CHDMAN?

I got my board cheap for like $90, but it only has 5 courses plus a bonus 2... so 7. If you get the complete one on Ebay its like $300, but you get I think 27 or 29 courses.

Yea, my game was originally a GT 2002, but the board wouldn't get past the EPROM screen where it detected the HD. I found a 2005 board/HD on Ebay which came with everything (PCB, HD, security chip, 2.08 EPROM) and that works in the cabinet. I also took a 2.09 EPROM I bought from arcade-service and that works in the 2005 board no problem as well. From what i've read as long as you have a 2.09 EPROM and a security chip/HD for the year you are trying to play it will work on any PCB. This makes sense because my broken PCB is identical to the 2005 I bought... just the serial number is much higher obviously.

[edit] Not that big a if I get it working just would have been cool to switch between both versions.

I think the board I have can support anything from 2002-2005 and Complete, but some of the courses for Complete are on the HD and some need to be written to a PROM on the board. I think anyway... I remember reading that somewhere. I'd do a complete board on Ebay, but people want $300+ for one of them. Supposedly you just need to swap security chips and HD for what I'm trying to do... so I'm not sure what I'm missing. It does make sense that a chip somewhere might be remembering some 2005 information though.

Hey folks... I recently got my hands on a Golden Tee Fore! 2002 that had a dead board. I purchased a board on Ebay, but it was from a 2005 game. I have my machine working as a 2005 game, but I'd like to swap back and forth between 2002 and 2005. From what I read all you need is the right security chip and HD for the year you are trying to play. I pulled the security chip and HD from my 2002 board and when the machine boots it looks like the HD and security chip match (see below), but after that the next screen when the game tries to load the software it says, "Software version incompatible with hardware - Keycode #40201". Is there something I'm missing...?

After EPROM screen the diag screen matches
Software= #40201
Keycode= #40201

Hey, Joe here... just joined the forums. I'm a Network Engineer currently living in Georgia.

I finally have a house with a basement, so I can start collecting arcade games.