Largest PCB question? Help Please.

[erikthecat]

evening,

men of the world, size IS important right?!

i'm building a JAMMA tabletop, Pac-Man style using my limited DIY skill,
i know i could probably buy one cheaper, but this keeps me off the street.
...now i have PCB physical size question.
i want to place vent holes, speakers, psu whilst avoiding the CRT tube and still leave space for the largest PCB's.
i have a Midway Galaxian PCB which is largest of my limited collection,
are there many boards larger than this. (how long is a piece of string, right?)
i my preference is for the older games, as i am of a certain age.
(and the ba$tards stole my money and corrupted my mind)

hope someone can help, thanks for your time.

GaRy)


AnDyC2010-06-28 14:30:39

 

[guddler]

Re: [ukvac] Technical: Largest PCB question? Help Please.

Old Atari stuff can be pretty big, but galaxian is admittedly fairly
large...

I seem to remember Rampage being pretty damn big, but i can't imagine you
wanting to put one of them in a cocktail :O)

For anything thats too large you could always use a hacksaw to cut it in
half and then use patch wires to rejoin the two halfs.

Okay, i guess not!!

Martin.

 

[Macro]

Re: [ukvac] Technical: Largest PCB question? Help Please.

rampage is fairly large, but system 1 + cart is my record sized PCB!

Martin White wrote:

> Old Atari stuff can be pretty big, but galaxian is admittedly fairly
> large...
>
> I seem to remember Rampage being pretty damn big, but i can't imagine you
> wanting to put one of them in a cocktail :O)
>
> For anything thats too large you could always use a hacksaw to cut it in
> half and then use patch wires to rejoin the two halfs.
>
> Okay, i guess not!!
>
> Martin.
>
>

 

[GNapper]

The smallest PCB I ever saw was Snow Bros at 8" X 6".. It was tiny!
I realise that is not what you asked.. In fact it is of no help at all..
In fact.. I am gonna go now before I cause any further degradation to
this fine thread.

*gone*

Gary Napper


AnDyC2010-07-05 10:53:15

 

[guddler]

Re: [ukvac] Technical: Largest PCB question? Help Please.

There are lots of small boards.

MiniVaders was the smallest i ever owned, but i don't have that anymore.
Basically the size of a jamma connector, squared pretty much IIRC.

And i know thats not the smallest!

Martin.

 

[MarbleMad]

Re: [ukvac] Technical: Largest PCB question? Help Please.

In article <4177FDF0.6040502@the-coates.com>, Mike Coates <mike@the-
coates.com> writes
>
>rampage is fairly large, but system 1 + cart is my record sized PCB!
>
i think atari system2 is even bigger
like the size of a door
---
James G Watt
http://www.kinetic-arts.co.uk
Science is not an exact science.

 

[andrewhannay]

RE: [ukvac] Technical: Largest PCB question? Help Please.

Nothing wrong with building one, always wanted to do it myself but having a
wife and two kids means I never get the time.
Love to see some progress pics, got any?
I would think a single board galaxian is a pretty good representation of an
game board but don't forget that some games are made up of 4 layers of the
same size board.
Andrew

 

[virtvic]

My biggest board is Atari Dig Dug 525mm x 290mm and the smallest is Tetris, which is about 150mm square!

The 48 / 60 in 1's are that small as well.

 

[Bazfish]

System 2 would def be the largest... but i doubt you would build a ct with a med rez monitor in it

Smallest board i have come across was the Taito test board that Gud had a while back, but the 48/1 boards a re not much bigger.

 

[frothmeister]

I had a Robocop bootleg that was a big motherf**ker (w x l, forgetting h) . Don't have it any more to measure it exactly but I reckon it was possibly bigger than a System 2 board (never even seen a System 1 board though AFAIK

)

 

[Mini]

Klax is a very small board.  The biggest board I have is an e-Swat bootleg that's about 15" x 15".

 

[system11]

Make sure it's big enough for layered boards.

For example: Moon Patrol - not very big but it's tall due to 4 layers.
Irem M72 sets (R-Type etc): 3 layers and the middle one is about as big as a Galaxian board.

Also there are some larger flat boards:
Midway versions of Sega System 1 games (Up 'n Down etc): gigantic, as tall as Galaxian and much wider.
bloodflowers2010-07-05 09:08:39

 

[Guests]

i once had a bootleg outrun that was hooj and had 6 layers

 

[karlcdoe]

Well, talking of large System 1 boards there was a cocktail cartridge version available too (there's a picture of it about halfway down the page here http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=7938). I'm not sure how rare they are but they are pretty big (but not as big as a sys1 standard board, joking aside I don't think you could fit those boards in a cocktail even if you laid them across the top of the glass.

Bottom line is, cocktails scare me, I'm not putting a rare board in a tiny enclosed space 1mm away from the HV lead.

 

[Macro]

no problem, helps keep the PCB warm!

JROK's multi williams now holds the record for my smallest PCB - only just wide enough for the jamma connector, and about as long as two 6809's end to end.

works very nicely too

 

[P-Man]

largest pcb set ever volumetrically must be Galaxian3 theater.

largest b/w set is Indy 800 by far

jamma stuff, well, hard drivin' bootleg is right up there

Atari system 1 is a huge set if you jamma'd it... System 2.. well it wouldnt be jamma